SCARPERIA, Italy: Aiming to extend his perfect start, Marc Marquez took his sixth straight MotoGP pole position this season by leading qualifying Saturday for the Italian Grand Prix.

The Spanish rider with Repsol Honda clocked 1 minute, 47.270 seconds on the Mugello circuit for his seventh consecutive pole overall, including the final race of last season.

Marquez has also won the opening six races of the year.

Andrea Iannone of Pramac Racing and Jorge Lorenzo of Movistar Yamaha completed the front row. Iannone finished 0.180 seconds behind and Lorenzo was 0.251 back.

Dani Pedrosa was fourth and seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi qualified 10th.

American rider Nicky Hayden pulled out before qualifying due to wrist pain and will undergo surgery.

Alex Rins of Estrella Galicia Honda took the Moto3 pole in 1:56.999.

Grids for Italian motorcycling Grand Prix’ after qualifying on Saturday at Mugello:

MotoGP

1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 1min 47.270sec, 2. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati Pramac) at 0.180sec, 3. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 0.251, 4. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 0.314, 5. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha Tech3) 0.342, 6. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Ducati) 0.389, 7. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 0.411, 8. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 0.484, 9. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda LCR) 0.495, 10. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 0.521, 11. Alvaro Bautista (Honda Gresini) 0.862, 12. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha Forward) 0.948

Moto2

1. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 1min 52.718sec, 2. Sam Lowes (GBR/Speed Up) at 0.183sec, 3. Sandro Cortese (GER/Kalex) 0.197, 4. Jonas Folger (GER/Kalex) 0.290, 5. Dominique Aegerter (SUI/Suter) O.375, 6. Luis Salom (ESP/Kalex) 0.444, 7. Jordi Torres (ESP/Suter) 0.449, 8. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Kalex) 0.540, 9. Thomas Luthi (SUI/Suter) 0.573, 10. Marcel Schrotter (GER/Tech3) 0.595, 11. Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 0.613, 12. Johann Zarco (FRA/Caterham Suter) 0.635

Moto3:

1. Alex Rins (ESP/Honda) 1min 56.999sec, 2. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) at 0.265sec, 3. Jakub Kornfeil (CZE/KTM) 0.327, 4. Romano Fenati (ITA/KTM) 0.436, 5. Alexis Masbou (FRA/Honda) 0.581, 6. Alex Marquez (ESP/Honda) 0.882, 7. Karel Hanika (CZE/KTM) 0.938, 8. Juanfran Guevara (ESP/Kalex KTM) 0.968, 9. Brad Binder (RSA/Mahindra) 0.973, 10. Efren Vazquez (ESP/Honda) 1.022, 11. John McPhee (GBR/Honda) 1.055, 12. Isaac Vinales (ESP/KTM) 1.059