MOTO GP

ROSSI LETS MARC MÁRQUEZ TO TRACE

Valentino Rossi really knows how to move the Italian crowd. Racing at home, the Italian was impeccable in qualifying this Saturday (2) and won his first pole position at Mugello since 2016 - and his 55th MotoGP career.World Cup leader Marc Márquez started the training on the right foot, but before the pit stop had already been surpassed by Andrea Iannone. With two minutes remaining, however, Rossi appeared with 1min46s208 to set a new record for the track in Tuscany and ensure the position of honor on the grid.Still with the undefined future in MotoGP, Dani Pedrosa comes in for a weekend to forget. Shattered over the first three practice sessions, # 26 suffered a sharp drop in the TL4 and was still far from advancing to Q2.With 1min48s065 in the best of his eight laps in qualifying at Mugello, Dani will only be in 20th, his worst grid in the premier class of the World Championship.On the eve of being the father of twins, Aleix Espargaró also did not have much to celebrate on Saturday. 0s221 slower than Pedrosa, the # 41 will drop in 21st.

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