Moto2, Qualifying: Record lap and pole position for Guevara – Gonzalez 3rd.

In the Moto2 qualifying session at Motegi, Aspar rider David Alonso set the fastest time. Apart from him, Manuel Gonzalez, Izan Guevara, Tony Arbolino, Daniel Holgado, Filip Salac, Adrian Huertas, Alonso Lopez, Ayumu Sasaki, Senna Agius, Ivan Ortola, Deniz Öncü, Jose Antonio Rueda and Daniel Munoz all secured direct entry into Q2 on Saturday.

In FP2 on Saturday morning, Guevara set the fastest time of 1:46.950. In doing so, he smashed the previous lap record, which Alonso had set the day before with a time of 1:47.508. Filip Salac and championship leader Manuel Gonzalez finished in second and third place respectively.

Conditions were pleasant during Saturday’s qualifying sessions, with temperatures of 22 degrees Celsius. The sun had also come out. In Q1, the top four – Celestino Vietti, Zonta van den Goorbergh, Unai Orradre and Alex Escrig – made it through to Q2. Barry Baltus crashed, but as his Kalex was not badly damaged, he was able to resume the session shortly afterwards. Nevertheless, the Belgian could only manage 10th place.

The 15-minute Q2 session saw the battle for pole position. Filip Salac crashed at the start in Turn 1 – his front wheel slipped out from under him. David Alonso set the first fastest time of 1:47.167 mins. The action continued at a frenetic pace: Daniel Muñoz crashed in Turn 14.

Guevara was on a fast lap, but then made a mistake in the final sector – he abandoned the lap and returned to the pits. The order halfway through the session: Alonso, Gonzalez, Guevara, Ortola and Arbolino.

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After that, everyone picked up fresh tyres – followed by the final push for the fastest times. Alonso improved his time to 1:47.103. The Twin Rind Motegi seems to suit the Colombian well.

With one minute to go, Arbolino set a new fastest time of 1:47.044 mins. Guevara countered immediately, setting a lap record of 1:46.851 mins! Daniel Holgado clocked the third-fastest time of 1:46.967 mins. Manuel Gonzalez then moved into second place with a time of 1:46.961 mins. On his final lap, Salac set the second-fastest time of 1:46.902 mins. Vietti crashed at Turn 10.