Moto3 Thailand Buriram Race: Albert Arenas propels the KTM to the top, Canet loses big

After passing Q1, Celestino Vietti qualified for the first time in his career in pole position in his 19th Grand Prix in the category. He is the 10th different pole-sitter since the opening race in Qatar, which equates to the highest number of pole holders in the Moto3 season since 2016.

Drive is the first rookie to win pole in Moto3 since Joan mir was on pole at the Austrian Grand Prix in 2016 on his way to his first Grand Prix success. This is the fourth pole position for a KTM rider since the start of the year and the second consecutive top position for the Austrian manufacturer, along with Qatar and Argentina.

Can the Italian from the Sky VR46 team be considered the favorite for this fifteenth round of the championship? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts…

Buriram Moto3™	2018	2019
FP1	1'43.415 Jakub Kornfeil	1'42.789 Andrea Migno
FP2	1'43.468 Ayumu Sasaki	1'43.107 Gabriel Rodrigo
FP3	1'42.440 Fabio Di Giannantonio	1'54.989S Ai Ogura
Q1	XXX	1'43.579 Celestino Vietti
Q2	1'42.235 Marco Bezzecchi	1'42.599 Celestino Vietti
warm up	1'42.535 Lorenzo Dalla Porta	1'43.027 Albert Arenas
Course	Di Giannantonio, Dalla Porta, Foggia	Arenas, Dalla Porta, Lopez
All time lap record	1'42.235 Marco Bezzecchi (2018)

Marcos Ramirez qualified in second place and is the highest-placed Honda driver, matching his best qualifying performance in Germany last year. Albert Arenas qualified in third place as the second KTM rider, equaling Austria's best qualifying result in Moto3 qualifying, which was also his last start on the front row.

Kaito Toba qualified in fourth place, which is his best qualifying result since his fourth place at the Austrian Grand Prix. Alonso Lopez qualified in fifth position, which represents the best performance of his Grand Prix career.

Second in the championship, Aron Canet qualified in sixth place, which is the eighth time this year that he has been among the top 6. Driver Max Biaggi is racing in Buriram for the first time this season, after missing the Grand Prix last last year due to injury.

The championship leader Lorenzo Dalla Porta, who finished in second place last year in Thailand, qualified in 10th place. This is the sixth time this year that he has appeared in this way outside the first three rows of the grid.

It's 31,1 degrees on the trail and 47,3 degrees on the trail. The drivers set off for 22 laps under a clear sun.

Note the package of gabriel rodrigo who will not take to the track, the latter having fallen heavily during the Warmup this morning and having broken his foot.

It's gone and it's Ramirez who comes out in the lead after the first turn in front Arenas et López. Nice startArbolino who started eighth and who is already fourth and in the process goes second.

The Leopard team's bikes are very strong from this start, presenting an efficient top speed. The championship leader Dallas Port is sixth, Canet, his direct opponent, is eleventh. Very slight advance from Ramírez who is now a little ahead of the rest of the troops. López, third carries an attack on Arbolino, he is now second.

3 rounds of facts and Suzuki attempts an offensive at the forefront but is immediately recaptured by Ramirez. He still succeeds in the following curve.

Dallas Port made the effort is now second, Arenas ranks third. Arbolino is now fourth, Ramirez, fifth. Canet also pushes and manages to double Ramirez, he is now in fifth place.

Dallas Port leads the trio composed ofArenas andArbolino. The trio that broke away from the rest of the group.

kick of Suzuki, Canet et McPhee on the ground in turn 12. It's Binder which caused all these little people to fall, missing and hitting the brake of Canet. Incident which will be investigated.

With 10 laps to go, the top 10 is as follows: Dalla Porta, Arenas, Ramírez, Arbolino, López, Foggia, Binder, Sasaki, Migno and Vietti. 

Arbolino fall in the ranking he is twentieth, it seems that the latter has made a deviation to reattach his glove..

Ride through for Binder following the incident he caused on Canet, McPhee et Suzuki. The championship title is gradually slipping away in the meantime for the KTM rider.

Canet still returned to the track after returning to the pits.

kick of Sasaki in turn 1.

There are 5 laps left to complete and it's Dalla Porta who is still at the head of operations in front Arenas on the KTM, Ramirez, Migno et López.

kick of Garcia in turn 1. Arenas attacks Dalla Porta but is caught under braking by the Leopard driver. His ambition is clear…

kick of Migno et Ogura in turn 1. Up front there are three who can claim victory in this last lap: Arenas who took orders in front Dallas Port et López.

VictoryArenas before Dalla Porta et López, the latter could be subject to a sanction, he was warned three times during the race for “non-compliance with track limits”. No sanction for López who retains his podium.

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Credit ranking: MotoGP.com