2019 Phillip Island Moto3 FP3 Result: Arbolino Not Quite Gone With The Wind

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Fri, 2019-10-25 22:59

Not quite the Titanic spin-off predicted 24 hours ago but although the lightweight class escaped another downpour, they could not dodge the cold and the wind. A few riders took to the track all wrapped up and resigned to the idea that the Q2 ship has sailed but keen to work towards the race, while some were in no hurry to aggravate injuries or risk new ones in the challenging conditions.

Tony Arbolino proved once again his prowess for tricky conditions but it did little to help his cause for qualifying. The Italian still gave it a good go, posting red sector after red sector and leading the session throughout. Filip Salac grabbed the mantle for top rookie in FP3, two tenths of a second off the lead and less than a tenth ahead of Ayumu Sasaki. Romano Fenati also braved the conditions to go fourth and the final rider within half a second of his teammate’s lead.

Dennis Foggia rounded out the top five, very closely followed by Vietti, Raul Fernandez and Can Oncu. Estrella Galicia duo of Alonso Lopez and Sergio Garcia completed the top ten, one second slower than Arbolino. In the end, Gabriel Rodrigo was the only rider not to leave the comfort of pitlane to try to set a time.

With lap times nowhere near Friday benchmarks, Aron Canet stayed at the top of the overall pile, as the fastest man of the weekend and favourite ahead of qualifying. The Spaniard will be joined in Q2 by main rival Dalla Porta, as well as Albert Arenas, Niccolo Antonelli, Tatsuki Suzuki, Andrea Migno, John McPhee, Fenati, Foggia, Rodrigo, Stefano Nepa, Vietti, Kaito Toba and Marcos Ramirez. Darryn Binder and Arbolino are due to headline Q1 alongside Fernandez, Jakub Kornfeil or Garcia.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap 1st	Prev.
1	14	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	1'38.492
2	12	Filip SALAC	KTM	1'38.694	0.202	0.202
3	71	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	1'38.779	0.287	0.085
4	55	Romano FENATI	Honda	1'38.913	0.421	0.134
5	7	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	1'39.147	0.655	0.234
6	13	Celestino VIETTI	KTM	1'39.165	0.673	0.018
7	25	Raul FERNANDEZ	KTM	1'39.244	0.752	0.079
8	61	Can ONCU	KTM	1'39.294	0.802	0.050
9	21	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	1'39.442	0.950	0.148
10	11	Sergio GARCIA	Honda	1'39.546	1.054	0.104
11	44	Aron CANET	KTM	1'39.722	1.230	0.176
12	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	1'39.906	1.414	0.184
13	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	1'39.917	1.425	0.011
14	40	Darryn BINDER	KTM	1'39.963	1.471	0.046
15	48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	Honda	1'40.022	1.530	0.059
16	16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	1'40.072	1.580	0.050
17	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	Honda	1'40.187	1.695	0.115
18	5	Jaume MASIA	KTM	1'40.289	1.797	0.102
19	22	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	1'40.557	2.065	0.268
20	82	Stefano NEPA	KTM	1'40.895	2.403	0.338
21	76	Makar YURCHENKO	KTM	1'40.905	2.413	0.010
22	17	John MCPHEE	Honda	1'41.052	2.560	0.147
23	27	Kaito TOBA	Honda	1'41.142	2.650	0.090
24	69	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	KTM	1'41.273	2.781	0.131
25	79	Ai OGURA	Honda	1'41.517	3.025	0.244
26	75	Albert ARENAS	KTM	1'41.815	3.323	0.298
27	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	Honda	1'41.957	3.465	0.142
28	54	Riccardo ROSSI	Honda	1'42.194	3.702	0.237
29	15	Rogan CHANDLER	Kalex KTM	1'45.166	6.674	2.972
	9	Yanni SHAW	Kalex KTM	1'49.480	10.988	4.314
	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	Honda