The British rider takes his career-first pole position to beat Fernandez and compatriot Lowes in qualifying
Free Practice pacesetter Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) claimed a dream debut Moto2™ pole position in qualifying at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia thanks to a 1:35.799, a time good enough to beat second place Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) by 0.102s. Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) picked up P3 to start from the outside of the front row.
Ogura, Roberts, Schrötter out in Q1
A trio of leading contenders in the form of Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia), Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team) and Marcel Schrötter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) found themselves in Q1, but none of them would end up progressing into Q2. Instead it was Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia), Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Liqui…