#BritishGP Moto3 Qualifying: Fenati gives Mir the courtesy

A track heated to 29°, the sun returned, the sad wet conditions of the morning were nothing more than a bad memory for the Moto3 riders who were going to be able to compete without second thoughts for their qualifications at Silverstone. On the dry, Canet dominated his subject and Fenati did the same on the wet bitumen. In the case, a Honda Supremacy. Was the KTM clan finally going to respond?

Before answering, here is the state of the situation:

 

#BritishGP Moto3	2016	2017
FP1	2'15.748 Francesco Bagnaia (see here)	2'14.545 Aron Canet
FP2	2'14.420 Jorge Navarro (see here)	2'13.320 Aron Canet
FP3	2'13.882 Jorge Navarro (see here)	2'20.880 Romano Fenati
Qualification	2'33.642 Francesco Bagnaia (see here)
Warm Up	2'27.194 Philipp Oettl (see here)
Course	Binder, Bagnaia, Bendsneyder (see here)
All time lap record	2'13.664 Kornfeil 2014

 

Bendsneyder launched the Austrian counter-offensive by starting with a 2'13.389 as a reference. Which is already very close to the best time on Friday afternoon Canet. Martin was at six thousandths and Rodrigo at 58 thousandths… The tone was set!

Halfway through the session, Open up remembered the good memories of his opponents by taking the lead with a 2'13.584. At the same time, Canet et Bendsneyder maintained their close relationships…

Canet was only sixteenth behind the equally discreet fenati while Mir was a modest seventh. Danilo was twenty-fourth. As is unfortunately the sad custom in the category, the vast majority of the protagonists returned to their pits five minutes from the end before setting off in a tight pack for the final moments.

Time to wish 21st birthdayHerrera, and everyone took back the necklace. From the melee it's fenati who came out on top in 2'12.846, showing courtesy to Mir while Rodrigo completed the first line. McPhee follows with Antonelli et Migno. Bendsneyder, Open up, Martin et Guevara complete the top10. Danilo is eighteenth, just behind the big loser of the exercise, Canet.

#BritishGP Moto3 Qualifying:

1	5	Roman FENATI	Honda	2'12.846
2	36	Joan Mir	Honda	2'12.962	0.116	0.116
3	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	KTM	2'13.049	0.203	0.087
4	17	John MCPHEE	Honda	2'13.398	0.552	0.349
5	23	Niccolo ANTONELLI	KTM	2'13.466	0.620	0.068
6	16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	2'13.557	0.711	0.091
7	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	KTM	2'13.578	0.732	0.021
8	8	Nicholas BULEGA	KTM	2'13.584	0.738	0.006
9	88	Jorge MARTIN	Honda	2'13.590	0.744	0.006
10	58	Juanfran GUEVARA	KTM	2'13.705	0.859	0.115
11	27	Kaito TOBA	Honda	2'13.770	0.924	0.065
12	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Honda	2'13.841	0.995	0.071
13	11	Livio LOI	Honda	2'13.919	1.073	0.078
14	65	Philipp OETTL	KTM	2'13.973	1.127	0.054
15	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	2'13.982	1.136	0.009
16	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Honda	2'14.121	1.275	0.139
17	44	Aaron CANET	Honda	2'14.203	1.357	0.082
18	95	Jules DANILO	Honda	2'14.207	1.361	0.004
19	71	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	2'14.216	1.370	0.009
20	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	KTM	2'14.234	1.388	0.018
21	48	Lorenzo FROM THE DOOR	Mahindra	2'14.244	1.398	0.010
22	6	Maria HERRERA	KTM	2'14.413	1.567	0.169
23	41	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	Honda	2'14.547	1.701	0.134
24	12	Marco BEZZECCHI	Mahindra	2'14.561	1.715	0.014
25	7	Adam NORRODIN	Honda	2'14.687	1.841	0.126
26	14	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	2'14.847	2.001	0.160
27	75	Albert Arenas	Mahindra	2'14.932	2.086	0.085
28	15	Jaume MASIA	KTM	2'14.957	2.111	0.025
29	96	Manuel PAGLIANI	Mahindra	2'15.732	2.886	0.775
30	47	Jake ARCHER	KTM	2'15.880	3.034	0.148
31	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	Peugeot	2'15.917	3.071	0.037
32	69	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	KTM	2'16.312	3.466	0.395
33	4	Patrick PULKKINEN	Peugeot	2'16.788	3.942	0.476