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Results and summary of qualifying for the Moto3 class:
Romano Fenati has broken the bad habit which has plagued his Grand Prix career, by taking his first ever pole position. The Italian found some pace as the second half of qualifying began, putting in a flying lap to break Danny Kent's pole record from last year. Fenati got his fast lap in at the right time, as he went out for his final run, he lost the front at Turn 5. Miguel Oliveira charged his way to 2nd late in the session, while Jorge Navarro, fresh off his first podium in Moto3 at Aragon, made his way up to 3rd.
Niccolo Antonelli, the man who had dominated free practice, suffered an identical crash to Fenati at Turn 5 at the end of the session, and lost his chance of improving his time. He heads up the second row of the grid in 4th, just ahead of the two men vying for the 2015 Moto3 title. Enea Bastianini was the faster of the title pair, ending the session in 5th, just ahead of championship leader Danny Kent. Kent found some improvement today, after struggling on Friday. Kent is off the front row for the first time since Assen.
Results:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
1 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 1'56.484 | ||
2 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1'56.657 | 0.173 | 0.173 |
3 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 1'56.720 | 0.236 | 0.063 |
4 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 1'56.887 | 0.403 | 0.167 |
5 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 1'56.927 | 0.443 | 0.040 |
6 | 52 | Danny Kent | Honda | 1'56.998 | 0.514 | 0.071 |
7 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | KTM | 1'57.017 | 0.533 | 0.019 |
8 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 1'57.089 | 0.605 | 0.072 |
9 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 1'57.092 | 0.608 | 0.003 |
10 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1'57.147 | 0.663 | 0.055 |
11 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 1'57.191 | 0.707 | 0.044 |
12 | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 1'57.192 | 0.708 | 0.001 |
13 | 65 | Philipp Oettl | KTM | 1'57.288 | 0.804 | 0.096 |
14 | 58 | Juanfran Guevara | Mahindra | 1'57.525 | 1.041 | 0.237 |
15 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 1'57.585 | 1.101 | 0.060 |
16 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Husqvarna | 1'57.635 | 1.151 | 0.050 |
17 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 1'57.659 | 1.175 | 0.024 |
18 | 96 | Manuel Pagliani | Mahindra | 1'57.687 | 1.203 | 0.028 |
19 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 1'57.694 | 1.210 | 0.007 |
20 | 98 | Karel Hanika | KTM | 1'57.715 | 1.231 | 0.021 |
21 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 1'57.732 | 1.248 | 0.017 |
22 | 29 | Stefano Manzi | Mahindra | 1'57.772 | 1.288 | 0.040 |
23 | 88 | Jorge Martin | Mahindra | 1'57.812 | 1.328 | 0.040 |
24 | 17 | John Mcphee | Honda | 1'57.968 | 1.484 | 0.156 |
25 | 91 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 1'57.990 | 1.506 | 0.022 |
26 | 6 | Maria Herrera | Husqvarna | 1'57.993 | 1.509 | 0.003 |
27 | 7 | Efren Vazquez | Honda | 1'58.002 | 1.518 | 0.009 |
28 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 1'58.039 | 1.555 | 0.037 |
29 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Honda | 1'58.153 | 1.669 | 0.114 |
30 | 2 | Remy Gardner | Mahindra | 1'58.388 | 1.904 | 0.235 |
31 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 1'58.603 | 2.119 | 0.215 |
32 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | 1'58.965 | 2.481 | 0.362 |
33 | 34 | Ryo Mizuno | Honda | 1'59.282 | 2.798 | 0.317 |
34 | 22 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | 1'59.308 | 2.824 | 0.026 |
35 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Honda | 1'59.889 | 3.405 | 0.581 |
36 | 27 | Keisuke Kurihara | Honda | 2'00.389 | 3.905 | 0.500 |
Comments
Race direction wrath rearranges front row
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Fenati
Antonelli
Bastianini
Kent
Oliveira
Navarro
Revised Moto3 grid
I have just posted a story with details of the revised Moto3 grid.