Michael Scott | November 17, 2018
2018 Valencia Moto2 and Moto3 Saturday Results
Moto2
Fresh from victory at steamy Sepang, Luca Marini conquered a chilly but dry Moto2 session to take his second pole of the season. But the SKY VR46 Kalex rider was concerned. In the wet yesterday he’d been a struggling 26th, only partly because of lingering pain from his troublesome 2017 shoulder injury.
“I did a good qualifying, but the wet was a disaster,” he said. “Tomorrow the race may be wet – so we need to work to understand the bike.”
He headed a time sheet even closer than usual for the competitive intermediate class, with 21 rides within a second of his time, and the three-strong front row spanning less than two tenths.
Xavi Vierge was second, pushing his Dynavolt Intact Kalex team-mate and erstwhile leader Marcel Schrotter to third.
New champion Pecco Bagnaia led the second row from behind team-mate Marini; with Lorenzo Baldassarri (Pons HP40 Kalex) alongside.
But the iffy conditions did shuffle the usual order a bit, with former race winner Sam Lowes (SII KTM) an unusually strong sixth, back from a painful crash in the wet yesterday.
Former Moto3 champion Joan Mir (EG VDS Kalex) led row three from second Pond rider Augusto Fernandez and Speed Up’s Fabio Quarteraro.
Title runner up Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM) completed the top ten, his third-placed team-mate Brad Binder alongside him.
Fourth in the championship will be decided tomorrow between Baldassarri, Alex Marquez, Mir and Marini, covered by 15 points. Marquez (EG VDS Kalex) qualified a downbeat 16th.
Australian Remy Gardner (Tech 3) and American Joe Roberts (NTS) were 17th and 19th, but both had been well up in the wet.
GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA
Moto2 Qualifying Classification 2018
Cheste, Saturday, November 17, 2018
1 |
10 |
Luca MARINI |
ITA |
SKY Racing Team VR46 |
Kalex |
257.8 |
1’35.777 |
|
2 |
97 |
Xavi VIERGE |
SPA |
Dynavolt Intact GP |
Kalex |
260.2 |
1’35.804 |
0.027 / 0.027 |
3 |
23 |
Marcel SCHROTTER |
GER |
Dynavolt Intact GP |
Kalex |
259.2 |
1’35.945 |
0.168 / 0.141 |
4 |
42 |
Francesco BAGNAIA |
ITA |
SKY Racing Team VR46 |
Kalex |
257.4 |
1’36.173 |
0.396 / 0.228 |
5 |
7 |
Lorenzo BALDASSARRI |
ITA |
Pons HP40 |
Kalex |
257.8 |
1’36.270 |
0.493 / 0.097 |
6 |
22 |
Sam LOWES |
GBR |
Swiss Innovative Investors |
KTM |
257.3 |
1’36.335 |
0.558 / 0.065 |
7 |
36 |
Joan MIR |
SPA |
EG 0,0 Marc VDS |
Kalex |
258.7 |
1’36.336 |
0.559 / 0.001 |
8 |
40 |
Augusto FERNANDEZ |
SPA |
Pons HP40 |
Kalex |
260.2 |
1’36.380 |
0.603 / 0.044 |
9 |
20 |
Fabio QUARTARARO |
FRA |
HDR Heidrun – Speed Up |
Speed Up |
255.6 |
1’36.396 |
0.619 / 0.016 |
10 |
44 |
Miguel OLIVEIRA |
POR |
Red Bull KTM Ajo |
KTM |
259.7 |
1’36.429 |
0.652 / 0.033 |
11 |
41 |
Brad BINDER |
RSA |
Red Bull KTM Ajo |
KTM |
260.2 |
1’36.464 |
0.687 / 0.035 |
12 |
2 |
Jesko RAFFIN |
SWI |
SAG Team |
Kalex |
256.6 |
1’36.499 |
0.722 / 0.035 |
13 |
24 |
Simone CORSI |
ITA |
Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 |
Kalex |
256.1 |
1’36.515 |
0.738 / 0.016 |
14 |
54 |
Mattia PASINI |
ITA |
Italtrans Racing Team |
Kalex |
261.5 |
1’36.532 |
0.755 / 0.017 |
15 |
89 |
Khairul Idham PAWI |
MAL |
IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia |
Kalex |
258.8 |
1’36.572 |
0.795 / 0.040 |
16 |
73 |
Alex MARQUEZ |
SPA |
EG 0,0 Marc VDS |
Kalex |
258.8 |
1’36.580 |
0.803 / 0.008 |
17 |
87 |
Remy GARDNER |
AUS |
Tech 3 Racing |
Tech 3 |
252.0 |
1’36.595 |
0.818 / 0.015 |
18 |
5 |
Andrea LOCATELLI |
ITA |
Italtrans Racing Team |
Kalex |
258.3 |
1’36.638 |
0.861 / 0.043 |
19 |
16 |
Joe ROBERTS |
USA |
NTS RW Racing GP |
NTS |
255.0 |
1’36.656 |
0.879 / 0.018 |
20 |
45 |
Tetsuta NAGASHIMA |
JPN |
IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia |
Kalex |
259.8 |
1’36.667 |
0.890 / 0.011 |
21 |
27 |
Iker LECUONA |
SPA |
Swiss Innovative Investors |
KTM |
255.7 |
1’36.671 |
0.894 / 0.004 |
22 |
4 |
Steven ODENDAAL |
RSA |
NTS RW Racing GP |
NTS |
258.2 |
1’36.819 |
1.042 / 0.148 |
23 |
9 |
Jorge NAVARRO |
SPA |
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 |
Kalex |
258.0 |
1’36.909 |
1.132 / 0.090 |
24 |
77 |
Dominique AEGERTER |
SWI |
Kiefer Racing |
KTM |
260.0 |
1’36.976 |
1.199 / 0.067 |
25 |
14 |
Hector GARZO |
SPA |
Tech 3 Racing |
Tech 3 |
253.0 |
1’37.444 |
1.667 / 0.468 |
26 |
66 |
Niki TUULI |
FIN |
Petronas Sprinta Racing |
Kalex |
257.5 |
1’37.457 |
1.680 / 0.013 |
27 |
70 |
Tommaso MARCON |
ITA |
HDR Heidrun – Speed Up |
Speed Up |
254.1 |
1’37.483 |
1.706 / 0.026 |
28 |
21 |
Federico FULIGNI |
ITA |
Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 |
Kalex |
252.3 |
1’38.351 |
2.574 / 0.868 |
29 |
32 |
Isaac VIÑALES |
SPA |
Forward Racing Team |
Suter |
254.7 |
1’38.406 |
2.629 / 0.055 |
30 |
18 |
Xavi CARDELUS |
AND |
Marinelli Snipers Team |
Kalex |
253.9 |
1’38.718 |
2.941 / 0.312 |
31 |
95 |
Jules DANILO |
FRA |
Nashi Argan SAG Team |
Kalex |
255.9 |
1’39.275 |
3.498 / 0.557 |
32 |
3 |
Lukas TULOVIC |
GER |
Forward Racing Team |
Suter |
250.6 |
1’39.600 |
3.823 / 0.325 |
Moto3
With the track drying and the brave fitting slick tyres, Italian Tony Arbolino was the bravest, taking a second pole of his career at the end of thrilling and crash-strewn Moto3 qualifying.
Times were tumbling as the dry line developed, and the names at the top of the list were shuffling as fast as the timing gear could keep up over the last five minutes.
Arbolino (Marinelli Snipers Honda) was one of the first to switch from wet tyres, and had already taken to the top when he went even faster at the end, making his pole invulnerable. The 18-year-old Italian took his first pole in round two in Argentina, in similar half-wet conditions.
Nakarin Atiratphuvapat (Honda Team Asia) was second, for his first front row; with Scot John McPhee (CIP Green Power KTM) slipping into third in the dying seconds.
This pushed GP first-timer Can Oncu, wild-carding on the Red Bull Ajo KTM after winning the Rookies Cup, off the front row. It was still a sensational debut. Oncu topped the sheets earlier, and was just two tenths away from a debut front row.
Aron Canet (EG Honda) was fifth, and Marco Bezzecchi (Redox KTM) sixth, although one of at least ten riders to fall in the tricky conditions. His close rival for second overall, Fabio Di Giannantonio was 15th on row five, and his Del Conca Gresini Honda team-mate Jorge Martin, the 2018 champion, 13th-fastest.
Arbolino’s advantage was almost a quarter of a second, and riders who missed the switch to slicks meant a more widely-space set of times than usual, with the top 20 covered by more than two seconds.
GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA
Moto3 Qualifying Classification 2018
Cheste, Saturday, November 17, 2018
1 |
14 |
Tony ARBOLINO |
ITA |
Marinelli Snipers Team |
Honda |
219.0 |
1’46.773 |
|
2 |
41 |
Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT |
THA |
Honda Team Asia |
Honda |
215.3 |
1’47.017 |
0.244 / 0.244 |
3 |
17 |
John MCPHEE |
GBR |
CIP – Green Power |
KTM |
215.8 |
1’47.116 |
0.343 / 0.099 |
4 |
61 |
Can ONCU |
TUR |
Red Bull KTM Ajo |
KTM |
214.1 |
1’47.336 |
0.563 / 0.220 |
5 |
44 |
Aron CANET |
SPA |
Estrella Galicia 0,0 |
Honda |
215.6 |
1’47.431 |
0.658 / 0.095 |
6 |
12 |
Marco BEZZECCHI |
ITA |
Redox PruestelGP |
KTM |
215.9 |
1’47.776 |
1.003 / 0.345 |
7 |
42 |
Marcos RAMIREZ |
SPA |
Bester Capital Dubai |
KTM |
219.0 |
1’47.783 |
1.010 / 0.007 |
8 |
84 |
Jakub KORNFEIL |
CZE |
Redox PruestelGP |
KTM |
217.6 |
1’47.796 |
1.023 / 0.013 |
9 |
75 |
Albert ARENAS |
SPA |
Angel Nieto Team Moto3 |
KTM |
215.9 |
1’47.826 |
1.053 / 0.030 |
10 |
25 |
Raul FERNANDEZ |
SPA |
Angel Nieto Team |
KTM |
213.7 |
1’47.880 |
1.107 / 0.054 |
11 |
72 |
Alonso LOPEZ |
SPA |
Estrella Galicia 0,0 |
Honda |
213.0 |
1’47.896 |
1.123 / 0.016 |
12 |
77 |
Vicente PEREZ |
SPA |
Reale Avintia Academy 77 |
KTM |
215.6 |
1’48.069 |
1.296 / 0.173 |
13 |
88 |
Jorge MARTIN |
SPA |
Del Conca Gresini Moto3 |
Honda |
219.0 |
1’48.124 |
1.351 / 0.055 |
14 |
33 |
Enea BASTIANINI |
ITA |
Leopard Racing |
Honda |
216.7 |
1’48.216 |
1.443 / 0.092 |
15 |
21 |
Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO |
ITA |
Del Conca Gresini Moto3 |
Honda |
214.7 |
1’48.357 |
1.584 / 0.141 |
16 |
5 |
Jaume MASIA |
SPA |
Bester Capital Dubai |
KTM |
216.6 |
1’48.435 |
1.662 / 0.078 |
17 |
10 |
Dennis FOGGIA |
ITA |
SKY Racing Team VR46 |
KTM |
220.6 |
1’48.543 |
1.770 / 0.108 |
18 |
24 |
Tatsuki SUZUKI |
JPN |
SIC58 Squadra Corse |
Honda |
216.3 |
1’48.614 |
1.841 / 0.071 |
19 |
40 |
Darryn BINDER |
RSA |
Red Bull KTM Ajo |
KTM |
213.3 |
1’48.772 |
1.999 / 0.158 |
20 |
48 |
Lorenzo DALLA PORTA |
ITA |
Leopard Racing |
Honda |
218.4 |
1’48.894 |
2.121 / 0.122 |
21 |
27 |
Kaito TOBA |
JPN |
Honda Team Asia |
Honda |
211.5 |
1’49.027 |
2.254 / 0.133 |
22 |
22 |
Kazuki MASAKI |
JPN |
RBA BOE Skull Rider |
KTM |
217.2 |
1’49.469 |
2.696 / 0.442 |
23 |
19 |
Gabriel RODRIGO |
ARG |
RBA BOE Skull Rider |
KTM |
215.4 |
1’49.696 |
2.923 / 0.227 |
24 |
31 |
Celestino VIETTI |
ITA |
SKY Racing Team VR46 |
KTM |
215.0 |
1’49.802 |
3.029 / 0.106 |
25 |
71 |
Ayumu SASAKI |
JPN |
Petronas Sprinta Racing |
Honda |
217.2 |
1’49.980 |
3.207 / 0.178 |
26 |
23 |
Niccolò ANTONELLI |
ITA |
SIC58 Squadra Corse |
Honda |
217.0 |
1’50.011 |
3.238 / 0.031 |
27 |
65 |
Philipp OETTL |
GER |
Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing |
KTM |
214.5 |
1’50.145 |
3.372 / 0.134 |
28 |
16 |
Andrea MIGNO |
ITA |
Angel Nieto Team Moto3 |
KTM |
216.7 |
1’51.870 |
5.097 / 1.725 |
29 |
81 |
Stefano NEPA |
ITA |
CIP – Green Power |
KTM |
213.0 |
1’52.119 |
5.346 / 0.249 |
30 |
26 |
Izam IKMAL |
MAL |
Petronas Sprinta Racing |
Honda |
214.8 |
1’53.093 |
6.320 / 0.974 |
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