After winning the World Championship, Joan Mir achieved his first pole of the season in Malaysia, ahead of Jorge Martin, John McPhee, Bo Bendsneyder, Gabriel Rodrigo and Jules Danilo.
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#MalaysianGP Moto3 |
2016 |
2017 |
| FP1 |
2'15.520 Brad Binder |
2'13.129 Joan Mir |
| FP2 |
2'26.490 Francesco Bagnaia |
2'28.807 Aron Canet |
| FP3 |
2'14.690 Brad Binder |
2'15.606 Jorge Martin |
| Qualification |
2'26.268 Brad Binder |
2'12.078 Joan Mir |
| Warm Up |
2'25.140 Francesco Bagnaia |
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| Course | Bagnaia, Kornfeil, Bendsneyder (see here) | |
| All time lap record |
2'12.450 Jack Miller 2014 |
Since the start of free practice, the best time achieved was 2'13.129 by Joan Mir in FP1, because during FP2 the track was wet, and in FP3 it was drying. For this qualifying session, the track was perfectly dry, with a temperature of 48° for the asphalt and 34° for the air. A minute of silence was observed in memory of Claudio Macciotta, who died this week, by his team Sky Racing Team VR46.
A minute's silence was held this morning in memory of Claudio Macciotta – @SkyRacingTeam crew chief, who passed away this week. Hello Maccio pic.twitter.com/4gN9pVRhuv
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The big maneuvers began from the first minutes, with Joan Mir launching from the pits with Aron Canet, Romano Fenati and Jules Danilo glued to his rear wheel, then Livio Loi, Mir's teammate, came to place himself between his leader and the group of his followers. We recall that Jules Danilo was penalized three places on the starting grid for having caused Aron Canet to fall (involuntarily) at Phillip Island, for “irresponsible driver”.
It's qualifying time in Sepang 🇲🇾
40 minutes to decide pole in # Moto3 for the #MalaysianGP pic.twitter.com/UXjHw5v6pR
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The first fast time was to the credit of Jorge Martin in 2'12.457. It was, 32 minutes from the end of this qualifying session, the best time since the start of the weekend. He was 0.9 ahead of Fabio di Giannantonio and 1.0 ahead of Joan Mir. Gabriel Rodrigo fell, as did Marco Ramirez, without seriousness.
Coming in a little too hot! 🙈
How to style out a crash with @gabrirodrigo19 #MalaysianGP pic.twitter.com/FGh76IjoNf
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 28, 2017
As Aron Canet's teammate next year, Estrella Galicia has not yet decided between her two CEV drivers Jeremy Alcoba (second in the Championship with 106 points) and Alonso Lopez (fourth with 102 points with one race remaining, in Valencia on November 19).
At mid-session, Jorge Martin still dominated with his time of 2'12.457, 0.9 ahead of Joan Mir and Fabio di Giannantonio, 1.2 ahead of Johan McPhee and 1.3 ahead of Livio Loi. Jules Danilo was then eighteenth at 2.1.
While Martin maintained his advantage, Mir closed to 0.810 behind his compatriot 10 minutes from the checkered flag. He preceded di Giannantonio, Bastianini, McPhee and Loi. Marco Ramirez, who had fallen, restarted 4 minutes from the end after the team repaired his bike.
During the final sprint, Joan Mir narrowly managed to win in 2'12.078 ahead of Jorge Martin, John McPhee, Bo Bendsneyder, Gabriel Rodrigo and Jules Danilo.
🏁 # Moto3 qualifying
It's the JM show! Joan Mir takes pole from Jorge Martin with John McPhee rounding out the front row#MalaysianGP pic.twitter.com/JWgnQHyEyE
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 28, 2017
Qualification results:
1. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (Honda) 2m 12.078s
2. George Martin SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 2m 12.457s
3. John mcphee GBR British Talent Team (Honda) 2m 12.816s
4. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 13.161s
5. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 2m 13.165s
6. Jules Danilo FRA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 2m 13.309s
7. Livio Law BEL Leopard Racing (Honda) 2m 13.311s
8. Roman Fenati ITA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 2m 13.363s
9. Enea Bastianini ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 2m 13.374s
10. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 13.419s
11. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 2m 13.440s
12. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 2m 13.571s
13. Tatsuki suzuki JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 2m 13.594s
14. Ayumu Sasaki JPN SIC Racing Team (Honda) 2m 13.792s
15. Adam Norrodin MAL SIC Racing Team (Honda) 2m 13.847s
16. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 13.864s
17. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 2m 13.892s
18. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 2m 13.982s
19. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 14.071s
20. Manuel Pagliani ITA CIP (Mahindra) 2m 14.181s
21. Kaito Toba JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 14.249s
22. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 14.320s
23. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 2m 14.623s
24. Philipp Oettl GER Südmetall Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 2m 14.633s
25. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 2m 14.787s
26. Marco Bezzecchi ITA CIP (Mahindra) 2m 15.181s
27. Nakarin Atiratphuvapat THA Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 15.214s
28. Tony Arbolino ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 2m 15.215s
29. Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin MAL Petronas Sprinta Racing (Honda) 2m 15.577s
30. Patrick Pulkkinen END Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 15.811s
31. Maria Herrera SPA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 2m 16.786s
Reference times:
Test record: 2'12.450 by Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in 2014
Lap record: 2'13.571 by Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in 2015
Best top speed: 232,6 km/h for Hiroki Ono (Honda Leopard Racing) in 2015
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 Joan MIR-Honda 296 points
2 Romano FENATI-Honda 226
3 Aron CANET-Honda 184
4 Jorge MARTIN-Honda 151
5 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO-Honda 146
6 Enea BASTIANINI-Honda 114
7 John MCPHEE-Honda 112
8 Andrea MIGNO-KTM 108
9 Marcos RAMIREZ-KTM 107
10 Philipp OETTL-KTM 104
…20 Jules DANILO Honda 29
Manufacturers' Championship:
1 HONDA 395 points
2 KTM 222
3 MAHINDRA 42
4 PEUGEOT 26
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