“It’s difficult to learn from this day”. If this conclusion issued yesterday by Jorge Lorenzo applies to the MotoGP category, it also corresponds very well to Moto3: Brad Binder indeed proved to be dominant on the almost dry track in the morning before he left this role to Francesco Bagnaia in the afternoon in the rain, settling for a very modest 19th place.
To top it off, no one really knows in what conditions the race will take place on Sunday, even if the weather forecast announces the same thing every day; dry in the morning, rain in the second part of the afternoon…
This morning, the sky is blue, the air at 26° and the 28° runway still presents a few patches of humidity, i.e. conditions similar to those of yesterday morning.
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Sepang Moto 3 |
2015 |
2016 |
| FP1 | 2'13.715 Danny Kent | 2'15.520 Brad Binder |
| FP2 | 2'13.906 Miguel Oliveira | 2'26.490 Francesco Bagnaia |
| FP3 | 2'12.731 Danny Kent | |
| Qualification | 2'12.653 Niccolo Antonelli | |
| Warm Up | 2'13.502 Efren Vazquez | |
| Course | Oliveira, Binder, Navarro | |
| All time lap record | 2'12.450 Jack Miller 2014 |
The session begins with a violent highside of Aron Canet at turn #9. The Spanish pilot nevertheless got up immediately.
Ouch! Not the start of the day @aroncanet44 was expecting this morning.
Fortunately he's up & 🚶 away. #MalaysianGP https://t.co/BS32Uv3xho
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 29, 2016
Fabio Spinarelli does the same at turn #2 and gabriel rodrigo at #1, while, shortly before halfway, the times dropped to 2'16 under the leadership of Francis Bagnaia, Jorge Navarro et Joan mir.
After the fall of Lorenzo Petrarca at turn #9, the first run ends with the following hierarchy: Mir (2'16.312), Bagnaia, Binder, Kornfeil, Navarro, Di Giannantonio, Locatelli, Bendsneyder, Quartararo et Martin.
Lorenzo Dalla Porta crossed the 2'16 mark ten minutes from the checkered flag, just before Jorge Navarro finally recorded a 2'14.950 proving to be the provisional best time of the weekend.
The Estrella 0,0 driver crashed a lap later, leaving the lead at one Joan mir definitely surprising for a rookie.
The final packaging looks good Jakub Kornfeil register a 2'14.696, but, once again, he is the reigning world champion Brad Binder which retains its leadership from the day before.
fabio quartararo finished 4th, Jules Danilo 21e.
Ranking compiled by our friends at crash.net
1. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 14.690s
2. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 2m 14.696s
3. Francis Bagnaia ITA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 2m 14.782s
4. fabio quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 2m 14.874s
5. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 2m 14.913s
6. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 2m 14.950s
7. George Martin SPA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 2m 15.395s
8. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
2m 15.418s
9. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 15.462s
10. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 15.502s
11. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 15.517s
12. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 15.527s
13. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Team (KTM) 2m 15.534s
14. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 15.542s
15. Livio Law BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 2m 15.811s
16. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 2m 15.845s
17. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 2m 15.859s
18. Albert Arenas SPA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 15.910s
19. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 2m 15.950s
20. Tatsuki suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 2m 16.106s
21. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 2m 16.214s
22. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 2m 16.279s
23. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda)
2m 16.311s
24. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
2m 16.313s
25. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 2m 16.315s
26. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 2m 16.352s
27. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 2m 16.474s
28. Ayumu Sasaki JPN Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 2m 16.886s
29. Hafiq Azmi BAD Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 16.898s
30. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 17.596s
31. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 19.697s
32. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 20.042s
33. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 2m 22.021s
