For the first time this weekend, it is an immaculate sky which welcomes the drivers participating in this Grand Prix of the Czech Republic and, for the first time this weekend, the Moto3 category will be able to ride on a track dried.
So let's turn the page on the brilliant moments observed yesterday, whether they were carried out by the wildcard Tom Georgi or the titular pilots Adam Norrodin et Manuel Pagliani.
However, here are the references available at the start of the session which will take place with temperatures of 24° in the air and 29° on the ground:
#CzechGP Moto3 |
2016 |
2017 |
FP1 |
2'08.515 Enea Bastianini | 2'21.970 Tim Georgi (see here) |
FP2 |
2'08.047 Brad Binder | 2'20.819 Joan Mir (see here) |
FP3 |
2'07.713 Brad Binder | |
Qualification |
2'07.785 Brad Binder | |
Warm up |
2'22.759 John McPhee | |
Course |
Mc Phee, Martin, Di Giannantonio (see here) | |
All time lap record |
2'07.622 Alex Rins 2013 |
First lesson of the day, after yesterday's sessions, his team decided to run more George Martin because he still lacks muscle power after his right ankle fracture in Germany. It should run in Austria.
Curiously, despite seemingly ideal conditions, the session begins with a series of falls: John McPhee (Without gravity), Enea Bastianini (Without gravity ), Andrea Migno (Without gravity), Niccolo Bulega (big highside), Ayumu Sasaki (Without gravity), Philipp Oettl (evacuated on a stretcher) and Jules Danilo. The latter also worries us because he is holding his left arm…
Niccolo Antonelli also makes a mistake, so much so that one wonders if the track presents a problem or if the drivers are too impatient to do battle for their first session in the dry...
Halfway through the session, and even if some of these drivers crashed after setting their time, the top hierarchy looks like this: Oettl in 2'08.889, Migno, Di Giannantonio, Sasaki, Rodrigo, Ramirez, Loi, Bendsneyder, Fenati et Arbolino.
Jules Danilo, 19th, is ultimately not injured and will be able to leave, whileAaron Canet improves greatly and takes provisional 3rd place.
During a fairly amorphous second part of the session, we observed improvements in Law et Bendsneyder but the command is retained by Philipp Oettl, although it no longer runs since its fall. You have to wait until the very last minutes to start seeing the partials light up in red with, in particular, Roman Fenati who abandons his 11th position in favor of 3rd.
Tony Arbolino also produced his effort, which propelled him into second position while Aron Canet moved from 6th to 2nd position.
Niccolo Antonelli fell for the second time in the session and it was confirmed that the track lacked grip after yesterday's rain.
In extremis, Niccolo Bulega takes pole position despite his previous big fall and only 6 laps completed!
Great performance from Dennis Foggia, the leader of the FIM CEV championship, which is positioned thirteenth.
FP3 ranking:
01- Nicolò Bulega – Sky Racing Team VR46 – KTM RC 250 GP – 2'08.773
02- Philipp Öttl – Südmetall Schedl GP Racing – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.126
03- Aron Canet – Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Honda NSF250RW – + 0.377
04- Livio Loi – Leopard Racing – Honda NSF250RW – + 0.480
05- Tony Arbolino – Sic 58 Squadra Corse – Honda NSF250RW – + 0.489
06- Joan Mir – Leopard Racing – Honda NSF250RW – +0.502
07- Andrea Migno – Sky Racing Team VR46 – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.522
08- Romano Fenati – Marinelli Rivacold Snipers – Honda NSF250RW – +0.562
09- Bo Bendsneyder – Red Bull KTM Ajo – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.577
10- Marcos Ramirez – Platinum Bay Real Estate – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.630
11- Maria Herrera – AGR Team – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.686
12- Fabio Di Giannantonio – Del Conca Gresini Moto3 – Honda NSF250RW – + 0.738
13- Dennis Foggia – Platinum Bay Real Estate – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.823
14- Ayumu Sasaki – SIC Racing Team – Honda NSF250RW – + 0.922
15- Gabriel Rodrigo – RBA BOÉ Racing Team – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.944
16- Manuel Pagliani – CIP – Mahindra MGP3O – + 1.089
17- Jakub Kornfeil – Peugeot MC SaxoPrint – Peugeot GP3-17 – + 1.201
18- Niccolò Antonelli – Red Bull KTM Ajo – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.295
19- Kaito Toba – Honda Team Asia – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.329
20- Juanfran Guevara – RBA BOÉ Racing Team – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.361
21- Jules Danilo – Marinelli Rivacold Snipers – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.497
22- Nakarin Atiratphuvapat – Honda Team Asia – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.587
23- John McPhee – British Talent Team – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.632
24- Enea Bastianini – Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.927
25- Lorenzo Dalla Porta – Aspar Mahindra Moto3 – Mahindra MGP3O – + 1.943
26- Albert Arenas – Aspar Mahindra Moto3 – Mahindra MGP3O – + 2.120
27- Marco Bezzecchi – CIP – Mahindra MGP3O – + 2.163
28- Tatsuki Suzuki – Sic 58 Squadra Corse – Honda NSF250RW – + 2.202
29- Patrik Pulkkinen – Peugeot MC SaxoPrint – Peugeot GP3-17 – + 2.818
30- Tim Georgi – Freudenberg Racing Team – KTM RC 250 GP – + 2.845
31- Adam Norrodin – SIC Racing Team – Honda NSF250RW – +3.020
32- Gabriel Martinez – MotoMex Team Moto3 – KTM RC 250 GP – + 3.231
