Garcia flies
Unforgettable Saturday for the Spanish riders in the Moto3 and Moto2 qualifying sessions: while in the first category Ivan Ortolà earned his first pole position in his category, the same happened to Sergio Garcia in Moto2, with a performance that did not allow his compatriot Fermin Aldeguer to be able to fight for the first spot on the grid, as evidenced by the two tenths of delay. Great satisfaction also for Celestino Vietti, who after passing through to Q2 completed his day with a 3rd place finish, synonymous with the front row for tomorrow’s race.
Q1: Vietti passes, problems for Navarro
Excellent performance by Senna Agius in the first qualifying session, with the Australian setting the fastest time 1:42.608. A lap that allowed the Liqui Moly team driver to generate a gap of two tenths over his direct pursuers, i.e. Aron Canet and Celestino Viettiwith the latter thus passing the round as third place together with Darryn Binder. 6th Mattia Pasini ahead of the Spaniard Jorge Navarro, out of the top-4 due to a technical problem that did not allow him to repeat the excellent performances in FP2 on Friday, during which he surprised everyone by setting the new track record. Dennis Foggia, author of the 9th time, is also out.
Q2: Garcia unreachable, Vietti 3rd
Second and final qualifying session which, in fact, is almost immediately decided by Sergio Garcia with the time of 1:41.894. A performance which, like Ortolà in Moto3, guarantees the Spaniard’s first career pole position in this series, in which he holds the lead in the world championship standings. Nothing to do for Fermin Aldeguera little more than two tenths behind his compatriot, but who in his last attempt managed to gain second place by 48 thousandths of Celestino Vietti, who consoles himself with the front row. Further back is Tony Arbolino, with the ‘Shark’ who will start from 14th position in tomorrow’s race, scheduled for 12.15pm and live on Sky Sport MotoGP.
Moto2 / Catalan GP 2024: starting grid (top 18 of Q2)
POS. | PILOT | MOTORCYCLE | TIME/GAP |
1 | Sergio Garcia | Boscoscuro | 1:41.894 |
2 | Fermin Aldeguer | Kalex | +0.240 |
3 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | +0.288 |
4 | Aron Canet | Kalex | +0.299 |
5 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | +0.415 |
6 | Manuel Gonzalez | Kalex | +0.431 |
7 | Daniel Munoz | Kalex | +0.434 |
8 | Alonso Lopez | Boscoscuro | +0.434 |
9 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | +0.470 |
10 | Ai Ogura | Boscoscuro | +0.545 |
11 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | +0.564 |
12 | Senna Agius | Kalex | +0.729 |
13 | Izan Guevara | Kalex | +0.803 |
14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | +0.813 |
15 | Zonta van der Goorbergh | Kalex | +0.887 |
16 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | +0.901 |
17 | Filip Salac | Kalex | +0.951 |
18 | Darryn Binder | Kalex | +1,454 |
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