Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi took pole position for the San Marino Grand Prix at his home Misano circuit on Saturday while MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez will start on the second row after going only fourth-fastest in qualifying.

The front row will have three different manufacturers, with Bezzecchi joined by Gresini Racing's Alex Marquez on a Ducati machine and Yamaha's Fabio Quaratararo, who had held provisional pole after coming through the Q1 session.

However, the Aprilias of Bezzechi and Jorge Martin worked in tandem once again, as they did in Friday's practice, with the latter giving the home favourite a slipstream that allowed him to set the fastest lap, clocking one minute 30.134 seconds.

"It's fantastic. I made a very good lap, a very good morning overall. I'm very happy a

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