2019 Barcelona Moto3 FP1 Result: Lopez Leads Teammate Battle

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Fri, 2019-06-14 08:13

A warm morning on a track that’s more than familiar to most of the grid meant a pretty uneventful first session for the lightweight class. And also a good opportunity for the home riders to shine, rookie Sergio Garcia leading the way early on, before making room for teammate Alonso Lopez. The Estrella Galicia duo rode in tandem for most of the session and set camp at the top of the timesheets, Lopez leading Garcia by less than two hundredths of a second. Gabriel Rodrigo completed the top three with a time within half a tenth of the leaders.

Darryn Binder was best of the reason, two tenths of a second behind Lopez and if it hadn’t been for Garcia’s adventures, Can Oncu’s fifth position would have looked more impressive amongst the rookies. Albert Arenas was the final man within half a second of the leader, with Romano Fenati, Kazuki Masaki, Makar Yurchenko and John McPhee completing the top ten.

Wildcard Carlos Tatay also stole a bit of the limelight with his 11th position, missing out on a top ten by only one hundredth of a second and finishing ahead of a wobbly Aron Canet. The championship leader had some trouble keeping within the white lines throughout the session but there was not much reason to worry as championship rivals ended up behind him after the final time attack: Jaume Masia 14th, Tony Arbolino 19th, Lorenzo Dalla Porta 20th and Niccolo Antonelli 22nd.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap 1st	Prev.
1	21	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	1'49.167
2	11	Sergio GARCIA	Honda	1'49.184	0.017	0.017
3	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	Honda	1'49.214	0.047	0.030
4	40	Darryn BINDER	KTM	1'49.377	0.210	0.163
5	61	Can ONCU	KTM	1'49.465	0.298	0.088
6	75	Albert ARENAS	KTM	1'49.642	0.475	0.177
7	55	Romano FENATI	Honda	1'49.692	0.525	0.050
8	22	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	1'49.748	0.581	0.056
9	76	Makar YURCHENKO	KTM	1'49.809	0.642	0.061
10	17	John MCPHEE	Honda	1'49.836	0.669	0.027
11	99	Carlos TATAY	KTM	1'49.852	0.685	0.016
12	44	Aron CANET	KTM	1'49.938	0.771	0.086
13	25	Raul FERNANDEZ	KTM	1'50.028	0.861	0.090
14	5	Jaume MASIA	KTM	1'50.159	0.992	0.131
15	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	Honda	1'50.207	1.040	0.048
16	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	1'50.309	1.142	0.102
17	12	Filip SALAC	KTM	1'50.434	1.267	0.125
18	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	1'50.465	1.298	0.031
19	14	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	1'50.544	1.377	0.079
20	48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	Honda	1'50.626	1.459	0.082
21	6	Ryusei YAMANAKA	Honda	1'50.768	1.601	0.142
22	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	Honda	1'50.774	1.607	0.006
23	69	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	KTM	1'50.899	1.732	0.125
24	54	Riccardo ROSSI	Honda	1'51.050	1.883	0.151
25	16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	1'51.155	1.988	0.105
26	71	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	1'51.522	2.355	0.367
27	27	Kaito TOBA	Honda	1'51.527	2.360	0.005
28	79	Ai OGURA	Honda	1'51.548	2.381	0.021
29	77	Vicente PEREZ	KTM	1'51.677	2.510	0.129
30	7	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	1'51.728	2.561	0.051
31	13	Celestino VIETTI	KTM	1'51.935	2.768	0.207