2018 Catalunya Moto2 & Moto3 Saturday Results
Moto2
Former fancied youngster Fabio Quartararo took a giant step toward recovering his battered reputation by claiming a first pole in Moto2, the Speed Up chassis putting him ahead of the Kalexes of Alex Marquez (EG VDS) and German Dynavolt Intact rider Marcel Schrotter.
The Frenchman was allowed into Moto3 while still under-age in 2015, after winning two straight “Junior World Championships”, but has struggled to live up to the hype He was a tenth ahead of the Spaniard, with the top 17 inside one second of his time.
Championship leader Pecco Bagnaia (SKY VR46 Kalex), nursing arm-pump problems, headed row two from Red Bull’s Brad Binder on the top KTM. Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Kalex) completes row two.
Xavi Vierge (Dynavolt Kalex) crashed out of his late bid to improve on seventh. Joan Mir (EG VDS Kalex) and Sam Lowes join him on row three.
Mugello winner Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM) has once again left himself with a lot of work to do, placed 17th.
GRAN PREMI MONSTER ENERGY DE CATALUNYA
Moto2 Qualifying Classification 2018
Barcelona, Saturday, June 16, 2018
| 1 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | FRA | HDR – Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 282.6 | 1’43.474 | |
| 2 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 282.2 | 1’43.590 | 0.116 / 0.116 |
| 3 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 286.2 | 1’43.619 | 0.145 / 0.029 |
| 4 | 42 | Francesco BAGNAIA | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | Kalex | 284.1 | 1’43.821 | 0.347 / 0.202 |
| 5 | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 282.5 | 1’43.867 | 0.393 / 0.046 |
| 6 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 284.9 | 1’43.905 | 0.431 / 0.038 |
| 7 | 97 | Xavi VIERGE | SPA | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 284.0 | 1’44.136 | 0.662 / 0.231 |
| 8 | 36 | Joan MIR | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 281.3 | 1’44.170 | 0.696 / 0.034 |
| 9 | 22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Swiss Innovative Investors | KTM | 276.9 | 1’44.215 | 0.741 / 0.045 |
| 10 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | Pons HP40 | Kalex | 280.0 | 1’44.227 | 0.753 / 0.012 |
| 11 | 24 | Simone CORSI | ITA | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | Kalex | 279.9 | 1’44.232 | 0.758 / 0.005 |
| 12 | 45 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 281.2 | 1’44.244 | 0.770 / 0.012 |
| 13 | 10 | Luca MARINI | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | Kalex | 283.3 | 1’44.269 | 0.795 / 0.025 |
| 14 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | SPA | Swiss Innovative Investors | KTM | 283.9 | 1’44.314 | 0.840 / 0.045 |
| 15 | 13 | Romano FENATI | ITA | Marinelli Snipers Team | Kalex | 283.1 | 1’44.383 | 0.909 / 0.069 |
| 16 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 285.6 | 1’44.419 | 0.945 / 0.036 |
| 17 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 282.7 | 1’44.429 | 0.955 / 0.010 |
| 18 | 57 | Edgar PONS | SPA | AGR Team | Kalex | 280.5 | 1’44.512 | 1.038 / 0.083 |
| 19 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | SPA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 283.4 | 1’44.551 | 1.077 / 0.039 |
| 20 | 40 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | SPA | Pons HP40 | Kalex | 282.3 | 1’44.564 | 1.090 / 0.013 |
| 21 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | SAG Team | Kalex | 284.2 | 1’44.725 | 1.251 / 0.161 |
| 22 | 89 | Khairul Idham PAWI | MAL | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 277.9 | 1’44.735 | 1.261 / 0.010 |
| 23 | 87 | Remy GARDNER | AUS | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 281.7 | 1’44.760 | 1.286 / 0.025 |
| 24 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | Kiefer Racing | KTM | 282.1 | 1’44.780 | 1.306 / 0.020 |
| 25 | 4 | Steven ODENDAAL | RSA | NTS RW Racing GP | NTS | 279.8 | 1’44.972 | 1.498 / 0.192 |
| 26 | 64 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NED | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 279.1 | 1’45.089 | 1.615 / 0.117 |
| 27 | 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | HDR – Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 283.1 | 1’45.155 | 1.681 / 0.066 |
| 28 | 16 | Joe ROBERTS | USA | NTS RW Racing GP | NTS | 275.2 | 1’45.366 | 1.892 / 0.211 |
| 29 | 66 | Niki TUULI | FIN | SIC Racing Team | Kalex | 281.3 | 1’45.477 | 2.003 / 0.111 |
| 30 | 30 | Dimas EKKY PRATAMA | INA | Astra Honda Racing Team | Honda | 275.6 | 1’45.532 | 2.058 / 0.055 |
| 31 | 62 | Stefano MANZI | ITA | Forward Racing Team | Suter | 275.7 | 1’45.560 | 2.086 / 0.028 |
| 32 | 51 | Eric GRANADO | BRA | Forward Racing Team | Suter | 278.4 | 1’45.605 | 2.131 / 0.045 |
| 33 | 95 | Jules DANILO | FRA | Nashi Argan SAG Team | Kalex | 282.0 | 1’45.902 | 2.428 / 0.297 |
| 34 | 21 | Federico FULIGNI | ITA | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | Kalex | 275.7 | 1’46.544 | 3.070 / 0.642 |
Moto3
A crash early in a drama-filled Moto3 qualifying session cost Jorge Martin his fifth pole in a row and the 14th in his short career – although the Spanish Del Conca Honda rider did bounce back to place a close second.
It was another Honda ahead (and another five immediately behind), as Leopard team rider Enea Bastianini grabbed his first pole of the season by better than a tenth.
It was a good afternoon for graduates of the Asia Talent Cup, with Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Honda) third, his second successive front row; and Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas Honda) a close fourth.
Aron Canet (EG Honda) and another Japanese rider, Kaito Toba (Team Asia Honda) completed the second row, Only then the first KTMs, with three of them – John McPhee (Green Power), Gabriel Rodrigo (RBA) and title leader Marco Bezzecchi (Redox Prustel) – filling row three.
Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Honda) completed the top ten; podium regular Fabio di Giannantonio (Del Conca Honda) slipped into 13th, after missing most of the session after falling on his out lap.
GRAN PREMI MONSTER ENERGY DE CATALUNYA
Moto3 Qualifying Classification 2018
Barcelona, Saturday, June 16, 2018
| 1 | 33 | Enea BASTIANINI | ITA | Leopard Racing | Honda | 235.8 | 1’48.806 | |
| 2 | 88 | Jorge MARTIN | SPA | Del Conca Gresini Moto3 | Honda | 233.3 | 1’48.913 | 0.107 / 0.107 |
| 3 | 24 | Tatsuki SUZUKI | JPN | SIC58 Squadra Corse | Honda | 240.0 | 1’49.057 | 0.251 / 0.144 |
| 4 | 71 | Ayumu SASAKI | JPN | Petronas Sprinta Racing | Honda | 235.3 | 1’49.059 | 0.253 / 0.002 |
| 5 | 44 | Aron CANET | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Honda | 234.4 | 1’49.115 | 0.309 / 0.056 |
| 6 | 27 | Kaito TOBA | JPN | Honda Team Asia | Honda | 237.9 | 1’49.185 | 0.379 / 0.070 |
| 7 | 17 | John MCPHEE | GBR | CIP – Green Power | KTM | 234.6 | 1’49.191 | 0.385 / 0.006 |
| 8 | 19 | Gabriel RODRIGO | ARG | RBA BOE Skull Rider | KTM | 237.2 | 1’49.233 | 0.427 / 0.042 |
| 9 | 12 | Marco BEZZECCHI | ITA | Redox PruestelGP | KTM | 232.4 | 1’49.299 | 0.493 / 0.066 |
| 10 | 48 | Lorenzo DALLA PORTA | ITA | Leopard Racing | Honda | 236.6 | 1’49.379 | 0.573 / 0.080 |
| 11 | 22 | Kazuki MASAKI | JPN | RBA BOE Skull Rider | KTM | 236.6 | 1’49.398 | 0.592 / 0.019 |
| 12 | 8 | Nicolo BULEGA | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | KTM | 234.5 | 1’49.400 | 0.594 / 0.002 |
| 13 | 21 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | ITA | Del Conca Gresini Moto3 | Honda | 226.7 | 1’49.414 | 0.608 / 0.014 |
| 14 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Redox PruestelGP | KTM | 239.4 | 1’49.498 | 0.692 / 0.084 |
| 15 | 25 | Raul FERNANDEZ | SPA | Angel Nieto Team | KTM | 236.3 | 1’49.565 | 0.759 / 0.067 |
| 16 | 16 | Andrea MIGNO | ITA | Angel Nieto Team Moto3 | KTM | 239.1 | 1’49.578 | 0.772 / 0.013 |
| 17 | 5 | Jaume MASIA | SPA | Bester Capital Dubai | KTM | 232.7 | 1’49.655 | 0.849 / 0.077 |
| 18 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | GER | Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing | KTM | 238.4 | 1’49.691 | 0.885 / 0.036 |
| 19 | 75 | Albert ARENAS | SPA | Angel Nieto Team Moto3 | KTM | 239.6 | 1’49.736 | 0.930 / 0.045 |
| 20 | 40 | Darryn BINDER | RSA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 238.6 | 1’49.897 | 1.091 / 0.161 |
| 21 | 7 | Adam NORRODIN | MAL | Petronas Sprinta Racing | Honda | 236.1 | 1’49.983 | 1.177 / 0.086 |
| 22 | 14 | Tony ARBOLINO | ITA | Marinelli Snipers Team | Honda | 237.3 | 1’50.012 | 1.206 / 0.029 |
| 23 | 76 | Makar YURCHENKO | KAZ | CIP – Green Power | KTM | 236.3 | 1’50.022 | 1.216 / 0.010 |
| 24 | 72 | Alonso LOPEZ | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Honda | 233.2 | 1’50.183 | 1.377 / 0.161 |
| 25 | 42 | Marcos RAMIREZ | SPA | Bester Capital Dubai | KTM | 233.7 | 1’50.186 | 1.380 / 0.003 |
| 26 | 10 | Dennis FOGGIA | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | KTM | 231.5 | 1’50.197 | 1.391 / 0.011 |
| 27 | 11 | Livio LOI | BEL | Reale Avintia Academy 77 | KTM | 236.2 | 1’50.247 | 1.441 / 0.050 |
| 28 | 77 | Vicente PEREZ | SPA | Reale Avintia Academy 77 | KTM | 236.8 | 1’50.469 | 1.663 / 0.222 |
| 29 | 41 | Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT | THA | Honda Team Asia | Honda | 231.8 | 1’51.306 | 2.500 / 0.837 |
| 23 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse | Honda |
