Pressure, precision, and speed were all present during the qualifying rounds of the FIM MotoJunior World Championship on the magnificent Magny-Cours circuit.
Given the level shown since the start of the season, this fourth round of the Championship, which prepares for the Grand Prix, promised a spectacle at all times: Saturday's qualifying sessions did not disappoint, with the drivers giving their all to secure pole position, sometimes in unexpected conditions.
Moto3 Junior: first pole position for Carlos Cano
- Carlos cano (CFMOTO Aspar Junior Team) has signed its first pole position in the Moto3 Junior World Championship thanks to an excellent lap in 1'44.539.
- The Spanish driver finished close ahead of four tenths the Thai Kiattisak Singhapong (Honda Asia – Dream Racing Junior Team), first rider to break the barrier 1'45Singhapong will start from second place on the grid for the only Moto3 Junior race of the weekend.
- Fernando Bujosa (AC Racing Team) completes the front row with a time of 1'45.101, thus securing his first front-row start since the season opener in Barcelona.
- Championship leader before this round, Julius Pugliese (CFMOTO Aspar Junior Team) will start from the front of the second row after achieving the fourth time en 1'45.239.
On the French side, the quartet with strong potential, composed of David DaCosta (#72, JEG Take Off GP, Honda), Guillem Planques (#24, Momoven Racing, KTM), Remy Sanjuan (#99, Larresport, Honda) and Enzo Bellon (#33, CIP Green Power Junior Team, KTM), qualified rather well, while Henri Mignot Kokora (#27, JEG RacingHonda) and Fabio Pilato (#34, Momoven Racing, KTM) will also be on the grid for their national round.
Probably still a bit of a disappointment for David DaCosta, qualified as the best Frenchman in 1'45.523, whereas he had achieved 1'45.061 during the Practice.
Sunday is another day…
Moto2: First pole position of the season for Milan Pawelec
- The leader of the European Moto2 Championship, Milan Pawelec (AGR Team), secured its first pole position of the season with a remarkable 1'37.964.
- The Pole is, moreover, the solo pilot to have fallen below the bar 1'38.
- Very fast throughout the weekend, the Australian Harrison Voight (Cardoso Racing) confirms its form by obtaining the second place, his best qualifying result in the category.
- Alessandro Morosi (Eagle-1) will complete the front row thanks to third place, his only second start in the front row in the European Moto2 Championship.
On a circuit he knows by heart, Johan Gimbert (#77, Eagle-1 Racing Team, Kalex) is not where he should be in 18th position, more than 2 seconds behind the pole sitter, especially since he had set a time of 1'39.489 during Practice…
Milan Pawelec (AGR Team): "The whole team is very confident. We can see that our pace is very competitive here." In Q2, I secured my first pole position of the year.
I hope this position will help me in both races tomorrow, especially to see if I can create a gap at the front of the race.
Conditions were a little tricky at the start of the session, as it started to rain lightly.
But I knew the track was more than 40 ° C.
So I was able to attack and give my all.
I had a brief contact with Harrison Voight And I thought my Q2 was over…
But I finally managed to finish the session.
European Talent Cup: Pritelli on pole
- Lorenzo Pritelli (Team Echovit Pasini Racing) made a strong start to the session with a lap in 1'38.234, remained untouchable until the checkered flag.
- The Italian thus secures his second pole position of the season and is ideally positioned to aim for the top of the championship.
- Victor Cubeles (Team Impala Honda) will start the second position, his best qualifying result this season, after crashing in the last race at Jerez. The Spaniard of 15 years seems to be getting back into top form.
- At only 0 "173, Cristian Borelli (Team Echovit Pasini Racing) completes the front row.
- The league leader Alvaro Lucas (CFMoto Aspar Junior Team) will have to settle for the fifth place on the grid.
French side, Evan Boxberger (#36, JEG Take Off GP) posted the 6th fastest time in his group (1'49.159), Nolan Macary (#25, Team Monlau Motul) and Antoine Nativi (#9, JEG Take Off GP) respectively the 8th and 14th fastest times of theirs (1'49.244 and 1'49.584).
Gabriel Pio (BRS Brechon Racing School) and Matteo Berger (OverTrack Racing) have a serious chance of qualifying for the Last Chance Race.
The show will continue on Sunday with the races of this fourth round of the FIM MotoJunior World Championship, whose departures are scheduled from 10:45 on the circuit of Magny-CoursAnd here live…
MotoJunior Magny-Cours qualifying