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Mugello MotoGP: Marc Marquez claims sixth straight pole of 2014

Marc Marquez took his sixth pole in six 2014 MotoGP events at Mugello, ahead of home star Andrea Iannone

Championship leader Marquez, who has yet to be beaten in either qualifying or a grand prix so far this year, put in a 1m47.270s early in Q2.

It did not matter that he could not improve on it, as no one else could get close enough to put the Honda under threat.

Remarkably it was Pramac Ducati rider Iannone who was Marquez's main challenger, using the soft tyres available to non-Factory riders to good effect as he lapped within 0.180 seconds of Marquez.

Iannone had never qualified higher than eighth for a MotoGP race before this weekend.

Jorge Lorenzo showed better form to complete the front row for Yamaha, having set the initial pace before Marquez and Iannone's laps.

But it was an extremely disappointing session for Lorenzo's Mugello hero team-mate Valentino Rossi, who ended up 10th - albeit just 0.3s slower than the Spaniard after a fiercely close session - and cursing his choice of the softer front tyre.

Morning practice pacesetter Dani Pedrosa looked like he would be joining Rossi in the upper midfield until his last lap salvaged fourth place. The Spaniard achieved that on reduced power after hitting an engine mapping button by mistake during the mid-Q2 pit visit.

Rookie Pol Espargaro qualified fifth, despite a crash, while Cal Crutchlow produced his best qualifying run for Ducati yet in sixth, two places ahead of factory team-mate Andrea Dovizioso.

Bradley Smith splits the works Desmosedicis, despite a crash in the final practice session just before qualifying.

Smith was one of three man to fall in practice four, along with Alvaro Bautista and Aleix Espargaro. Both were still able to make it out of Q1.

Follow MotoGP race day from Mugello as it happens on AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live, starting with Moto3 at 10am UK time on Sunday

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike             Time       Gap    
 1.  Marc Marquez      Honda                 1m47.270s         
 2.  Andrea Iannone    Pramac Ducati         1m47.450s  +0.180s
 3.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                1m47.521s  +0.251s
 4.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                 1m47.584s  +0.314s
 5.  Pol Espargaro     Tech 3 Yamaha         1m47.612s  +0.342s
 6.  Cal Crutchlow     Ducati                1m47.659s  +0.389s
 7.  Bradley Smith     Tech 3 Yamaha         1m47.681s  +0.411s
 8.  Andrea Dovizioso  Ducati                1m47.754s  +0.484s
 9.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda             1m47.765s  +0.495s
10.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha                1m47.791s  +0.521s
11.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda         1m48.132s  +0.862s
12.  Aleix Espargaro   Forward Yamaha        1m48.218s  +0.948s
13.  Yonny Hernandez   Pramac Ducati         1m48.722s  Q1     
14.  Scott Redding     Gresini Honda         1m48.754s  Q1     
15.  Michele Pirro     Ducati                1m48.794s  Q1     
16.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Honda         1m48.894s  Q1     
17.  Hiroshi Aoyama    Aspar Honda           1m49.505s  Q1     
18.  Colin Edwards     Forward Yamaha        1m49.780s  Q1     
19.  Hector Barbera    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  1m49.932s  Q1     
20.  Michael Laverty   PBM Aprilia           1m50.505s  Q1     
21.  Mike di Meglio    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  1m50.515s  Q1     
22.  Broc Parkes       PBM Aprilia           1m50.875s  Q1     
23.  Michel Fabrizio   Ioda Aprilia          1m53.116s  Q1     
                                                               

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