San Marino Misano Moto3 FP1 Grand Prix: Kornfeil first leader

It is a particularly competitive Moto3 championship which presents itself this weekend at Misano. The Italian track promises to be the thirteenth round of this season which has already seen three leaders: Aron Canet, George Martin and now Marco Bezzecchi. The latter plays at home with his KTM and presents himself with a capital of 158 points, which is the lowest in the category since 2001, when Toni Elias claimed the same result against Poggiali who was at 145 points.

Furthermore, the protégé of Valentino Rossi and next KTM Tech3 rider in Moto2 is only 12 points ahead of George Martin. This is the smallest gap between two title contenders in the discipline since 2010. At that time, Marc Marquez was leader by nine points ahead Nico Terol.

Before launching into hostilities, here is a reminder of the chronometric facts with our table:

Misano Moto3™	2017	2018
FP1	1'46.518 Aron Canet
FP2	1'42.620 Fabio Di Giannantonio
FP3	1'42.413 Aron Canet
Qualification	1'42.147 Enea Bastianini
Warm Up	1'58.672 Romano Fenati
Course	Fenati, Mir, Di Giannantonio
All time lap record	1'42.147 Bastianini 2017

We will note the presence among the protagonists of a certain Kevin Zannoni, invited for the occasion to assess his international level while he is the current leader of the Italian Moto3 championship. He rides a TM, a name which is also making its Grand Prix debut. Weather-wise, we have mild skies for the moment with temperatures of 22° in the stands and 19° on the track. Rain is promised for lunchtime…

In 1'47.892, George Martin takes his hand even if his own is injured. Rodrigo opens the list of falls at turn 15. He is then 27th. Martin drives home the point in 1'46.169, ahead of the championship leader Bezzecchi. The guest Zannoni is an honorable sixteenth.

A quarter of an hour from the goal, the same George Martin raise the tone in 1'44.868. Canet, Ramirez, bastianini et Dallas Port complete the provisional top 5. James Masia experiencing technical problems on his KTM. Antonelli crash at turn 8. He is eleventh.  Zannoni fall in turn.

Canet, five minutes from the goal, achieves a 1'44.181. Oettl in 1'44.136 raise your voice. Bezzecchi did a 1'44.016. But it's Canet in 1'43.896 which thinks it will win but in 1'43.526 Cornfeel makes everyone agree. Antonelli falls again at turn 4.

San Marino Misano Moto3 FP1 Grand Prix:

1	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	1'43.526
2	65	Philipp OETTL	KTM	1'43.774	0.248	0.248
3	44	Aaron CANET	Honda	1'43.896	0.370	0.122
4	12	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	1'44.016	0.490	0.120
5	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	KTM	1'44.040	0.514	0.024
6	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	1'44.191	0.665	0.151
7	14	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	1'44.303	0.777	0.112
8	88	Jorge MARTIN	Honda	1'44.393	0.867	0.090
9	48	Lorenzo FROM THE DOOR	Honda	1'44.437	0.911	0.044
10	5	Jaume MASIA	KTM	1'44.523	0.997	0.086
11	22	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	1'44.695	1.169	0.172
12	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Honda	1'44.764	1.238	0.069
13	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	KTM	1'44.812	1.286	0.048
14	17	John MCPHEE	KTM	1'44.814	1.288	0.002
15	3	Kevin ZANNONI	TM RACING	1'44.818	1.292	0.004
16	72	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	1'44.940	1.414	0.122
17	8	Nicholas BULEGA	KTM	1'44.968	1.442	0.028
18	77	Vicente PEREZ	KTM	1'45.023	1.497	0.055
19	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Honda	1'45.036	1.510	0.013
20	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	1'45.067	1.541	0.031
21	23	Niccolo ANTONELLI	Honda	1'45.124	1.598	0.057
22	10	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	1'45.165	1.639	0.041
23	16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	1'45.242	1.716	0.077
24	71	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	1'45.246	1.720	0.004
25	27	Kaito TOBA	Honda	1'45.446	1.920	0.200
26	40	Darryn BINDER	KTM	1'45.652	2.126	0.206
27	41	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	Honda	1'45.768	2.242	0.116
28	81	Stefano NEPA	KTM	1'45.901	2.375	0.133
29	7	Adam NORRODIN	Honda	1'46.264	2.738	0.363
30	55	Yari MONTELLA	Honda	1'47.697	4.171	1.433