It was cloudy and dry, but very windy for Moto3s qualifying session at Silverstone, and Maverick Vinales added another pole position – his third consecutive – to his growing collection.
The Blusens Avintia rider posted the best qualifying lap in 2′16.
187 and he was able to keep Efren Vasquez at bay by 0.
198s.
Starting third on tomorrow’s grid will be Alex Masbou for Carretta Technology in his best qualifying session so far and he made it three riders equipped with Honda engines in the top three, but he was more than eight tenths from Vinales.
Standings leader Sandro Cortese will start in fourth after being hampered by Vinales and Team Estrella’s Alex Rins and Miguel Oliveira during his last flying lap.
Danny Kent grabbed the fifth spot and he accused a gap of over a second and he was followed by Luis Salom in sixth, but it could have been a fourth position if his best lap wasn’t later cancelled for cutting the final corner.
Le Mans winner Louis Rossi was seventh followed by Air Asia’s Zulfahmi Khairuddin in 8th ahead of Team Italia FMI’s Romano Fenati with Alex Rins closing out the top ten.
Moto3 Silverstone Qualifying results:01- Maverick Vinales – Blusens Avintia – FTR Honda M312 – 2’16.
187 02- Efren Vazquez – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
198 03- Alexis Masbou – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 0.
856 04- Sandro Cortese – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 0.
936 05- Danny Kent – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 1.
150 06- Luis Salom – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 1.
298 07- Louis Rossi – Racing Team Germany – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
352 08- Zulfahmi Khairuddin – AirAsia SIC Ajo – KTM M32 – + 1.
686 09- Romano Fenati – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
717 10- Alex Rins – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 1.
721 11- Miguel Oliveira – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 1.
903 12- Alessandro Tonucci – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
964 13- Niccolò Antonelli – San Carlo Gresini Moto3 – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
051 14- Jakub Kornfeil – Redox Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
235 15- Arthur Sissis – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 2.
348 16- Alberto Moncayo – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 2.
645 17- Alan Techer – Technomag CIP TSR – TSR3 Honda – + 2.
750 18- Niklas Ajo – TT Motion Events Racing – KTM M32 – + 2.
791 19- Jonas Folger – Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR002 – + 2.
828 20- Adrian Martin – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
846 21- Danny Webb – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP-3O – + 2.
941 22- Jasper Iwema – MOTO FGR – MOTO FGR 3 Honda – + 3.
343 23- Hector Faubel – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 3.
520 24- Jack Miller – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 3.
536 25- Simone Grotzkyj Giorgi – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 3.
854 26- Brad Binder – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 3.
893 27- Toni Finsterbusch – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – Honda NSF250R – + 4.
053 28- Isaac Vinales – Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 4.
253 29- John McPhee – KRP Racing Steps Foundation – KRP M3-01 Honda – + 4.
876 30- Kenta Fujii – Technomag CIP TSR – TSR3 Honda – + 4.
967 31- Luigi Morciano – Ioda Team Italia – Ioda TR002 – + 5.
123 32- Giulian Pedone – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 5.
241 33- Fraser Rogers – KRP Racing Steps Foundation – KRP M3-01 Honda – + 5.
500 34- Ivan Moreno – Andalucia JHK LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 5.
557 35- Marcel Schrotter – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP-3O – + 5.
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