Moto3 Italy Qualifying: Deniz Oncu remains unbeatable

Deniz Oncu was also the fastest during the third and final free practice session of the Moto3 class Italian Grand Prix, sixth round of the 2023 World Championship scheduled for the Mugello track. The Red Bull Ajo Team rider set the best time in 1'56.175, finishing ahead of Diogo Moreira on KTM MT Helmets – MSI and world leader Daniel Holgado, separated by 0.367s and 0.516s respectively.

Ayumu Sasaki on the Husqvarna of Team Intact GP is fourth, ahead Matthew Bertelli (Honda Snipers) and Riccardo rossi (Honda SIC58 Squadra Corse) James Masia with the Honda of Team Leopard is seventh, ahead of the GASGAS of Team Aspar of David Alonso and the CFMoto of Xavier Artigas. Tatsuki suzuki closes the Top Ten with the second Honda Leopard.

Kaito Toba also went directly to Q2 with the second Honda SIC58 Squadra Corse, Andrea Migno, on KTM of Team CIP, Ivan Ortola on KTM MTA and Scott Ogden on Team VisionTrack's Honda, the latter two with the time recorded on Day 1.

What will these Moto3 qualifications have in store for us at this Italian Grand Prix at Mugello? Before knowing it, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

Mugello Moto3™	2022	2023
FP1	1'56.916 Dennis Foggia	1'56.947 Deniz Oncu
FP2	1'57.134 Jaume Masia	1'56.974 Deniz Oncu
FP3	1'56.576 Dennis Foggia	1'56.175 Deniz Oncu
Q1	1'57.595 Ryusei Yamanaka	1'57.282 Joel Kelso
Q2	1'56.811 Deniz Öncü	1'56.020 Deniz Oncu
Warm Up	2'07.234 Deniz Öncü	XXXXXXXXXXX
Course	Garcia, Guevara, Suzuki
All time lap record	1'56.001 Tatsuki Suzuki 2021

It is 24.4° in the air and 38.5° on a track illuminated by an increasingly dominant sun. There will apparently be no rain this afternoon at Mugello. Here are the rules of the game in Moto3…

Salvador opens hostilities:

Under the checkered flag the ranking changes:

Q1 ranking:

But we must also take this into account…

Here we go again, but this time for the pole position gain:

Tuff fell violently at turn 7 six minutes from the goal.

A checkered flag saluting, once again a Deniz Oncu who will have definitely dominated everything since Friday in Moro3 at Mugello. He still has to clinch his first Grand Prix victory this Sunday in Italy. which would allow him to no longer be designated by Toprak Razgatlioglu as the only one of the Turkish clan of Kenan Sofuoglu not having to celebrate a major achievement.

Moto3 Italy Qualifying: times

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