#FrenchGP Le Mans Moto3 Qualifying: Jorge Martin in pole position

After Nicolo Bulega set the fastest time, he was demoted to second place for going out of bounds, Jorge Martin regained first place ahead of Bulega, Juanfran Guevara, Romano Fenati, Albert Arenas and Niccolo Antonelli.

#FrenchGP Moto3	2016	2017
FP1	1'43.959 Jorge Navarro	1'51.468 Adam Norrodin
FP2	1'43.365 Brad Binder	1'52.716 Jorge Martin
FP3	1'42.832 Jakub Kornfeil	1'50.175 Nicolo Bulega
QP	1'42.756 Niccolo Antonelli	1'42.813 Jorge Martin
Warm up	1'43.499 Jorge Navarro
Course	Binder, Fenati, Navarro
All time lap record	1'42.491 Efren Vazquez 2014

The track was dry, for the first time this weekend for the Moto3 riders, who therefore had no reference points in these conditions on the new surface. There remained some small traces of humidity, but the air temperature was 15° and that of the track 23°. However, the weather forecast was not 100% certain that it would not rain before the end of the session, and all the drivers therefore rushed out of the pits immediately to achieve a time guaranteeing a good place on the grid.

George Martin fell instantly from the first minutes, without gravity. Roman Fenati set the bar at 1'43.935. Joan mir followed him in 1'43.740, then in 1'43.683. Pagliani fell and Toba, who was following him, hit his bike on the ground (drivers OK).

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The situation was actually difficult for the teams to manage as they had to both qualify and set up the bike for the race during this dry session. Joan Mir increased her advantage in 1'43.542, 0.1 ahead Aron Canet and Albert Arenas. Jules Danilo was thirteenth. Niccolo Antonelli came second, 0.07 behind Mir. The first 23 were held within 1 second.

Antonelli took the lead in 1'43.513 20 minutes from the checkered flag, 0.007 ahead of Fenati. Then he accelerated to 1'43.269. Fenati replied in 1'42.999. Mir was third ahead of Kent and di Giannantonio. The sky was getting really dark.

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Jules Danilo moved up to fifth position. He qualified sixth in 2015. It started to rain 11 minutes from the checkered flag. All the drivers returned to the pits. The rain stopped, the circuit was not very humid, and everyone set off to try their luck. Adam Norrodin fell without gravity. The sun appeared again and the trajectory dried up.

Nicolo Bulega set the best time in 1'42.710, and he will start tomorrow from pole position with Jorge Martin and Juanfran Guevara at his side. It was Bulega's first pole since Jerez last year. Fenati qualified on the second row with Albert Arenas and Niccolo Antonelli. Jules Danilo finished seventeenth.

But Nicolo Bulega had his time canceled for exceeding the track limits and Jorge Martin inherited pole position.

Qualification results:

1. George Martin SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 1m 42.813s
2. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 42.844s
3. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 1m 42.961s
4. Roman Fenati ITA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 1m 42.999s
5. Albert Arenas SPA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 1m 43.038s
6. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 43.051s
7. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 1m 43.051s
8. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 43.057s
9. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 43.086s
10. Danny Kent GBR Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 43.186s
11. Enea Bastianini ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 43.320s
12. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 43.352s
13. Livio Law BEL Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 43.391s
14. Manuel Pagliani ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 43.420s
15. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 1m 43.489s
16. Jules Danilo FRA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 1m 43.572s
17. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 1m 43.652s
18. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 43.671s
19. Adam Norrodin MAL SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 43.711s
20. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 1m 43.717s
21. Marco Bezzecchi ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 43.740s
22. Tatsuki suzuki JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 1m 43.793s
23. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 43.824s
24. Tony Arbolino ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 1m 43.891s
25. John mcphee GBR British Talent Team (Honda) 1m 43.893s
26. Kaito Toba JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 43.918s
27. Ayumu Sasaki JPN SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 43.928s
28. Philipp Oettl GER Südmetall Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 44.092s
29. Maria Herrera SPA AGR Team (KTM) 1m 44.173s
30. Nakarin Atiratphuvapat THA Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 44.719s
31. Patrick Pulkkinen END Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 45.337s