Slipstream is always key around the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya but Foggia was able to go alone in lightweight class qualifying
For only the second time in his career, Leopard Racing’s Dennis Foggia will start a Grand Prix from pole position after firing his way to top spot in the final seconds of Q2 at the Monster Energy Catalan Grand Prix. The Italian will be joined on the front row by Red Bull KTM Tech3’s Deniz Öncü and Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team’s Izan Guevara.
After setting the fastest lap of the weekend in FP3 earlier on Saturday, Foggia was the big favourite and he quickly got to work. As the final laps being readied, the Leopard man, who worked by himself, was three tenths clear of another man happy to go it alone: GASGAS Aspar’s Izan Guevara.
Despite a smattering of red sectors, the Italian never looked like being knocked off top spot in the final flurry of fast laps. He improved again, getting down to a 1:48.290, to secure a second pole of his lightweight class career. Turkey’s Öncü got to within a tenth and a half to secure second on the grid, whilst Guevara left it very late to bag the final spot on the front row.
WHO’LL FIRE FROM FURTHER BACK?
Frenchman Lorezno Fellon (SIC58 Squadra Corse) was unlucky to miss out on the front row and was forced to settle for fourth after Guevara’s late attack. Row two of the grid will also see Q1 graduates Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI) and Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse).
World Championship leader Sergio Garcia (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) will have to start from the third row of the grid on Sunday, ahead of the CIP Green Power duo of Kaito Toba and Joel Kelso. Completing a top ten split by just over half a second was Leopard Racing’s Tatsuki Suzuki.
Moto3™ Top 10 in Q2:
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