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Moto3 Thailand Qualifying

Moto3 Thailand Qualifying: Deniz Öncü emerges amid the yellow flags!

by | Oct 28, 2023

The overseas tour continues with Moto3 qualifying in Thailand. This grueling championship continues to surprise us, as Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) has just taken pole position. Before the two sessions of fifteen minutes each, the suspense was complete. On the one hand, Jaume Masia (Honda Leopard Racing) had it all, faster in the first two sessions and leading the general standings by four points. But we should not neglect Ayumu Sasaki (Liqui Moly Husqvarana Intact GP), still without victories in 2023 but second in the championship, and oh so fast over a lap. This season is also that of rookies; David Alonso (GasGas Aspar team) and, to a lesser extent, Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarana Intact GP) were the spoilsport like no one else.

Even if you already know the outcome of this session, come relive it with us! here is a table which summarizes the known facts:

 

Thailand Buriram Moto3™

 2022

2023

FP1

1'51.520 Tatsuki Suzuki

 1'42.318 Jaume Masia

FP2

1'43.503 Ayumu Sasaki

1'42.319 Jaume Masia

FP3

1'42.084 Dennis Foggia 

 1'41.907 Deniz Öncü

Q1

1'42.813 Lorenzo Fellon

 1'42.450 Joel Kelso

Q2

1'42.077 Dennis Foggia

 1'42.061 Deniz Öncü

Warm up

1'42.765 Dennis Foggia

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Course

Foggia, Sasaki, Rossi (See here)
All time lap record

1'42.077 Dennis Foggia 2022

 1'41.907 Deniz Öncü

 

Let's go for Q1 for Thailand!

 

 

At once, Joel Kelso (CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP) takes orders. The Australian, already prominent on his land at Phillip Island, shines once again.

 

 

Finally, after a relatively calm session, it was Joel Kelso who took the Q1 group ahead David munoz (KTM Boé Motorsports), Stefano Nepa (KTM Angeluss MTA Team) and Adrian fernandez (Honda Leopard Racing). The poleman remains to be determined!

 

 

Quickly, Diogo Moreira (KTM MT Helmets MSi) rises to the top, but be careful Ayumu Sasaki, the serial poleman at the start of the season. The Brazilian is hot and hot, and doesn't hesitate to jostle against Deniz Oncu, see instead:

 

 

The Turk doesn't do well, and achieves the best time even though he was behind in the first three sectors. At a small 1'42, he is ideally placed even if he dropped to 1'41 during P3. Joel Kelso et Riccardo Rossi (Honda Sic58 Squadra Corsica) fall without gravity, but their sessions end like this. Same fate for Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), who fell while ahead halfway through the lap.

 

 

Another fall by Ryusei Yamanaka (GasGas Aspar Team) means that yellow flags cancel all attempts. Deniz Oncu is therefore in pole position in front Diogo Moreira et Ayumu Sasaki ! Jaume Masia is seventh.

 

 

Moto3 qualifying result at the Thai Grand Prix in Buriram:

 

 

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com

Cover photo: KTM