Moto3 Mandalika Q2: Uriarte on pole, Quiles crashes, Rammerstorfer through to Q2!

The Moto3 qualifying session in Indonesia began with Scott Ogden setting a commanding fastest time in Q1. In the first session, Ogden completed a lap in 1:37.736 minutes, more than two tenths of a second faster than his closest rivals. Along with Hakim Danish, David Munoz and Leo Rammerstorfer, he progressed to Q2, where pole position was decided.

There, Brian Uriarte set the pace on his first attempt. The Ajo rider was the only one to break the 1:37 mark and led with a time of 1:36.861. A crash by Rico Salmela at Turn 10 triggered yellow flags, resulting in several lap times being disallowed.

Quiles makes a mistake on his first attempt

World Championship leader Maximo Quiles was in second place after the first round of laps. The Spanish Aspar rider crashed in Turn 16, but was able to pick up his virtually undamaged KTM himself and bring it back to the pits.

Casey O’Gorman crashed in Turn 1 during the second attempt, bringing out the yellow flags. Uriarte’s time still stood. Several riders set the fastest sector times, but it wasn’t enough for the fastest lap.

IntactGP comes close to the pole time

IntactGP rider David Almansa closed the gap to 0.087 seconds and secured second place on the grid. Alvaro Carpe, in third, was already 0.243 seconds behind. Maximo Quiles was knocked out of the front row during the second flurry of action and slipped down to sixth position. He shares the second row with the Leopard-Honda duo of Adrian Fernandez and Guido Pini.

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Local hero Veda Pratama finished qualifying in seventh place and leads the third row of the grid. Matteo Bertelle, Adrian Cruces and Casey O’Gorman rounded off the top 10.

Leo Rammerstorfer was just under two seconds off the fastest time in Q2. The young rider from Linz qualified in 17th position.