2019 Aragon Moto3 Qualifying Result: Catch Him If You Can

By Zara Daniela | Sat, 21/09/2019 - 11:35

Despite all the talk of rain for the past 24 hours and the actual rain in the final practice session, there was no sign of it by the time qualifying came about. Under a bright and quite hot sun, lightweight class riders took to the track, albeit with quite a significant delay of looking around and waiting for someone to blink first to unwillingly offer a tow.

Once all riders joined the track for Q2, it was time for the Aron Canet show, the Spaniard testing the overtaking spot at turn nine with a move on Tony Arbolino and then taking a slipstream from Jaume Masia to put together a time one second faster than the opposition. With four minutes left of the session, Canet looked confident enough in his time that he just stopped pushing and the confidence proved justified as red sectors disappeared from the timing screens. The Spaniard sealed a Marquez-style second pole position of the season, despite a stint in Q1.

If Canet is a fairly familiar sight on the front row, the championship contender will have more unusual company, with rookie Ai Ogura becoming a consistent presence at the top end and with wildcard Carlos Tatay closing the front row. The fresh Red Bull Rookies champ has looked excellent throughout practice and easily made it through Q1 to join the select front row trio.

Jakub Kornfeil opens row two ahead of yet another rookie, Celestino Vietti, while Alonso Lopez secured sixth grid position. Arbolino could not benefit too much from following Canet for half a pole lap and the young Italian dropped to seventh spot. He will start Sunday’s race ahead of Misano victor Tatsuki Suzuki and Misano podium man John McPhee.

Ayumu Sasaki rounded out the top ten and will share fourth row with Dennis Foggia and championship leader Lorenzo Dalla Porta, who will have a bit of a challenge to defend his lead from 12th on the grid. Teammate Marcos Ramirez had an even worse afternoon, missing out on Q2 and banished to start 20th.

Results:

Pos. Num. Rider Bike Time Gap 1st Prev.
1 44 Aron CANET KTM 1'58.197    
2 79 Ai OGURA Honda 1'58.898 0.701 0.701
3 99 Carlos TATAY KTM 1'58.983 0.786 0.085
4 84 Jakub KORNFEIL KTM 1'59.092 0.895 0.109
5 13 Celestino VIETTI KTM 1'59.121 0.924 0.029
6 21 Alonso LOPEZ Honda 1'59.194 0.997 0.073
7 14 Tony ARBOLINO Honda 1'59.201 1.004 0.007
8 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI Honda 1'59.204 1.007 0.003
9 17 John MCPHEE Honda 1'59.212 1.015 0.008
10 71 Ayumu SASAKI Honda 1'59.336 1.139 0.124
11 7 Dennis FOGGIA KTM 1'59.407 1.210 0.071
12 48 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA Honda 1'59.449 1.252 0.042
13 75 Albert ARENAS KTM 1'59.662 1.465 0.213
14 19 Gabriel RODRIGO Honda 1'59.769 1.572 0.107
15 5 Jaume MASIA KTM 1'59.826 1.629 0.057
16 12 Filip SALAC KTM 1'59.919 1.722 0.093
17 16 Andrea MIGNO KTM 2'00.016 1.819 0.097
18 54 Riccardo ROSSI Honda 2'00.604 2.407 0.588
    Q1 Results:        
Q2 7 Dennis FOGGIA KTM 1'58.800    
Q2 44 Aron CANET KTM 1'58.898 0.098 0.098
Q2 99 Carlos TATAY KTM 1'59.322 0.522 0.424
Q2 13 Celestino VIETTI KTM 1'59.328 0.528 0.006
19 82 Stefano NEPA KTM 1'59.486 0.686 0.158
20 42 Marcos RAMIREZ Honda 1'59.602 0.802 0.116
21 25 Raul FERNANDEZ KTM 1'59.876 1.076 0.274
22 76 Makar YURCHENKO KTM 1'59.897 1.097 0.021
23 32 Davide PIZZOLI Honda 1'59.951 1.151 0.054
24 67 Gerard RIU MALE KTM 2'00.069 1.269 0.118
25 10 Julian Jose GARCIA Honda 2'00.257 1.457 0.188
26 53 Deniz ONCU KTM 2'00.466 1.666 0.209
27 40 Darryn BINDER KTM 2'00.655 1.855 0.189
28 22 Kazuki MASAKI KTM 2'00.832 2.032 0.177
29 11 Sergio GARCIA Honda 2'01.575 2.775 0.743
30 69 Tom BOOTH-AMOS KTM 2'01.593 2.793 0.018
  27 Kaito TOBA Honda      
2019
14
Moto3
Motorland Aragon, Spain
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