Fabio Quartararo recorded his fourth consecutive pole position in style at Mugello in front of Sunday’s Italian GP.
The factory Yamaha rider displayed incredible speed to clinch pole position with 1m 45.187s, breaking the lap record set by Francesco Bagnaia in FP3 with 1m 45.456s.
“It was possibly the best lap I have ever done in my entire life.
“This is actually the kind of track where you can feel the adrenaline. I had been on the limit everywhere. Within the first sector, I had been moving constantly, but I just said, ‘I’m likely to send it.
“Today was a good day. I truly wanted this pole position because I know it’s important for us for the race,” said Quartararo.
Meanwhile, Bagnaia and Johann Zarco will accompany Quartararo in front row after securing P2 and P3, respectively.
Despite struggling with a group of riders seeking a slipstream, Zarco managed to move up from twelfth place, thus putting him in an excellent spot to continue chasing the championship points.
Aleix Espargaro secured another impressive begin to the season by weighing P4, his best qualifying result so far onboard the RS-GP.
Jack Miller is also looking to continue his back-to-back wins in Jerez and Le Mans from P5 around the grid.
