Moto3s thrilling qualifying session at Assen saw Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Sandro Cortese take his third pole position of the season (after Losail and Estoril).
The German rider who is trailing Maverick Vinales in the standings by a mere two points, posted the fastest qualifying lap in 1′43.
645 in one of his last flying laps and interrupted Vinales’s run of pole positions and he was 0.
249 faster than his team mate Danny Kent who took the second spot on tomorrow’s starting grid.
The surprise of this qualifying practice was Niccolò Antonelli who took third and his first ever front row start since his debut in GP racing on Gresini’s FTR Honda, while Hector Faubel took fourth ahead of Niklas Ajo who has never qualified this high with his KTM M32.
Maverick Vinales ended up in sixth and he’ll be taking off on the second row after being pushed back on the timesheets from third.
On the third row will be Alexis Masbou in 7th, Miguel Oliveira on the Suter Honda and former Rookies Cup champion Jakub Kornfeil and closing out the top ten was Luis Salom, but there are 17 riders in less than a second.
Moto3 Assen qualifying results:01- Sandro Cortese – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – 1’43.
645 02- Danny Kent – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 0.
249 03- Niccolò Antonelli – San Carlo Gresini Moto3 – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
343 04- Hector Faubel – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 0.
429 05- Niklas Ajo – TT Motion Events Racing – KTM M32 – + 0.
452 06- Maverick Vinales – Blusens Avintia – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
533 07- Alexis Masbou – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 0.
628 08- Miguel Oliveira – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 0.
666 09- Jakub Kornfeil – Redox Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
684 10- Luis Salom – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 0.
731 11- Alberto Moncayo – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 0.
763 12- Louis Rossi – Racing Team Germany – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
806 13- Arthur Sissis – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 0.
888 14- Alan Techer – Technomag CIP TSR – TSR3 Honda – + 0.
889 15- Alessandro Tonucci – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
896 16- Alex Rins – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 0.
897 17- Romano Fenati – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.
916 18- Zulfahmi Khairuddin – AirAsia SIC Ajo – KTM M32 – + 1.
105 19- Brad Binder – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 1.
181 20- Danny Webb – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP-3O – + 1.
529 21- Adrian Martin – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
609 22- Julian Miralles – MIR Racing – MIR Racing Moto3 – + 1.
635 23- Toni Finsterbusch – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – Honda NSF250R – + 1.
746 24- Efren Vazquez – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
775 25- Ivan Moreno – Andalucia JHK LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.
951 26- Isaac Vinales – Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.
052 27- Simone Grotzkyj Giorgi – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 2.
310 28- Bryan Schouten – Dutch Racing Team – Honda NSF250R – + 2.
336 29- Luigi Morciano – Ioda Team Italia – Ioda TR002 – + 2.
382 30- Marcel Schrotter – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP-3O – + 2.
414 31- Jasper Iwema – MOTO FGR – MOTO FGR 3 Honda – + 2.
528 32- Giulian Pedone – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Suter Honda MMX3 – + 3.
238 33- Jack Miller – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 3.
632 34- Kenta Fujii – Technomag CIP TSR – TSR3 Honda – + 3.
774 35- Jonas Folger – Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR002 – + 8.
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