#AragonGP | Alex Marquez holds off Fernandez in qualifying session!
4th season pole position for Alex Marquez who ended just ahead title contender Augusto Fernandez in qualifying. First row is closed by Brad Binder who finished ahead of Luca Marini
First of all, Moto2’s Q1 did not see many surprises even if we had some big names like Fabio Di Giannantonio and Enea Bastianini fighting for a spot into Q2 as long as both want to have a good race. Over this two, also Andrea Locatelli and Marco Bezzecchi tried to snatch a late access into last session of qualifying with Stefano Manzi who had his chance too.
At the end, Fabio Di Giannantonio took a secure spot into Q2 followed by Andrea Locatelli who was able to ride just 0.065s slower than compatriot. Also Marco Bezzecchi with a good performance got a place to the last session of qualifying, while Chantra snatched the last one knocking out Stefano Manzi and Enea Bastianini.
1 | 21 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | ITA | HDR Heidrun Speed Up | Speed Up | 280.0 | 1'52.768 | |
2 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 282.9 | 1'52.833 | 0.065 / 0.065 |
3 | 72 | Marco BEZZECCHI | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM | 280.0 | 1'53.101 | 0.333 / 0.268 |
4 | 35 | Somkiat CHANTRA | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 285.9 | 1'53.144 | 0.376 / 0.043 |
5 | 62 | Stefano MANZI | ITA | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | MV Agusta | 280.7 | 1'53.256 | 0.488 / 0.112 |
6 | 33 | Enea BASTIANINI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 277.8 | 1'53.342 | 0.574 / 0.086 |
7 | 64 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NED | NTS RW Racing GP | NTS | 279.2 | 1'53.346 | 0.578 / 0.004 |
8 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | SWI | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 280.7 | 1'53.366 | 0.598 / 0.020 |
9 | 16 | Joe ROBERTS | USA | American Racing KTM | KTM | 278.5 | 1'53.437 | 0.669 / 0.071 |
10 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | MV Agusta | 280.7 | 1'53.503 | 0.735 / 0.066 |
11 | 96 | Jake DIXON | GBR | Gaviota Angel Nieto Team | KTM | 277.8 | 1'53.608 | 0.840 / 0.105 |
12 | 24 | Simone CORSI | ITA | NTS RW Racing GP | NTS | 277.8 | 1'53.782 | 1.014 / 0.174 |
13 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | GER | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM | 281.4 | 1'54.418 | 1.650 / 0.636 |
14 | 3 | Lukas TULOVIC | GER | Kiefer Racing | KTM | 279.2 | 1'54.651 | 1.883 / 0.233 |
15 | 18 | Xavi CARDELUS | AND | Gaviota Angel Nieto Team | KTM | 279.2 | 1'54.913 | 2.145 / 0.262 |
16 | 31 | Gerry SALIM | INA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 285.1 | 1'54.921 | 2.153 / 0.008 |
17 | 6 | Gabriele RUIU | ITA | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | Kalex | 273.6 | 1'54.958 | 2.190 / 0.037 |
Alex Marquez then made the rhythm despite Augusto Fernandez seemed to be the main candidate for pole position, with the Spaniard from Marc VDS who made a really good lap in 1.52.225 to conquer pole position ahead of his rivals who was slower than just one tenth of a second. First row is closed by Brad Binder who made a good lap in the last minutes, while Luca Marini had a good session of qualifying overall finishing 4th.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🔝 <a href="https://twitter.com/alexmarquez73?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alexmarquez73</a> shows them who's boss! <br><br>His 10th <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Moto2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Moto2</a> pole position! 👏<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AragonGP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AragonGP</a> 🇪🇸 <a href="https://t.co/x0I0FZU5BB">pic.twitter.com/x0I0FZU5BB</a></p>— MotoGP™ 🇪🇸 (@MotoGP) <a href="https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1175406529362763776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
5th place for Tom Luthi, followed by Jorge Navarro and Xavi Vierge, with Nicolò Bulega and Sam Lowes ending third row. Iker Lecuona opens fourth one, with Lorenzo Baldassarri and Fabio Di Giannantonio 11th and 12th.
1 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 281.4 | 1'52.225 | |
2 | 40 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | SPA | FLEXBOX HP 40 | Kalex | 280.0 | 1'52.350 | 0.125 / 0.125 |
3 | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 283.6 | 1'52.426 | 0.201 / 0.076 |
4 | 10 | Luca MARINI | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | Kalex | 280.7 | 1'52.435 | 0.210 / 0.009 |
5 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 279.2 | 1'52.566 | 0.341 / 0.131 |
6 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | SPA | HDR Heidrun Speed Up | Speed Up | 277.8 | 1'52.580 | 0.355 / 0.014 |
7 | 97 | Xavi VIERGE | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 287.4 | 1'52.589 | 0.364 / 0.009 |
8 | 11 | Nicolo BULEGA | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | Kalex | 285.9 | 1'52.606 | 0.381 / 0.017 |
9 | 22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 277.8 | 1'52.610 | 0.385 / 0.004 |
10 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | SPA | American Racing KTM | KTM | 282.1 | 1'52.627 | 0.402 / 0.017 |
11 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | FLEXBOX HP 40 | Kalex | 280.0 | 1'52.832 | 0.607 / 0.205 |
12 | 21 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | ITA | HDR Heidrun Speed Up | Speed Up | 275.7 | 1'52.854 | 0.629 / 0.022 |
13 | 87 | Remy GARDNER | AUS | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | Kalex | 281.4 | 1'52.886 | 0.661 / 0.032 |
14 | 88 | Jorge MARTIN | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 277.8 | 1'52.897 | 0.672 / 0.011 |
15 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 281.4 | 1'53.053 | 0.828 / 0.156 |
16 | 72 | Marco BEZZECCHI | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM | 280.0 | 1'53.223 | 0.998 / 0.170 |
17 | 45 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | JPN | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | Kalex | 282.9 | 1'53.252 | 1.027 / 0.029 |
18 | 35 | Somkiat CHANTRA | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 286.6 | 1'53.318 | 1.093 / 0.066 |