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It is under the sign of the glorious uncertainty of the sport that this first Moto3 qualification in Thailand takes place, which inaugurates its presence on the Grand Prix calendar. And for good reason: the favorites have difficulty on this route. Buriram unknown, like Jorge Martin who has been absent since the start of the meeting. And not just a little: it is vegetating around twentieth place! A situation all the more incomprehensible as his teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio has been leading the debates since the FP3 this Saturday morning...

To put your thoughts in order, here is the table which summarizes the facts…

Buriram Moto3™

FP1 1'43.415 Jakub Kornfeil
FP2 1'43.468 Ayumu Sasaki
FP3 1'42.440 Fabio Di Giannantonio
Qualifications
Warm Up
Course

As a result, the outsiders have free rein and showcase themselves while Bezzecchi or even bastianini can redo the cherry in the championship if Martin remains anonymous. This will be the challenge of a game which opens under temperatures of 55° for the track and 32° for the public.

We learn that the difficulties encountered by Jorge Martin come from an injured and weak left hand. The Spaniard has a 13-point lead in the championship over Bezzecchi and 41 on his teammate Di Giannantonio. In 1'42.942, Sasaki confirms his good form displayed on Friday morning by establishing the first reference.

In 1″43.071, Martin takes second place just in front of his teammate Di Giannontonio. Would the Spaniard have preserved himself to better surprise his opponents at the fateful moment? John mcphee, for his part, did a series of three laps after his fall the day before which seriously shook him.

The first quarter of an hour is completed with a Sasaki leader in front Martin, By Giannantonio, Open up, Oettl, Arbolino, Arenas, Masaki Dalla Porta and, above all, the local Wongthananon... Bezzecchi is twelfth. It is at this moment that we learn that Martin went to the medical center to have his left hand checked…

All the protagonists are in their boxes as the last quarter of an hour begins. George Martin returns from the medical center and seems to want to get back to work. In this state, will he be able to go the distance of a Grand Prix? The activity finally resumes, after long minutes without anyone on the track...

bastianini makes the powder speak in 1'42.818 in front Bezzecchi which follows at 58 thousandths. In 1'42.775, Masaki retaliates. Open up follows at 40 thousandths. Martin stays in the box and slips to ninth. For the last two minutes, Jorge Martin goes into battle...

But it's Bezzecchi which destroys the competition in 1'42.235. This is four tenths better than farmhouse et Masaki. bastianini et Chantra hang on at turn 12 and the Italian seems to suffer from leg pain... Martin is thirteenth…

Buriram Moto3 Thailand Grand Prix Qualifying: times

1 Marco BEZZECCHI 01'42.235 12 ITA Redox PruestelGP KTM
2 Jaume MASIA 01'42.697 +0.462 / 0.462 5 SPA Bester Capital Dubai KTM
3 Kazuki MASAKI 01'42.716 +0,481 / 0,019 22 JPN RBA BOE Skull Rider KTM
4 Tony ARBOLINO 01'42.72 +0,485 / 0,004 14 ITA Marinelli Snipers Team Honda
5 Niccolo ANTONELLI 01'42.776 +0,541 / 0,056 23 ITA SIC58 Racing Team Honda
6 Darryn BINDER 01'42.799 +0,564 / 0,023 40 RSA Red Bull KTM Garlic KTM
7 Nicolò BULEGA 01'42.815 +0,580 / 0,016 8 ITA Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM
8 Enea BASTIANINI 01'42.818 +0,583 / 0,003 33 ITA Leopard Racing Honda
9 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO 01'42.831 +0,596 / 0,013 21 ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda
10 Lorenzo FROM THE DOOR 01'42.835 +0,600 / 0,004 48 ITA Leopard Racing Honda
11 Ayumu SASAKI 01'42.942 +0,707 / 0,107 71 JPN Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda
12 Vicente PEREZ 01'42.961 +0,726 / 0,019 77 SPA Real Avintia Academy 77 KTM
13 Jorge MARTIN 01'43.42 +0.807 / 0.081 88 SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda
14 Tatsuki SUZUKI 01'43.58 +0,823 / 0,016 24 JPN SIC58 Racing Team Honda
15 Apiwath WONGTHANANON 01'43.71 +0,836 / 0,013 9 THA VR46 Master Camp Team KTM
16 Marcos RAMIREZ 01'43.114 +0,879 / 0,043 42 SPA Bester Capital Dubai KTM
17 Albert Arenas 01'43.131 +0,896 / 0,017 75 SPA Angel Nieto Team Moto3 KTM
18 Philipp OETTL 01'43.133 +0,898 / 0,002 65 GER Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing KTM
19 John MCPHEE 01'43.179 +0,944 / 0,046 17 GBR CIP – Green energy KTM
20 Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT 01'43.365 +1.130 / 0.186 41 THA Honda Team Asia Honda
21 Adam NORRODIN 01'43.399 +1.164 / 0.034 7 MAL Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda
22 Jakub KORNFEIL 01'43.424 +1.189 / 0.025 84 CZE Redox PruestelGP KTM
23 Somkiat CHANTRA 01'43.437 +1.202 / 0.013 35 THA AP Honda Racing Thailand Honda
24 Gabriel RODRIGO 01'43.445 +1.210 / 0.008 19 ARG RBA BOE Skull Rider KTM
25 Dennis FOGGIA 01'43.723 +1.488 / 0.278 10 ITA Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM
26 Kaito TOBA 01'43.738 +1,503 / 0,015 27 JPN Honda Team Asia Honda
27 Stefano NEPA 01'43.929 +1.694 / 0.191 81 ITA CIP – Green energy KTM
28 Andrea MIGNO 01'43.964 +1.729 / 0.035 16 ITA Angel Nieto Team Moto3 KTM
29 Jeremy ALCOBA 01'43.972 +1,737 / 0,008 52 SPA Galicia Star 0,0 Honda
30 Alonso LOPEZ 01'44.767 +2,532 / 0,795 72 SPA Galicia Star 0,0 Honda

 

 

 

 

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