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Marc Marquez takes Mugello Moto2 pole in rain

Marc Marquez took his second Moto2 pole position in a hard-fought wet qualifying at Mugello

The track was never dry enough for slicks, but did get increasingly quick as the session progressed, which meant a constant stream of changes at the front in the final stages.

Marquez hit the front in the closing minutes, was usurped by Alex de Angelis, and then fought back with a 2m05.312s right at the end to take pole by half a second.

When the track was at its wettest, Bradley Smith had fought for provisional pole with Kenan Sofuoglu. The Turk was pushed right back to 13th in the end, but Smith stayed among the leaders and secured his first Moto2 front row start in third.

Fellow Tech 3 man Xavier Simeon took an impressive fourth, heading Randy Krummenacher and Pol Espargaro on row two as all three claimed their best Moto2 grid positions yet.

Championship leader Stefan Bradl languished in the midfield for a long while before jumping to third. He looked like he might do better still before a mechanical problem forced him to abandon his last run, after which he was shuffled back to seventh as others improved.

Anthony West and Andrea Iannone were other men who flew in the worst of the weather before falling back, ending up 10th and 14th.

Regular frontrunners starting lower than usual include Michele Pirro in 21st, Simone Corsi in 23rd, Tom Luthi in 24th and Jules Cluzel in 33rd.

Pos  Rider                   Team/Bike            Time       Gap
 1.  Marc Marquez            Catalunya Suter      2m05.312s
 2.  Alex de Angelis         JIR Motobi           2m05.897s  + 0.585s
 3.  Bradley Smith           Tech 3               2m06.617s  + 1.305s
 4.  Xavier Simeon           Tech 3               2m06.757s  + 1.445s
 5.  Randy Krummenacher      Kiefer Kalex         2m06.941s  + 1.629s
 6.  Pol Espargaro           Speed Up FTR         2m06.963s  + 1.651s
 7.  Stefan Bradl            Kiefer Kalex         2m07.013s  + 1.701s
 8.  Mattia Pasini           Ioda FTR             2m07.023s  + 1.711s
 9.  Mika Kallio             Marc VDS Suter       2m07.147s  + 1.835s
10.  Anthony West            MZ                   2m07.249s  + 1.937s
11.  Esteve Rabat            Blusens FTR          2m07.549s  + 2.237s
12.  Robertino Pietri        Italtrans Suter      2m07.612s  + 2.300s
13.  Kenan Sofuoglu          Technomag-CIP Suter  2m07.692s  + 2.380s
14.  Andrea Iannone          Speed Master Suter   2m07.728s  + 2.416s
15.  Yuki Takahashi          Gresini Moriwaki     2m07.780s  + 2.468s
16.  Yonny Hernandez         Blusens FTR          2m07.844s  + 2.532s
17.  Ricard Cardus           QMMF Moriwaki        2m07.864s  + 2.552s
18.  Jordi Torres            Aspar Suter          2m07.919s  + 2.607s
19.  Raffaele de Rosa        Aspar Suter          2m08.118s  + 2.806s
20.  Max Neukirchner         MZ                   2m08.272s  + 2.960s
21.  Michele Pirro           Gresini Moriwaki     2m08.289s  + 2.977s
22.  Kenny Noyes             Avintia FTR          2m08.444s  + 3.132s
23.  Simone Corsi            Ioda FTR             2m08.562s  + 3.250s
24.  Thomas Luthi            Paddock Suter        2m08.681s  + 3.369s
25.  Tommaso Lorenzetti      Castello FTR         2m08.840s  + 3.528s
26.  Alex Baldolini          Forward Suter        2m08.883s  + 3.571s
27.  Carmelo Morales         G22 Moriwaki         2m08.970s  + 3.658s
28.  Scott Redding           Marc VDS Suter       2m09.265s  + 3.953s
29.  Mattia Tarozzi          Faenza Suter         2m09.409s  + 4.097s
30.  Dominique Aegerter      Technomag-CIP Suter  2m09.616s  + 4.304s
31.  Claudio Corti           Italtrans Suter      2m09.911s  + 4.599s
32.  Aleix Espargaro         Pons Kalex           2m09.974s  + 4.662s
33.  Jules Cluzel            Forward Suter        2m10.420s  + 5.108s
34.  Ratthapark Wilairot     AG FTR               2m10.436s  + 5.124s
35.  Mike di Meglio          Tech 3               2m10.652s  + 5.340s
36.  Santiago Hernandez      SAG FTR              2m10.723s  + 5.411s
37.  Mashel Al Naimi         QMMF Moriwaki        2m13.596s  + 8.284s
38.  Valentin Debise         Speed Up FTR         2m14.539s  + 9.227s

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