The Brazilian is definitely showing himself to be uncompromising this season in MotoE, with a third E-Pole in as many sessions contested. He is ahead of reigning Champion Jordi Torres by a breath.
And three for Eric Granado! The Auriverde once again demonstrated all its speed on Saturday afternoon in MotoE by snatching another first place at the end of the qualifying session with a time of 1'50.446.
It's quite simple, the driver of the One Energy Racing team is undefeated in the flying lap exercise this season! However, Jordi Torres (Pons Racing 40) came close to beating him, the Spaniard having to settle for second place, only 0.071 behind his opponent.
With such a small gap between the two men, the battle promises to be tough tomorrow, and Granado will have to fight at all times if he wishes to achieve a second victory in a row after his first success three weeks ago at Le Mans.
In third position, Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP) completes the first row of the grid. The Swiss, located beyond the top 10 at the start of the weekend, continued to progress to finally finish the qualifying session in the top 3, and will therefore also have his say tomorrow in the quest for victory.
A hat-trick of pole positions in 2021! 🥇🥇🥇@ericgranado is the master of Saturday in #MotoE (I.e.#CatalanGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/xqOtQ2dOs8
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) June 5, 2021
Tulovic misses the boat
What about Lukas Tulovic (Tech3 E-Racing)? The German shone yesterday on the first day, which ended with the absolute best time. He probably thought he could set the best time during qualifying as well, posting up to 4 tenths better than the reference time at the time of his flying lap. Alas, he did not last the distance and will have to start tomorrow from fifth place on the grid. His intrinsic speed still makes him a serious contender for victory.
Two rows behind, we find Fermín Aldeguer (OpenBank Aspar Team), the Spaniard who was the fastest during the final free practice session this morning but who disappointed somewhat this afternoon. Finally, we will note the 13th place on the grid of Frenchman Corentin Perolari (Tech3 E-Racing).
MotoE – Catalonia: Qualifying results
Classification credit: MotoGP.com
