Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) takes pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, the sixth round of the MotoGP season. Frenchmen Johann Zarco and Fabio Quartararo also on top of the timesheets.

The provisional leader of the championship, although diminished by a foot injury contracted in a fall during the last race at Le Mans, overtook the six-time Spanish world champion Marc Marquez (Honda) Marquez will only start in sixth position because he had received a three-place penalty at the end of the France Grand Prix.