IT’S MARTIN’S SHOWTIME AT MISANO
Jorge Martin claimed today the eighth pole position of the season after a last-minute spectacular attempt to log a record time of 1’41.823 before crossing the finish line ahead of his friend Rodrigo and Canet. In not even two seasons, the Spanish rider #88 reaches an incredible tally of 17 pole positions – the same number achieved by Fausto Gresini in his career as motorcycle racer.
After making the most of Rodrigo’s slipstream, Martin will try tomorrow to score what would be his sixth win of the season, with the hope to make some ground to the top – as Bezzecchi was only sixth today with a half-second gap.
Martin’s team mate Fabio Di Giannantonioalso shone by missing the front row for the slimmest of margins (0.001s). With the issues under braking solved, the Italian will try to go for the second win of his career from his second-best grid position of the year after the third-place start at Jerez.
Team Del Conca Gresini Moto3showed some muscle here at Misano, with the welcome presence of motorcycle racing legend Kevin Schwantzin the team garage to celebrate Jorge Martin’s eighth pole position of the season.
1st– JORGE MARTIN #21
“We worked hard to figure out the best tyre choice for the race and then we tried to set the fastest possible lap-time. It wasn’t easy with that heat. I was able to get behind Gabriel (Rodrigo) on the last lap and fortunately for me he was one of the fastest guys out there – so I must thank him because he helped me a lot in securing my eighth pole position of the season.”
4th– FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO #21
“Today went really well. Yesterday I wasn’t at my best on the bike, but with some little changes to the set-up I managed to find back the right feeling with the front- end – and now it’s all good. Unfortunately, the traffic on track kind of affected my performance in the second outing as I couldn’t put together any quick lap, but then on the last run I pushed harder and I ended up only a thousandth of a second away from the front row – despite a mistake at the ‘Tramonto’ corner. I will take care of things tomorrow…”
