Submitted by Mike Lewis on
Little became apparent after QP4 that wasn't apparent already. Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo, who swapped the top position from FP3, are the two fastest riders out there. Stefan Bradl has found a quick and consistent pace at Mugello and Valentino Rossi remains close but slightly off the pace. None of the top riders -- except Rossi and, much lower in order, Marc Marquez -- set a fastest lap in QP4 as most riders seemed content to run a race pace and work on final set-up before qualifying.
Marquez, who has struggled all weekend, did manage to climb into eight fastest. But while FP4 has no bearing on QP1 or QP2, it likely had a huge bearing on the rookie's confidence.
Result:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1'48.028 | ||
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1'48.123 | 0.095 | 0.095 |
| 3 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 1'48.341 | 0.313 | 0.218 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1'48.407 | 0.379 | 0.066 |
| 5 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 1'48.811 | 0.783 | 0.404 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'48.876 | 0.848 | 0.065 |
| 7 | 93 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1'48.952 | 0.924 | 0.076 |
| 8 | 19 | Alvaro Bautista | Honda | 1'49.120 | 1.092 | 0.168 |
| 9 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 1'49.168 | 1.140 | 0.048 |
| 10 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 1'49.374 | 1.346 | 0.206 |
| 11 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Yamaha | 1'49.546 | 1.518 | 0.172 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia ART | 1'49.715 | 1.687 | 0.169 |
| 13 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 1'49.816 | 1.788 | 0.101 |
| 14 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia ART | 1'49.984 | 1.956 | 0.168 |
| 15 | 8 | Hector Barbera | FTR Kawasaki | 1'50.393 | 2.365 | 0.409 |
| 16 | 71 | Claudio Corti | FTR Kawasaki | 1'50.829 | 2.801 | 0.436 |
| 17 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | FTR Kawasaki | 1'51.216 | 3.188 | 0.387 |
| 18 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia ART | 1'51.228 | 3.200 | 0.012 |
| 19 | 68 | Yonny Hernandez | Aprilia ART | 1'51.300 | 3.272 | 0.072 |
| 20 | 5 | Colin Edwards | FTR Kawasaki | 1'51.510 | 3.482 | 0.210 |
| 21 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Suter BMW | 1'51.521 | 3.493 | 0.011 |
| 22 | 70 | Michael Laverty | PBM | 1'51.672 | 3.644 | 0.151 |
| 23 | 67 | Bryan Staring | FTR Honda | 1'52.387 | 4.359 | 0.715 |
| 24 | 52 | Lukas Pesek | Suter BMW | 1'52.474 | 4.446 | 0.087 |
| NOT QUALIFIED | ||||||
| 11 | Ben Spies | Ducati | ||||
Round Number:
5
2013
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Marquez struggled...
ALL weekend?
In FP1 he was fastest.
seriously?
and michele pirro was 2nd. rossi was 19th and colin edwards did better than rossi in 17th. oh by the way, abraham was 4th. really impressive ride for marquez in FP1. yes, he has struggled all weekend. take the glasses off, son.