Rossi first, Capirossi third and Biaggi fourth, great Italy at Mugello

Valentino Rossi he wins pole position at Mugello, but finds both behind him Loris Capirossi is Max Biaggi in great recovery.

The Roman from Yamaha, after struggling throughout all the tests, gave his push, bringing his Yamaha to 4th place with an excellent 1'52"942, just 0"388 from Rossi.

For Kenny roberts on suzuki and third the "lion" Loris Capirossi who despite a motorbike that isn't up to par, confirms himself as one of the 'LARGE'.

A great battle with our protagonists is announced for tomorrow.

These are the times:

1 46 V. ROSSI HONDA 1'52″554 1'52″812

2 1 K. ROBERTS SUZUKI 1'52″688 0″134 2'02″281

3 65 L. CAPIROSSI HONDA 1'52″834 0″280 1'52″834

4 3 M. BIAGGI YAMAHA 1'52″942 0″388 1'52″942

5 4 A. BARROS HONDA 1'53″021 0″467 1'53″331

6 28 A. CRIVILLE HONDA 1'53″142 0″588 1'53″142

7 17 J. vd GOORBERGH PROTON KR 1'53″241 0″687 1'53″241

8 7 C. CHECA YAMAHA 1'53″253 0″699 1'53″253

9 56 S. NAKANO YAMAHA 1'53″406 0″852 1'53″660

10 11 T. UKAWA HONDA 1'53″549 0″995 1'53″789

11 6 N. ABE YAMAHA 1'53″589 1″035 1'53″836

12 15 S. GIBERNAU SUZUKI 1'54″036 1″482 1'54″036

13 41 N. HAGA YAMAHA 1'54″091 1″537 1'54″251

14 10 J. CARDOSO YAMAHA 1'54″384 1″830 1'55″344

15 8 C. WALKER HONDA 1'54″827 2″273 1'54″827

16 24 J. VINCENT PULSE 1'55″780 3″226 1'56″401

17 12 H. AOKI HONDA 1'56″390 3″836 1'56″390

18 14 A. WEST HONDA 1'57″119 4″565 1'57″329

19 16 J. STIGEFELT SABER V4 1'57″765 5″211 2'01″594

20 21 B. VENEMAN HONDA 1'58″009 5″455 1'58″479

21 68 M. WILLIS PULSE 1'58″840 6″286 1'58″840

22 26 V. CASTKA PATON 2'02″330 9″776 2'05″279