Marc Marquez pipped his factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia to claim pole position at Mugello for the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix.
The duo produced incredible laps throughout the session, but the Spaniard came out on top as he posted an all-time lap record of 1.44.169s.
Bagnaia qualified only 0.059s behind his team-mate but will start from the middle of the front row for the first time this season.
Gresini’s Alex Marquez secured third place to round off the first row, with the leading three Ducati riders separated by only 0.083s.
Fabio Quartararo claimed an impressive fourth for Yamaha, especially after popping his shoulder back into place during Friday practice.
Maverick Vinales topped two practice sessions but the Spaniard qualified as the lead KTM rider in fifth.
Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio followed to claim sixth and seventh place for VR46 Ducati with chief Valentino Rossi in attendance.
Pedro Acosta secured eighth ahead of the second factory Yamaha rider Alex Rins, but both posted late laps to qualify faster than Marco Bezzecchi.
Q1 graduates Raul Fernandez and Fermin Aldeguer close out the fourth row on the grid, qualifying in 11th and 12th, respectively.
Jack Miller was the first rider to miss out on the second phase of qualifying, missing out by a minuscule 0.015s.
Johann Zarco will start 14th as the lead Honda rider, as the Japanese marque isn’t up to speed on this high-speed circuit.
After a strong qualifying from Vinales and Acosta, Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini will start 15th and 16th place for KTM, respectively.
Miguel Oliveira followed in 17th for Pramac Yamaha, but lapped faster than Honda HRC duo of Joan Mir and Takaaki Nakagami.
Lorenzo Savadori posted a strong lap and will start both races in 20th, qualifying ahead of rookie sensation Ai Ogura and LCR Honda rider Somkiat Chantra.
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