In good shape since the start of this season and performing well in each test session since the start of the Argentine hostilities, Brad Binder had until then struggled to achieve results. This is done for the KTM official who signed his first career pole position at the end of an eventful qualifying exercise.
Tempers indeed heated up during the last minutes which notably saw the falls of Canet et Migno then Bagnaia, Hanika, Guevara and Petrarca. You therefore had to have your nose in the bubble, a keen eye and keep a cool head to position yourself on the Termas de Rio Hondo route. A synthesis accomplished by the South African who was the only one to go below the 1'50 per lap mark.
His 1'.49.767 is certainly less good than the performance of 1'48.461 achieved by Olive tree last year, but whatever. The main thing is there. It is Roman Fenati who follows him with another KTM while Honda's affairs are managed by NAVARRO which takes the last plot of the first line.
The second line is controlled by Pawi which is the surprise of the day and which is ahead of Open up still so early. Joan Mir is sixth and best of the Leopard trio since Quarterly could not do better than ninth, ahead Law and the latest winner Antonelli who could not overcome bastianini.
The session was not favorable for our two other French people since Jules Danilo is only 21rd, practically in the company of Alexis Masbou who wanders like a lost soul with his Peugeot Mahindra at 23rd rank. The race will take place tomorrow, Sunday, at 18:00 p.m. The rain, which was forgotten this Saturday, is feared there.
Argentina, Moto3, Qualifying: the times
1. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 49.767s
2. Roman Fenati ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 50.091s
3. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 50.134s
4. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 50.204s
5. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 50.278s
6. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 50.342s
7. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 50.392s
8. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 50.400s
9. fabio quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 50.428s
10. Livio Law BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 1m 50.522s
11. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 50.710s
12. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 50.714s
13. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 50.716s
14. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 50.733s
15. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda)
1m 50.753s
16. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 50.904s
17. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 50.948s
18. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 51.001s
19. George Martin SPA ASPAR Mahindra Team Moto3 (Mahindra)
1m 51.024s
20. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 51.037s
21. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 51.146s
22. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 51.194s
23. Alexis Masbou FRA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 51.196s
24. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda)
1m 51.231s
25. Francis Bagnaia ITA ASPAR Mahindra Team Moto3 (Mahindra) 1m 51.408s
26. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Laglisse (KTM) 1m 51.416s
27. Tatsuki suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 51.474s
28. John mcphee GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 51.729s
29. Karel Hanika CZE Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
1m 52.392s
30. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 52.737s
31. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
1m 53.310s
32. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 53.704s
33. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 54.463s
