Submitted by Zara Daniela on
After fairly eventful qualifying sessions for their colleagues, the intermediate class had some surprised in store as well. It wasn’t much of a surprise to see the championship leader taking control of the session at the start of Q2 but then rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio turned promise into reality by snatching his first career pole position and respective Tissot watch.
Alex Marquez did not need to improve on his early benchmark to stay on the front row but with a significant threat coming from Augusto Fernandez, his compatriot lining up third on the grid.
Remy Gardner missed out of the front row by less than two hundredths of a second and pole by a mere tenth and a half. Teammate Tetsuta Nagashima started his weekend in excellent form and lost a tiny bit of that throughout but that only means a second row start, ahead of Xavi Vierge, despite a late crash for the Marc VDS man.
Tom Luthi led proceedings very briefly but had to make do with a third row start, where he will be joined by Sam Lowes and Q1 escapee Marco Bezzecchi. Rookie Enea Bastianini rounded out the top ten and opens row four ahead of teammate Andrea Locatelli and compatriot Luca Marini – the SKY racer the first to get promoted through Q1.
Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap 1st | Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Speed Up | 1'37.481 | ||
| 2 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | Kalex | 1'37.618 | 0.137 | 0.137 |
| 3 | 40 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | Kalex | 1'37.645 | 0.164 | 0.027 |
| 4 | 87 | Remy GARDNER | Kalex | 1'37.664 | 0.183 | 0.019 |
| 5 | 45 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | Kalex | 1'37.671 | 0.190 | 0.007 |
| 6 | 97 | Xavi VIERGE | Kalex | 1'37.779 | 0.298 | 0.108 |
| 7 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Kalex | 1'37.796 | 0.315 | 0.017 |
| 8 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Kalex | 1'37.866 | 0.385 | 0.070 |
| 9 | 72 | Marco BEZZECCHI | KTM | 1'37.935 | 0.454 | 0.069 |
| 10 | 33 | Enea BASTIANINI | Kalex | 1'37.938 | 0.457 | 0.003 |
| 11 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Kalex | 1'37.953 | 0.472 | 0.015 |
| 12 | 10 | Luca MARINI | Kalex | 1'38.007 | 0.526 | 0.054 |
| 13 | 11 | Nicolo BULEGA | Kalex | 1'38.032 | 0.551 | 0.025 |
| 14 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Kalex | 1'38.054 | 0.573 | 0.022 |
| 15 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | Speed Up | 1'38.181 | 0.700 | 0.127 |
| 16 | 41 | Brad BINDER | KTM | 1'38.211 | 0.730 | 0.030 |
| 17 | 88 | Jorge MARTIN | KTM | 1'38.223 | 0.742 | 0.012 |
| 18 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | 1'39.972 | 2.491 | 1.749 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 10 | Luca MARINI | Kalex | 1'37.953 | ||
| Q2 | 72 | Marco BEZZECCHI | KTM | 1'38.072 | 0.119 | 0.119 |
| Q2 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | 1'38.111 | 0.158 | 0.039 |
| Q2 | 88 | Jorge MARTIN | KTM | 1'38.204 | 0.251 | 0.093 |
| 19 | 35 | Somkiat CHANTRA | Kalex | 1'38.336 | 0.383 | 0.132 |
| 20 | 62 | Stefano MANZI | MV Agusta | 1'38.364 | 0.411 | 0.028 |
| 21 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | MV Agusta | 1'38.502 | 0.549 | 0.138 |
| 22 | 24 | Simone CORSI | NTS | 1'38.544 | 0.591 | 0.042 |
| 23 | 64 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NTS | 1'38.607 | 0.654 | 0.063 |
| 24 | 16 | Joe ROBERTS | KTM | 1'38.682 | 0.729 | 0.075 |
| 25 | 96 | Jake DIXON | KTM | 1'39.175 | 1.222 | 0.493 |
| 26 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | KTM | 1'39.743 | 1.790 | 0.568 |
| 27 | 3 | Lukas TULOVIC | KTM | 1'40.318 | 2.365 | 0.575 |
| 28 | 18 | Xavi CARDELUS | KTM | 1'40.449 | 2.496 | 0.131 |
| 29 | 47 | Adam NORRODIN | Kalex | 1'40.516 | 2.563 | 0.067 |
| 30 | 36 | Andi Farid IZDIHAR | Kalex | 1'40.723 | 2.770 | 0.207 |
