Florence, June 22 -- Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) has become the first rider ever to reach triple figures in terms of career pole positions after the title race leader narrowly beat teammate Francesco Bagnaia to a Saturday morning P1 at the Brembo Grand Prix of Italy. Marquez's all-time lap record, a 1:44.169, was just 0.059s quicker than Bagnaia's best effort, as Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) claims a front row start having got within a tenth of pole in a memorable Mugello Q2.

The initial benchmark time in Q1 was set by Trackhouse MotoGP's Raul Fernandez, a 1:45.214, and the Spaniard went marginally quicker again on his second flyer to lead Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) by 0.256s.

On the second runs, thoug...