Johann Zarco took his maiden 125cc pole position thanks to some ideal timing in qualifying at Mugello.

The Ajo rider put in his 1m58.988s lap just before rain started falling in the early stages.With track conditions getting steadily worse thereafter, Zarco's time turned out to be the best anyone could manage - giving him pole by a massive 1.6 seconds.

RW Racing's Luis Salom followed up his breakthrough Assen podium with second place on today's mixed-up grid. Sergio Gadea completed the front row for the Blusens team.

Championship leader Nico Terol, back after missing Assen with a hand injury, was back in fifth, between Efren Vazquez and Sandro Cortese, while double race winner Maverick Vinales had to settle for seventh as few riders even ventured out in the second half of the session.

Worst affected by the changing conditions was Silverstone winner Jonas Folger, currently Terol's title rival. He was left down in 21st.

Pos  Rider                Team/Bike           Time       Gap
 1.  Johann Zarco         Ajo Derbi           1m58.988s
 2.  Luis Salom           RW Aprilia          2m00.620s  + 1.632s
 3.  Sergio Gadea         Blusens Aprilia     2m00.903s  + 1.915s
 4.  Efren Vazquez        Ajo Derbi           2m01.026s  + 2.038s
 5.  Nicolas Terol        Aspar Aprilia       2m01.033s  + 2.045s
 6.  Sandro Cortese       Germany Aprilia     2m01.093s  + 2.105s
 7.  Maverick Vinales     Blusens Aprilia     2m01.201s  + 2.213s
 8.  Hector Faubel        Aspar Aprilia       2m01.351s  + 2.363s
 9.  Adrian Martin        Aspar Aprilia       2m01.679s  + 2.691s
10.  Louis Rossi          Matteoni Aprilia    2m01.768s  + 2.780s
11.  Miguel Oliveira      Andalucia Aprilia   2m01.781s  + 2.793s
12.  Danny Webb           Mahindra            2m01.811s  + 2.823s
13.  Marcel Schrotter     Mahindra            2m01.839s  + 2.851s
14.  Simone Grotzkyj      Phonica Aprilia     2m01.927s  + 2.939s
15.  Jakub Kornfeil       Ongetta Aprilia     2m01.976s  + 2.988s
16.  Alberto Moncayo      Andalucia Aprilia   2m02.153s  + 3.165s
17.  Harry Stafford       Ongetta Aprilia     2m02.349s  + 3.361s
18.  Sturla Fagerhaug     WTR-Ten10 Aprilia   2m02.483s  + 3.495s
19.  Jasper Iwema         Ongetta Aprilia     2m02.745s  + 3.757s
20.  Alexis Masbou        Caretta KTM         2m02.929s  + 3.941s
21.  Jonas Folger         Ajo Aprilia         2m02.931s  + 3.943s
22.  Kevin Calia          MGP Aprilia         2m02.949s  + 3.961s
23.  Niklas Ajo           TT Motion Aprilia   2m02.965s  + 3.977s
24.  Luigi Morciano       Italia FMI Aprilia  2m03.077s  + 4.089s
25.  Zulfahmi Khairuddin  Ajo Derbi           2m03.375s  + 4.387s
26.  Danny Kent           Ajo Aprilia         2m03.482s  + 4.494s
27.  Miroslav Popov       Ellegi Aprilia      2m03.684s  + 4.696s
28.  Taylor Mackenzie     Phonica Aprilia     2m03.915s  + 4.927s
29.  Francesco Mauriello  WTR-Ten10 Aprilia   2m04.632s  + 5.644s
30.  Alessandro Tonucci   Italia FMI Aprilia  2m04.663s  + 5.675s
31.  Giulian Pedone       Phonica Aprilia     2m04.860s  + 5.872s
32.  Peter Sebestyen      Caretta KTM         2m05.954s  + 6.966s
33.  Joan Perello         Matteoni Aprilia    2m07.064s  + 8.076s
34.  Massimo Parziani     Faenza Aprilia      2m09.633s  + 10.645s