Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi claimed pole position on home soil as he led a closely-contested qualifying session for MotoGP’s Italian Grand Prix. Provisional pole position exchanged hands on several occasions during the 15-minute Q2 session before Rossi set a new track record at Mugello, to the delight of the home supporters, to take his first pole since Motegi 2016. Rossi’s pole lap of 1:46.208 was just 0.035s faster than Ducati’s Jorge Lorenzo, as less than three tenths of a second covered the leading seven riders during an ultra-close denouement. Rossi’s Yamaha team-mate Maverick Vinales had to negotiate his way through Q1 and secured a spot in Q2, going on to...
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