Mugello MotoGP: Marquez leads Mir in warm-up
Italian Grand Prix polesitter Marc Marquez topped Sunday's morning warm-up session at Mugello with Suzuki's Joan Mir less than a tenth behind in second.
Marquez took the lead from Mir seven minutes into the session and then quickly improved four tenths further, his 1m46.930s then staying as the top time of the session.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) and Alex Rins (Suzuki) held second for most of the session before Mir posted a 1m47.019s, ending up second and just 0.089s short of Honda man Marquez.
Dovizioso and Rins, who started the session with running through the gravel at Turn 4, settled for third and fourth respectively.
Front-row starter Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) stole fifth from Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) after the chequered flag fell, the top five covered by a quarter-second.
Danilo Petrucci was seventh on the second factory Ducati, outpacing KTM's Pol Espargaro, Avintia Ducati's Tito Rabat, Ducati wildcard Michele Pirro and Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro.
Quartararo was the only competitive Yamaha in the session as factory duo Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi were separated by 0.001s in 14th and 15th, and Franco Morbidelli was 17th.
Jorge Lorenzo's poor weekend continued as he was down in 18th on the second works Honda.
Tech 3 KTM's Miguel Oliveira was the sole rider to crash in the session at Arrabbiatta 2.
Session results:
| Cla | # | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93 |  Marc Marquez | Honda | 1'46.930 | |
| 2 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'47.019 | 0.089 |
| 3 | 4 |  Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'47.054 | 0.124 |
| 4 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'47.115 | 0.185 |
| 5 | 20 |  Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 1'47.178 | 0.248 |
| 6 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1'47.291 | 0.361 |
| 7 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1'47.371 | 0.441 |
| 8 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | KTM | 1'47.411 | 0.481 |
| 9 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1'47.483 | 0.553 |
| 10 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 1'47.528 | 0.598 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'47.529 | 0.599 |
| 12 | 43 |  Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'47.730 | 0.800 |
| 13 | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'47.750 | 0.820 |
| 14 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | 1'47.756 | 0.826 |
| 15 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1'47.757 | 0.827 |
| 16 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'47.759 | 0.829 |
| 17 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1'47.908 | 0.978 |
| 18 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 1'48.102 | 1.172 |
| 19 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'48.263 | 1.333 |
| 20 | 5 | Johann Zarco | KTM | 1'48.461 | 1.531 |
| 21 | 17 |  Karel Abraham | Ducati | 1'48.573 | 1.643 |
| 22 | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin | KTM | 1'48.844 | 1.914 |
| 23 | 88 |  Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1'49.121 | 2.191 |
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