Reigning MotoGP World Champion still tops the overall standings with a 23-point advantage, despite finished 16th at Mugello. Pedrosa is eliminated from the race on the opening lap.

Repsol Honda Team riders finish the qualifying session with Márquez setting the sixth fastest time and Pedrosa twentieth.

Repsol Honda Team rider finishes crash-filled free practices for Italian Grand Prix 0.483 thousandths of a second off the top time, with Pedrosa in fourteenth position.

The Repsol Honda team riders travel to Italy to celebrate the sixth round of the MotoGP World Championship season, after a third victory in a row by Marc Márquez.

The Repsol Honda riders are level on 68 points in the World Championship standings, in fourth and fifth position. They are 37 points off the lead.

Repsol riders place fifth and sixth, respectively, on the starting grid for the Italian Grand Prix.

The first day of the Italian Grand Prix concluded with Dani Pedrosa and Marc Márquez in seventh and thirteenth positions, respectively, on a tight combined timesheet at Mugello.

Repsol Honda Team riders this weekend contest the first of four races in the space of five weeks. Dani Pedrosa starts the run in second place in the World Championship and Marc Márquez in fourth.

Repsol Honda riders play starring role in thrilling race, with Marquez just centimetres from victory and Pedrosa 0.168s off the podium.

Marc Marquez sets a time just two tenths off pole position, but will lead the second row for the Italian Grand Prix. Teammate Dani Pedrosa will take off from seventh, at the head of the third row.

Repsol Honda Team riders finish fifth –Marc Marquez– and eleventh –Dani Pedrosa– on first day of Italian GP, after a first session in the morning affected by rainfall and a second on dry asphalt.

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa face one of the most challenging tracks on the MotoGP calendar, with very different characteristics to Jerez and Le Mans.