San Marino GP Misano Moto3 FP1: Initial advantage for Albert Arenas

At the end of the Austrian Grand Prix, Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Honda) and Arón Canet (KTM) occupied the first two places in the provisional ranking of the World Championship with only one small point difference between the two men. Then the Italian at Silverstone took a 14-point advantage over the Spaniard (hit during the first lap by Albert Arenas), which allowed him to arrive at Misano in front of the fans with a real lead over his opponent.

Misano Moto3™	2018	2019
FP1	1'43.526 Jakub Kornfeil	1'42.824 Albert Arenas
FP2	1'42.324 Jorge Martin
FP3	1'51.364 Nicolò Bulega
Q1	XXX
Q2	1'41.823 Jorge Martin
warm up	1'42.516 Arón Canet
Course	Dalla Porta, Martin, Di Giannantonio
All time lap record	1'41.823 Jorge Martin 2018

On this Friday morning on the shores of the Adriatic, the air temperature was 23° and that of the track 18°.

The first reference lap was to the credit of Romano Fenati with a time of 1'43.988. He preceded Arón Canet, in 1'44.542. The first to fall was Can Öncü in Turn 2. His team (Ajo) took him to the medical headquarters for verification out of caution. It was then the turn of wildcard driver Meikon Kawakami, without major damage.

Andrea Migno took the best time in 1'43.846, ahead of Fenati now in 1'43.959. 25 minutes from the checkered flag, Albert Arenas passed in 1'43.639, soon beaten by Kaito Toba in 1'43.635. Arenas' time was canceled for exceeding the track limits.

Midway through the session, Toba was still leading, 0.1 ahead of Suzuki and Masiá, 0.2 ahead of Migno, Arbolino, Dalla Porta and McPhee, and 0.3 ahead of Canet, Fenati and Arenas. Gabriel Rodrigo, returning from injury after his classified collarbone, climbed into eighth position, 0.2 behind leader Toba.

With 10 minutes to go, Kaito Toba fell violently in Turn 10. He got up alone, slowly and with difficulty.

At the very end of the session, Canet took the lead in 1'43.287, then Arenas was ahead of him in 1'42.824. Arenas finished this first free session in first position ahead of Antonelli, Rodrigo, Arbolino, Dalla Porta and Canet.

Results of the first free practice session :

Reference times:

Test record: 1'41.823 by Jorge Martin (Honda “Del Conca Gresini Moto3”) in 2018

Lap record: 1'42.381 by Gabriel Rodrigo (KTM “RBA BOE Skull Rider”) in 2018

Provisional ranking of the World Championship:

1 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA–Honda 171 points

2 Arón CANET–KTM 157

3 Tony ARBOLINO–Honda 133

4 Niccolò ANTONELLI–Honda 118

5 Marcos RAMÍREZ–Honda 114

6 John MCPHEE–Honda 93

7 Celestino VIETTI–KTM 88

8 Jaume MASIÁ–KTM 83

9 Romano FENATI–Honda 67

10 Jakub KORNFEIL–KTM 67

11 Ai OGURA–Honda 66

12 Dennis FOGGIA–KTM 54

13 Kaito TOBA–Honda 51

14 Tatsuki SUZUKI-Honda 50

15 Gabriel RODRIGO–Honda 50

16 Andrea MIGNO–KTM 49

17 Ayumu SASAKI–Honda 47

18 Raul FERNÁNDEZ–KTM 45

19 Darryn BINDER–KTM 44

20 Albert ARENAS–KTM 35

Kaito Toba

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