Catalan Grand Prix, Barcelona, ​​Moto3, FP1: López comfortable from the start

It is Moto3 which opens hostilities in Catalonia which is celebrating 70 years of Grands Prix. During the last meeting, it was Tony Arbolino who opened his victory counter by winning his Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. In the process, he became the eleventh different winner in as many races in the category, a record since the previous value was nine successive different winners.

58 points cover the top 15 in the Moto3 Championship standings. This is the smallest gap recorded after the first six races of the season since the current points system was introduced in 1993.

Canet is championship leader on his KTM ahead Lorenzo Dalla Porta on Honda. In the last seven Moto3 races held in Catalonia, KTM has only won once, with louis salom in 2013.

 

Barcelona Moto3™	2018	2019
FP1	1'49.241 Jorge Martin
FP2	1'49.005 Marco Bezzecchi
FP3	1'49.002 Arón Canet
QP1	XXX
QP2	1'48.806 Enea Bastianini
warm up	1'49.288 Jorge Martin
Course	Bastianini, Bezzecchi, Rodrigo
All time lap record	1'48.806 Bastianini (2018)

23° in the air, 24° on a track which benefits from a mild sky but which is also swept by a strong wind, these are the conditions offered to the Moto3 protagonists.

Arbolino only makes one lap before returning to his stand, visibly annoyed by a technical problem. Garcia establishes the first reference in 1'51.256. He in front Canet and Tatay, who won the CEV race last weekend and on this same track.

Foggia fall at turn 5 when Garcia accelerates the pace in 1'50.928. Masia et Canet follow. But Arenas gets involved and goes second in 1'51.026.

Mid Road, Dallas Port takes the lead in 1'50.626. Yurchenko takes second position, two tenths behind the Italian second in the championship. fenati joins the leading trio. We recall that he regrets four consecutive blank results before arriving on the Montmeló route. As the last quarter of an hour arrives, Canet settles for tenth place.

At this stage of the session there are five Honda drivers in the top 5, including one Yamanaka who is a CEV pilot and who is ahead Tatay from the same origin in sixth position and first KTM.

Tuff crash at turn 1. He was 21st, behind the last winner Arbolino. Eight minutes from time, Masaki takes the lead in 1'50.389 ahead Canet et Masia. which gives us three KTMs in the lead. Rodrigo nevertheless raises the tone for Honda in 1'49.969 ahead McPhee.

The last five minutes launch the final hunt for the clock. López goes to 1'49.167. Garcia follows ensuring a provisional Estrella Galicia double. It will become final under the checkered flag. Rodrigo follows, like a Darryn binder who will have waited for his last pure one to emerge from the depths of the ranking. Öncü closes the top 5 at Arenas et Fenati. Masaki, Yurchenko et McPhee close the top 10 Tatay et Canet. Dallas Port is 20th, behind Arbolino.

Catalan Grand Prix Barcelona Moto3 FP1: times

1	21	Alonso LÓPEZ	Honda	1'49.167
2	11	Sergio GARCIA	Honda	1'49.184	0.017	0.017
3	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	Honda	1'49.214	0.047	0.030
4	40	Darryn BINDER	KTM	1'49.377	0.210	0.163
5	61	Can ÖNCÜ	KTM	1'49.465	0.298	0.088
6	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	1'49.642	0.475	0.177
7	55	Roman FENATI	Honda	1'49.692	0.525	0.050
8	22	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	1'49.748	0.581	0.056
9	76	Makar YURCHENKO	KTM	1'49.809	0.642	0.061
10	17	John MCPHEE	Honda	1'49.836	0.669	0.027
11	99	Carlos TATAY	KTM	1'49.852	0.685	0.016
12	44	Arón CANET	KTM	1'49.938	0.771	0.086
13	25	Raul FERNÁNDEZ	KTM	1'50.028	0.861	0.090
14	5	Jaume MASIÁ	KTM	1'50.159	0.992	0.131
15	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	Honda	1'50.207	1.040	0.048
16	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	1'50.309	1.142	0.102
17	12	Philip SALAC	KTM	1'50.434	1.267	0.125
18	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	1'50.465	1.298	0.031
19	14	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	1'50.544	1.377	0.079
20	48	Lorenzo FROM THE DOOR	Honda	1'50.626	1.459	0.082
21	6	Ryusei YAMANAKA	Honda	1'50.768	1.601	0.142
22	23	Niccolo ANTONELLI	Honda	1'50.774	1.607	0.006
23	69	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	KTM	1'50.899	1.732	0.125
24	54	Riccardo ROSSI	Honda	1'51.050	1.883	0.151
25	16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	1'51.155	1.988	0.105
26	71	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	1'51.522	2.355	0.367
27	27	Kaito TOBA	Honda	1'51.527	2.360	0.005
28	79	To OGURA	Honda	1'51.548	2.381	0.021
29	77	Vicente PÉREZ	KTM	1'51.677	2.510	0.129
30	7	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	1'51.728	2.561	0.051
31	13	Celestino VIETTI	KTM	1'51.935	2.768	0.207

 

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