Moto2

Vinales Claims Maiden Moto2 Pole At Aragon

1 Mins read

Maverick Vinales achieved another milestone in his exceptional rookie season by claiming his maiden Moto2 pole at Motorland Aragon. The Spaniard upstaged the championship challengers with a sensational late flyer, snatching pole from Johann Zarco with Mika Kallio and Esteve Rabat third and fifth respectively.

The session looked to running smoothly for Rabat who held provisional pole heading into the final ten minutes but everything changed when Zarco upped the pace. The Caterham rider was languishing down in nineteenth at one stage but back-to-back efforts lifted him to eleventh, followed by another leap up to second. The third lap of the stint saw his ascent to the top of the leaderboard completed as a 1:54.129 took him ahead of Rabat while Italtrans rider Franco Morbidelli all-but matched him to go second.

The Marc VDS response came from his title rival with Mika Kallio taking second, just 0.016s adrift, and the Finn went even faster next time around. Astonishingly though, his improvement wasn’t sufficient to overhaul Johann with the no.36 still six thousandths off the top. Instead it was left to Vinales to take the honours with a 1:54.073, backing up his impressive morning practice pace.

Zarco and Kallio will complete the front row tomorrow with Morbidelli between the Finn and his championship rival Rabat. Thomas Luthi will line up sixth ahead of Takaaki Nakagami and Dominique Aegerter while German duo Sandro Cortese and Marcel Schrotter complete the top ten.

Avatar photo
5101 posts

About author
MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and WorldSBK writer for The Checkered Flag. Contact: [email protected]
Articles
Related posts
Moto2Moto3MotoEMotoGP

MotoGP: Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta updates on 2020

3 Mins read
Dorna CEO updates on 2020: we’re trying to maintain the races, which is the most important thing.
Moto2Moto3MotoEMotoGP

MotoGP: German, Dutch and Finnish Grand Prix cancelled

1 Mins read
The German, Dutch and Finnish Grand Prix are cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Moto2

Sam Lowes - Every day I feel stronger

2 Mins read
Marc VDS rider Sam Lowes gives the lowdown on his current day-to-day life as he recovers from his shoulder injury under lockdown from Coronavirus.