Maverick Vinales took his maiden pole position in Moto3’s qualifying session at Le Mans.
Unfortunately for the Moto3 riders the rain Gods decided they had been too lenient and decided to piss on the French track and then just tinkle here and there enough to ruin the qualifying session and which became a crash fest.
However Vinales managed to keep his Blusens Avintia FTR Honda upright and post the fastest lap in 1:55.
865 on the track that saw him take his debut win last season leaving his fellow countryman Efren Vazquez who jumped to second in the dying minutes in second and a massive 0.
982s adrift.
Miguel Oliveira who was the fastest rider in this morning’s FP3 took the final spot on the front row and he had a 1.
249s gap.
Rain specialists Jakub Kornfeil was fourth followed by Alexis Masbou, while the current Moto3 leader Sandro Cortese was sixth after suffering a crash with his KTM early in the session.
Three Kalex KTMs will make up the third row with Alberto Moncayo, Hector Faubel and Luis Salom, while Zulfahmi Khairuddin closed out the top ten.
Romano Fenati was only 21st and it will be an uphill race for the Italy’s newest racing star.
Moto3 Le Mans Qualifying results:01- Maverick Vinales – Blusens Avintia – FTR Honda M312 – 1’55.
86502- Efren Vazquez – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
98203- Miguel Oliveira – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 1.
24904- Jakub Kornfeil – Redox Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
52705- Alexis Masbou – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 1.
80806- Sandro Cortese – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 1.
93607- Alberto Moncayo – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 1.
98108- Hector Faubel – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 2.
03409- Luis Salom – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 2.
13510- Zulfahmi Khairuddin – AirAsia SIC Ajo – KTM M32 – + 2.
26811- Jonas Folger – Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR002 – + 2.
43912- Adrian Martin – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
45013- Niklas Ajo – TT Motion Events Racing – KTM M32 – + 2.
69814- Arthur Sissis – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 2.
70515- Louis Rossi – Racing Team Germany – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
71116- Brad Binder – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 2.
72517- Danny Kent – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 2.
80818- Alan Techer – Technomag CIP TSR – Honda NSF250R – + 2.
81419- Giulian Pedone – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 3.
06720- Isaac Vinales – Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 3.
07321- Romano Fenati – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 3.
11322- Jack Miller – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 3.
36823- Alessandro Tonucci – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 3.
38624- Simone Grotzkyj Giorgi – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 3.
47025- Jasper Iwema – MOTO FGR – MOTO FGR 3 Honda – + 3.
67426- Alex Rins – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 4.
02327- Niccolò Antonelli – San Carlo Gresini Moto3 – FTR Honda M312 – + 4.
26428- Kenta Fujii – Technomag CIP TSR – TSR3 Honda – + 5.
03829- Ivan Moreno – Andalucia JHK LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 6.
51430- Toni Finsterbusch – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – Honda NSF250R – + 7.
37531- Kevin Hanus – Thomas Sabo GP Team – Honda NSF250R – + 7.
76132- Danny Webb – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP3O – + 8.
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