Maverick Vinales dominated the first Moto3 free practice this morning at sunny and very warm Catalunya (track tempertures were at 33°C and rising) with almost a half a second lead over Miguel Oliveira and Sandro Cortese, who were second and third, respectively.
Louis Rossi who won the war of attrition at Le Mans was fifth and 0.
780s adrift.
Instead of talking about the session, we would like to show you the fairings of the M312 that Team Italia’s Romano Fenati and Alessandro Tonucci (12th and 13th in FP1) are displaying to raise awareness and funds for the survivors of the two earthquakes that devasted the Emilia region, where the damages just productive activities is estimated to be over € 2 billion.
Moto3 Catalunya FP1 results after the jump.
01- Maverick Vinales – Blusens Avintia – FTR Honda M312 – 1’53.
16802- Miguel Oliveira – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 0.
46603- Sandro Cortese – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 0.
59404- Zulfahmi Khairuddin – AirAsia SIC Ajo – KTM M32 – + 0.
70105- Louis Rossi – Racing Team Germany – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
78006- Danny Kent – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 0.
80407- Efren Vazquez – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
81108- Alberto Moncayo – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 1.
25409- Alex Rins – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 1.
35010- Hector Faubel – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 1.
36211- Alex Marquez – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 1.
68412- Romano Fenati – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
72613- Alessandro Tonucci – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
80014- Jonas Folger – Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR002 – + 1.
80115- Niccolò Antonelli – San Carlo Gresini Moto3 – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
85816- Alexis Masbou – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 1.
94817- Danny Webb – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP-3O – + 2.
11118- Ivan Moreno – Andalucia JHK LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
15719- Jakub Kornfeil – Redox Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
41820- Adrian Martin – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
43521- Luis Salom – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 2.
45722- Alan Techer – Technomag CIP TSR – TSR3 Honda – + 2.
46523- Niklas Ajo – TT Motion Events Racing – KTM M32 – + 2.
72024- Brad Binder – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 2.
73425- Jasper Iwema – MOTO FGR – MOTO FGR 3 Honda – + 2.
91926- Simone Grotzkyj Giorgi – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 2.
96427- Isaac Vinales – Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 3.
01728- Marcel Schrotter – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP-3O – + 3.
06029- John McPhee – KRP Racing Steps Foundation – KRP M3-01 Honda – + 3.
31730- Jack Miller – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 3.
45731- Luigi Morciano – Ioda Team Italia – Ioda TR002 – + 3.
58232- Arthur Sissis – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 3.
81033- Kenta Fujii – Technomag CIP TSR – TSR3 Honda – + 4.
49534- Giulian Pedone – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 5.
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