2014 Qatar Moto3 FP1 Result: Fenati Out Front

Submitted by Mike Lewis on Thu, 2014-03-20 15:47

Before even taking to the Losail Circuit in Qatar Thursday, Valentino Rossi had a reason to smile; His new Sky Racing Team VR46 rider Romano Fenati started the new season by setting the fast time in Moto3 FP1 with a lap of 2'07.176. Jacob Kornfeil was right on his heels at four hundredths back followed by Isaac Vinales at four tenths of a second behind the leader. In all, KTM began the 2013 season the way it ended last year: Dominance at the top of the timesheet.

Alex Marquez (younger brother of MotoGP's Marc) arrived in fourth and Efren Vazquez who led much of the early session, ended the Thursday session in fifth. All of the top 13 rider finished the day faster than FP1 in 2013 when Jonas Folger clocked a 2'08.951 in the opener.

Results:

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff. / Prev.
1	5	Romano FENATI	KTM	2'07.176
2	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	2'07.222	0.046 / 0.046
3	32	Isaac VIÑALES	KTM	2'07.611	0.435 / 0.389
4	12	Alex MARQUEZ	Honda	2'07.775	0.599 / 0.164
5	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	Honda	2'07.875	0.699 / 0.100
6	8	Jack MILLER	KTM	2'07.905	0.729 / 0.030
7	42	Alex RINS	Honda	2'07.931	0.755 / 0.026
8	52	Danny KENT	Husqvarna	2'08.032	0.856 / 0.101
9	21	Francesco BAGNAIA	KTM	2'08.196	1.020 / 0.164
10	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Mahindra	2'08.306	1.130 / 0.110
11	41	Brad BINDER	Mahindra	2'08.640	1.464 / 0.334
12	57	Eric GRANADO	KTM	2'08.652	1.476 / 0.012
13	10	Alexis MASBOU	Honda	2'08.703	1.527 / 0.051
14	11	Livio LOI	Kalex KTM	2'09.089	1.913 / 0.386
15	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	KTM	2'09.137	1.961 / 0.048
16	9	Scott DEROUE	Kalex KTM	2'09.187	2.011 / 0.050
17	58	Juanfran GUEVARA	Kalex KTM	2'09.218	2.042 / 0.031
18	19	Alessandro TONUCCI	Mahindra	2'09.377	2.201 / 0.159
19	22	Ana CARRASCO	Kalex KTM	2'09.420	2.244 / 0.043
20	31	Niklas AJO	Husqvarna	2'09.437	2.261 / 0.017
21	98	Karel HANIKA	KTM	2'09.579	2.403 / 0.142
22	43	Luca GRÜNWALD	Kalex KTM	2'09.794	2.618 / 0.215
23	65	Philipp OETTL	Kalex KTM	2'09.817	2.641 / 0.023
24	33	Enea BASTIANINI	KTM	2'09.872	2.696 / 0.055
25	63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Honda	2'10.005	2.829 / 0.133
26	61	Arthur SISSIS	Mahindra	2'10.168	2.992 / 0.163
27	17	John MCPHEE	Honda	2'10.223	3.047 / 0.055
28	55	Andrea LOCATELLI	Mahindra	2'10.629	3.453 / 0.406
29	3	Matteo FERRARI	Mahindra	2'10.685	3.509 / 0.056
30	38	Hafiq AZMI	KTM	2'11.055	3.879 / 0.370
31	95	Jules DANILO	Mahindra	2'11.434	4.258 / 0.379
32	51	Bryan SCHOUTEN	Mahindra	2'11.957	4.781 / 0.523
33	4	Gabriel RAMOS	Kalex KTM	2'14.815	7.639 / 2.858