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The final qualifying session of the day at Le Mans kept us on our toes, starting with a closely fought Q1 seeing the top five men covered by five hundredths of a second and the unlucky party being the world championship leader. Q2 followed it up with a dramatic crash, a fine save and the arrival of the Chosen One, Pedro Acosta improving his own lap record from earlier today as he secured a maiden pole position in Moto2. The rookie was unchallenged once he picked up the lead in the final four minutes of the session and ended the day one tenth of a second ahead of Jake Dixon. Augusto Fernandez joins his teammate onto the front row of the grid, while Sam Lowes started the session in prime position but then suffered a nasty high side at turn eight and quickly got punished on the timesheets, dropping back to fourth.
The Marc VDS rider will be in the company of Albert Arenas and the surprise addition to the intermediate class, Alonso Lopez, who qualifies sixth on his return to the paddock, only four tenths off pole. Aron Canet kept calm and claimed seventh, opening the third row of the grid ahead of Ai Ogura, whose session ended in the gravel at turn six, and Bo Bendsneyder, who successfully escaped Q1. Tony Arbolino rounded out the top 10, with Somkiat Chantra settling for 11th due to a late tumble at turn 10 and Jorge Navarro a decent 12th after going through Q1.
Marcel Schrotter, Marcos Ramirez and Lorenzo Dalla Porta make up row five, the Italian getting some airtime as he led the way in Q1 before performing a nice save for the highlights reel. Stefano Manzi opens row six ahead of Cameron Beaubier and Fermín Aldeguer, while championship leader Celestino Vietti had a tough task on his hands in Q1, missing out by six thousandths of a second and forced to defend his lead from 19th on the grid.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | 51 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 1:35.803 | ||
| 2 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1:35.921 | 0.118 | 0.118 |
| 3 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1:35.963 | 0.160 | 0.042 |
| 4 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1:36.071 | 0.268 | 0.108 |
| 5 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 1:36.088 | 0.285 | 0.017 |
| 6 | Alonso Lopez | 1:36.269 | 0.466 | 0.181 | ||
| 7 | 40 | Aron Canet | Kalex | 1:36.303 | 0.500 | 0.034 |
| 8 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 1:36.309 | 0.506 | 0.006 |
| 9 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 1:36.341 | 0.538 | 0.032 |
| 10 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 1:36.351 | 0.548 | 0.010 |
| 11 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1:36.461 | 0.658 | 0.110 |
| 12 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 1:36.472 | 0.669 | 0.011 |
| 13 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1:36.502 | 0.699 | 0.030 |
| 14 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | MV Agusta | 1:36.743 | 0.940 | 0.241 |
| 15 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1:36.962 | 1.159 | 0.219 |
| 16 | Stefano Manzi | 1:36.979 | 1.176 | 0.017 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 1:37.037 | 1.234 | 0.058 |
| 18 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 1:37.098 | 1.295 | 0.061 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1:36.259 | ||
| Q2 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 1:36.278 | 0.019 | 0.019 |
| Q2 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 1:36.297 | 0.038 | 0.019 |
| Q2 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 1:36.304 | 0.045 | 0.007 |
| 19 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 1:36.310 | 0.051 | 0.006 |
| 20 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Kalex | 1:36.434 | 0.175 | 0.124 |
| 21 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1:36.478 | 0.219 | 0.044 |
| 22 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 1:36.528 | 0.269 | 0.050 |
| 23 | 12 | Filip Salac | Kalex | 1:36.599 | 0.340 | 0.071 |
| 24 | 18 | Manuel Gonzalez | Kalex | 1:36.623 | 0.364 | 0.024 |
| 25 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1:36.766 | 0.507 | 0.143 |
| 26 | 84 | Zonta Van Den Goorbergh | Kalex | 1:37.031 | 0.772 | 0.265 |
| 27 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 1:37.105 | 0.846 | 0.074 |
| 28 | 28 | Niccolň Antonelli | Kalex | 1:37.422 | 1.163 | 0.317 |
| 29 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | Kalex | 1:37.778 | 1.519 | 0.356 |
| 30 | 4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | Kalex | 1:38.454 | 2.195 | 0.676 |
