Rain was feared during this second day in Austin and it did not fail to arrive. After the last Moto2 free practice session, she took care of the Moto3 qualifying sessions. Philipp Oettl had decided to get wet from the start. And it didn't stay dry.
Oettl therefore did the job before the downpour to take his first career pole position. On his KTM, he is ahead of two Hondas. That of a NAVARRO which was the best time this morning and that of bastianini which close the first line to Cornfeel et fenati. The sixth man is a certain Norrodin who had been one of the unfortunate heroes of an Argentine Grand Prix contested in almost identical conditions.
Malaysian driver ahead Locatelli and the French pair composed of Danilo and Quarterly. If the first mentioned was satisfied with his performance, this was not the case for the second who lost all the benefit of a first day finishing at the top of the hierarchy.
Law closes the top 10 at Open up and the championship leader Brad Binder. Alexis Masbou comes away with a fifteenth place. The disappointments come from Pawi, thirty-first under a sky that had been so kind to him at Termas de Rio Hondo. Antonelli is also the big loser of the exercise, with a twenty-ninth position far from its championship ambitions. The Moto3 race will take place on Sunday at 18:00 p.m. French time.
Austin, Moto3, Qualifying: Chronos
1. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 2m 18.398s
2. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 2m 18.985s
3. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 2m 18.996s
4. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 2m 19.068s
5. Roman Fenati ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 19.135s
6. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 2m 19.469s
7. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 2m 19.708s
8. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 2m 19.790s
9. fabio quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 2m 20.118s
10. Livio Law BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 2m 20.230s
11. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 20.444s
12. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 20.456s
13. Tatsuki suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 2m 20.499s
14. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 2m 20.649s
15. Alexis Masbou FRA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 20.773s
16. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 21.151s
17. John mcphee GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 21.159s
18. Francis Bagnaia ITA ASPAR Mahindra Team Moto3 (Mahindra) 2m 21.309s
19. Karel Hanika CZE Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
2m 21.379s
20. George Martin SPA ASPAR Mahindra Team Moto3 (Mahindra)
2m 21.486s
21. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 21.957s
22. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 2m 22.232s
23. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 22.251s
24. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 2m 22.687s
25. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 22.794s
26. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
2m 23.097s
27. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Laglisse (KTM) 2m 23.461s
28. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 23.495s
29. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 2m 23.578s
30. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 2m 24.379s
31. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda)
2m 24.477s
32. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 24.640s
33. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 2m 31.357s
