#CatalanGP Moto3 Qualifying: Fifth pole position of the season for Jorge Martin

It was on the final lap that Martin managed to win, setting a new circuit record in 1'53.368, seven tenths better than Brad Binder's 2016 pole. He preceded Aron Canet, Juanfran Guevara, Romano Fenati, Joan Mir and Marcos Ramirez.

The time to beat was the 1'53.966 achieved the same morning by Aron canet, which constituted the new circuit record in its current configuration. Tony Arbolino, whatever his time, will have to move back 12 places on the grid for having driven insufficiently fast on the track on Friday. Albert Arenas was withdrawn due to injury and not replaced he left his teammate alone Lorenzo della Porta defend the colors of the Aspar Mahindra team. The air temperature rose to 32° at the start of the session and that of the track to 47°.

Joan mir achieved the first fast time in 1'54.804, ahead of George Martin et Fabio di Giannantonio. The latter fell without seriousness in turn 5. Jorge Martin took the lead in 1'54.614, beaten shortly after by Aron Canet in 1'54.482.

Canet was the first to go under 1'54, in 1'53.995, 0.5 ahead of Mir and 0.6 ahead of Martin. Andrea Migno, winner of the Italian GP, ​​struggled in eighteenth position. By winning the first GP of his career at Mugello, he became the second Italian rider to have accomplished this feat on this track since the introduction of the Moto3 category in 2012, with Romano Fenati. Migno also became the fifth Italian to triumph in Moto3 and the 24th different winner.

Juanfran Guevara passed into second position behind Canet 15 minutes from the checkered flag, in 1'54.027. Joan Mir moved up to fifth place, behind Canet, Guevara, Martin and Suzuki. Jules Danilo was twenty-third. Roman Fenati occupied seventh position at 0.7. All the drivers, without exception, returned to the pits with 8 minutes to go.

Everyone returned to the track 4 minutes from the checkered flag for the final rush, which would come down to two flying laps. During these unique fast laps, Jorge Martin set the best time in 1'53.368. He preceded Aron Canet, Juanfran Guevara, Romano Fenati, Joan Mir and Marcos Ramirez. Jules Danilo was twenty-first.

Qualification results:

1. George Martin SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 1m 53.368s
2. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 53.995s
3. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 1m 54.027s
4. Roman Fenati ITA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 1m 54.031s
5. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 54.036s
6. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 1m 54.126s
7. Enea Bastianini ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 54.151s
8. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 1m 54.201s
9. Tatsuki suzuki JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 1m 54.316s
10. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 54.331s
11. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 1m 54.379s
12. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 1m 54.395s
13. Tony Arbolino ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 1m 54.421s
14. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 54.436s
15. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 54.474s
16. Kaito Toba JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 54.535s
17. Philipp Oettl GER Südmetall Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 54.589s
18. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 54.826s
19. John mcphee GBR British Talent Team (Honda) 1m 54.876s
20. Ayumu Sasaki JPN SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 54.899s
21. Jules Danilo FRA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 1m 54.917s
22. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 1m 55.018s
23. Livio Law BEL Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 55.141s
24. Nakarin Atiratphuvapat THA Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 55.149s
25. Marco Bezzecchi ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 55.158s
26. Manuel Pagliani ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 55.197s
27. Vicente Perez SPA Reale Avintia Academy (KTM) 1m 55.218s
28. Maria Herrera SPA AGR Team (KTM) 1m 55.561s
29. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 55.611s
30. Adam Norrodin MAL SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 55.625s
31. Alex Viu SPA 42 Motorsport (KTM) 1m 56.490s
32. Patrick Pulkkinen END Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 56.672s

Reference times (qualifying track and 2016 GP race) :

Test record: 1'54.024 by Brad Binder (KTM Ajo) in 2016

Lap record: 1'54.145 by Romano Fenati (KTM Sky VR46) in 2016

Maximum speed: 243,1 km/h for Romano Fenati (KTM Sky VR46) in 2016

Provisional ranking of the World Championship:

1 Joan MIR-Honda 108 points

2 Aron CANET-Honda 74

3 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO-Honda 71

4 Romano FENATI-Honda 68

5 Andrea MIGNO-KTM 68

6 John MCPHEE-Honda 63

7 Jorge MARTIN-Honda 60

8 Juanfran GUEVARA-KTM 50

9 Marcos RAMIREZ-KTM 43

10 Enea BASTIANINI-Honda 36

…14 Jules DANILO-Honda 16