MotoGP: Bagnaia beats Marquez brothers to pole

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia beat Honda rival Marc Marquez in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello to claim his second consecutive MotoGP pole position of the 2023 season.

Using the superior HP of his Ducati, Bagnaia set a time of 1m44.855s that remained unbeaten over the final 3 minutes

Repsol Honda ace Marc Marquez came up just short with a time of 1m44.933s ahead of his bother. Alex Marquez came all the way from Q1 to qualify third on the grid on his Gresini Ducati, setting a late time of 1m45.007s.

More to follow……

It is the first time both Marquez Brothers share the front row

Q2 Shootout

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Behind	Gap
1	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	8	1m44.855s	0.000	0.000
2	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	7	1m44.933s	0.078	0.078
3	73	Alex Marquez	Ducati	6	1m45.007s	0.152	0.074
4	43	Jack Miller	KTM	7	1m45.186s	0.331	0.179
5	89	Jorge Martin	Ducati	8	1m45.268s	0.413	0.082
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	7	1m45.290s	0.435	0.022
7	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	8	1m45.380s	0.525	0.090
8	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	6	1m45.627s	0.772	0.247
9	42	Alex Rins	Honda	8	1m45.702s	0.847	0.075
10	33	Brad Binder	KTM	4	1m45.731s	0.876	0.029
11	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	7	1m46.119s	1.264	0.388
12	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	6	1m46.884s	2.029	0.765

Q1 Results

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Behind	Gap
1	73	Alex Marquez	Ducati	7	1m45.231s	0.000	0.000
2	43	Jack Miller	KTM	7	1m45.559s	0.328	0.328
3	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	7	1m45.591s	0.360	0.032
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	7	1m45.754s	0.523	0.163
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	7	1m45.755s	0.524	0.001
6	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	7	1m45.860s	0.629	0.105
7	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	7	1m46.002s	0.771	0.142
8	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	7	1m46.003s	0.772	0.001
9	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	8	1m46.170s	0.939	0.167
10	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	3	1m46.347s	1.116	0.177
11	37	Augusto Fernandez	KTM	7	1m46.359s	1.128	0.012
12	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	6	1m47.244s	2.013	0.885
13	94	Jonas Folger	KTM	7	1m47.806	2.575	0.562

Grid