At the end of the first day of free practice, it was Italians who finished first : Tony Arbolino, Niccolò Antonelli and the leader of the Championship, Marco Bezzecchi. His other opponents, Arón Canet and Fabio Di Giannantonio, did not finish very far and were in the top 10. Even Jorge Martín, although still injured, took tenth position. The battle therefore promises to be tough for qualifying, even if Martín suffers more on this track. In the meantime, they will all set off for the final practice session. Start at 10 a.m. French time.
Here are the results compared on the Silverstone circuit between 2017 and 2018:
|
Silverstone Moto3™ |
2017 |
2018 |
| FP1 | 2'14.545 Aron Canet | 2'15.489 Philipp Oettl |
| FP2 | 2'13.320 Aron Canet | 2'14.257 Tony Arbolino |
| FP3 | 2'20.880 Romano Fenati | 2'16.621 Jakub Kornfeil |
| Qualification | 2'12.846 Romano Fenati | |
| Warm Up | 2'13.304 Jorge Martin | |
| Course | Canet, Bastiannini, Martin | |
| All time lap record | 2'12.440 Jorge Navarro 2015 |
Good morning from a slightly damp Silverstone ??
It could be a waiting game for many this morning as @ 88jorgemartin checks out the track conditions…#BritishGP pic.twitter.com/46lC0GAFQu
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) August 25, 2018
It is cool and humid when FP3 begins. With the track drying out at just 15 degrees, and just 12 degrees in the air, only two drivers exit the pit lane: Philipp Oettl (Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing) and guest driver Jake Archer (City Lifting RS Racing).
A few drivers also enter the track as the minutes go by, but there are very few of them. At mid-session, we only find Vicente Pérez (Reale Avintia Academy), Dennis Foggia (Sky Racing Team VR46), Nakarin Atiratphuvapat (Honda Team Asia), Nicholas Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46), Darryn binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Albert Arenas (Angel Nieto Team Moto3), Jake Archer et Andrea Migno (Ángel Nieto Team Moto3) on track.
Fifteen minutes from the end, the set finally comes out in almost its entirety. Only seven drivers remain in their box, including Jorge Martín (Del Conca Gresini). This one ends up coming out eight minutes before the end, practically last. There is only left Marco Bezzecchi (PruestlGP) in the pits which comes out in the last five minutes.
As the track dries, the times finally start to go down. Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) sets the reference time in 2'17.909 ahead Tony Arbolino (Marinelli Snipers Team), Nakarin Atiratphuvapat, Nicolò Bulega et gabriel rodrigo (RBA BOE Skull Rider).
At the checkered flag, they are Marcos Ramirez (Bester Capital Dubai) then Philipp Oettl and finally Jakub Kornfeil (PruestlGP) which are essential.
# Moto3 FP3?@JakubKornfeil84 leaves it late to go top in the lightweight class! He leads Oettl and @24Marcosramirez ahead of qualifying! #BritishGP ?? pic.twitter.com/uLugRb9xPa
- MotoGP ™ ??? (@MotoGP) August 25, 2018
FP3 ranking:
1 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Redox PruestelGP KTM 224.2 2'16.621
2 65 Philipp OETTL GER Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing KTM 222.3 2'16.655 0.034 / 0.034
3 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA Bester Capital Dubai KTM 223.6 2'16.840 0.219 / 0.185
4 41 Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT THA Honda Team Asia Honda 216.3 2'16.957 0.336 / 0.117
5 21 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda 217.0 2'17.011 0.390 / 0.054
6 10 Dennis FOGGIA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 221.1 2'17.133 0.512 / 0.122
7 8 Nicolo BULEGA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 221.5 2'17.187 0.566 / 0.054
8 44 Aron CANET SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 220.9 2'17.432 0.811 / 0.245
9 88 Jorge MARTIN SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda 219.2 2'17.536 0.915 / 0.104
10 23 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 217.4 2'17.554 0.933 / 0.018
11 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Marinelli Snipers Team Honda 217.1 2'17.577 0.956 / 0.023
12 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Angel Nieto Team Moto3 KTM 221.1 2'17.642 1.021 / 0.065
13 48 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Leopard Racing Honda 223.3 2'17.726 1.105 / 0.084
14 40 Darryn BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 221.3 2'17.806 1.185 / 0.080
15 19 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG RBA BOE Skull Rider KTM 216.7 2'17.848 1.227 / 0.042
16 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Angel Nieto Team Moto3 KTM 224.6 2'17.917 1.296 / 0.069
17 7 Adam NORRODIN MAL Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda 217.3 2'18.142 1.521 / 0.225
18 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 215.5 2'18.280 1.659 / 0.138
19 17 John MCPHEE GBR CIP – Green Power KTM 220.7 2'18.348 1.727 / 0.068
20 33 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Leopard Racing Honda 220.4 2'18.384 1.763 / 0.036
21 12 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Redox PruestelGP KTM 217.5 2'18.459 1.838 / 0.075
22 72 Alonso LOPEZ SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 216.2 2'18.562 1.941 / 0.103
23 77 Vicente PEREZ SPA Reale Avintia Academy 77 KTM 220.8 2'18.670 2.049 / 0.108
24 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Bester Capital Dubai KTM 217.9 2'18.831 2.210 / 0.161
25 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda 217.2 2'19.148 2.527 / 0.317
26 69 Tom BOOTH-AMOS GBR Leopard Racing Honda 215.3 2'19.661 3.040 / 0.513
27 20 Jake ARCHER GBR City Lifting RS Racing KTM 215.8 2'20.640 4.019 / 0.979
28 27 Kaito TOBA JPN Honda Team Asia Honda 218.8 2'20.653 4.032 / 0.013
29 22 Kazuki MASAKI JPN RBA BOE Skull Rider KTM 221.5 2'20.791 4.170 / 0.138
30 81 Stefano NEPA ITA CIP – Green Power KTM 218.5 2'21.569 4.948 / 0.778
