Andrea Iannone made a little bit of history as he clinched pole position with a sizzling new record lap for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello, hailing the feat on Saturday as a 'special moment'. The injured factory Ducati rider became the first Italian to qualify in pole position on an Italian machine at his home grand prix since Giacomo Agostini in 1972 at Imola on the MV Agusta. Iannone set a red-hot lap in 1m 46.489s to edge out Movistar Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo by only 0.095s to secure his maiden premier class pole start, with Andrea Dovizioso making it two Ducatis on the front row in third. “It is an incredible day for me and a special moment, because it is my first pole position in Italy...
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