Marcellino Lucchi led an Aprilia sweep of the top five positions in the first 250cc qualifying session at Mugello Friday, while Tony Elias topped the 125cc session on a Honda.

Fastest times follow:


250cc Qualifying Session #1:

1. Marcellino Lucchi, Italy, Aprilia, 1:54.939
2. Jeremy McWilliams, GB, Aprilia, 1:55.382
3. Tetsuya Harada, Japan, Aprilia, 1:55.636
4. Randy dePuniet, France, Aprilia, 1:56.081
5. Marco Melandri, Italy, Aprilia, 1:56.108
6. Daijiro Katoh, Japan, Honda, 1:56.141
7. Roberto Rolfo, Italy, Aprilia, 1:56.163
8. Roberto Locatelli, Italy, Aprilia, 1:56.229
9. Naoki Matsuda, Japan, Yamah, 1:56.339
10. Franca Battaini, Italy, Aprilia, 1:56.343
11. Klaus Nohles, Germany, Aprilia, 1:56.775
12. David Checa, Spain, Honda, 1:56.823
13. Sebastian Porto, Argentina, Yamaha, 1:57.111
14. Alex Debon, Spain, Aprilia, 1:57.132
15. Lorenzo Lanzi, Italy, Aprilia, 1:57.266



125cc Qualifying Session #1

1. Toni Elias, Spain, Honda, 2:00.605
2. Manuel Poggiali, San Marino, Gilera, 2:00.619
3. Youichi Ui, Japan, Derbi, 2:00.626
4. Lucio Cecchinello, Italy, Aprilia, 2:00.905
5. Gianluigi Scalvini, Italy, Italjet, 2:01.128
6. Mirko Giansanti, Italy, Honda, 2:01.345
7. Stefano Perugini, Italy, Italjet, 2:01.600
8. Steve Jenkner, Germany, Aprilia, 2:01.603
9. Andrea Ballerini, Italy, Aprilia, 2:01.610
10. Alex De Angelis, San Marino, Honda, 2:01.612