2016 Sachsenring Moto3 Qualifying Result: Of Red Flags And Last Minutes

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2016-07-16 11:55

The Moto3 class qualifying session started off quite dramatically with several harsh incidents into turn four. After an early slide for Jorge Martin before even setting a time, Romano Fenati completed his weekend’s hattrick of crashes, quickly followed by Niccolò Antonelli before the marshals even got a chance to clear the area. Fabio di Giannantonio got caught out soon after too, the session being red-flagged due to an oil spillage reported on track, potentially caused by Danny Webb’s Mahindra as the British rider crashed himself into turn seven.

After twenty minutes of dusting and sweeping for the marshals and frantic work for the Ongetta, Sky and Aspar mechanics, the green flag waved again. With twenty-five minutes left to post a time, Antonelli was one of the riders not to join the track, after being diagnosed with a broken collarbone following his unfortunate crash.

Meanwhile, Andrea Locatelli was close to secure his first pole position before being beaten to the top by a fast Enea Bastianini into the last seconds of the session, the Gresini rider taking his second consecutive pole position. Aron Canet followed up on a great FP3 with an equally fast qualifying session, completing the front row for tomorrow’s race.

Bo Bendsneyder was the surprise of the day, popping into fourth position in the final moments of qualifying, followed by an admirable performance from Jorge Navarro. The second row is completed by Brad Binder, four tenths off the leader.

Lower down the grid and yet another gravel trip later, Romano Fenati will be starting the German race from eighteenth place, the Italian rider ever quite getting a grip on things after his early crash.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap 1st	Prev.
1	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Honda	1'27.129
2	55	Andrea LOCATELLI	KTM	1'27.448	0.319	0.319
3	44	Aron CANET	Honda	1'27.501	0.372	0.053
4	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	KTM	1'27.522	0.393	0.021
5	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Honda	1'27.538	0.409	0.016
6	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'27.566	0.437	0.028
7	95	Jules DANILO	Honda	1'27.639	0.510	0.073
8	17	John MCPHEE	Peugeot	1'27.739	0.610	0.100
9	76	Hiroki ONO	Honda	1'27.819	0.690	0.080
10	88	Jorge MARTIN	Mahindra	1'27.875	0.746	0.056
11	21	Francesco BAGNAIA	Mahindra	1'27.939	0.810	0.064
12	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	KTM	1'27.990	0.861	0.051
13	58	Juanfran GUEVARA	KTM	1'28.017	0.888	0.027
14	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	KTM	1'28.022	0.893	0.005
15	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	Honda	1'28.219	1.090	0.197
16	11	Livio LOI	Honda	1'28.317	1.188	0.098
17	5	Romano FENATI	KTM	1'28.323	1.194	0.006
18	36	Joan MIR	KTM	1'28.360	1.231	0.037
19	65	Philipp OETTL	KTM	1'28.390	1.261	0.030
20	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Honda	1'28.397	1.268	0.007
21	8	Nicolo BULEGA	KTM	1'28.402	1.273	0.005
22	4	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Honda	1'28.424	1.295	0.022
23	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Mahindra	1'28.469	1.340	0.045
24	10	Alexis MASBOU	Peugeot	1'28.492	1.363	0.023
25	6	Maria HERRERA	KTM	1'28.492	1.363
26	7	Adam NORRODIN	Honda	1'28.698	1.569	0.206
27	43	Stefano VALTULINI	Mahindra	1'28.780	1.651	0.082
28	97	Maximillian KAPPLER	KTM	1'28.955	1.826	0.175
29	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	Honda	1'28.973	1.844	0.018
30	16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	1'29.343	2.214	0.370
31	40	Darryn BINDER	Mahindra	1'29.412	2.283	0.069
32	77	Lorenzo PETRARCA	Mahindra	1'29.619	2.490	0.207
33	27	Tim GEORGI	KTM	1'30.265	3.136	0.646
34	3	Fabio SPIRANELLI	Mahindra	1'30.526	3.397	0.261
	22	Danny WEBB	Mahindra