Masaki, Cardús, González and Sardanyons on pole in Barcelona

In Moto3™, Kazuki Masaki (Asia Talent Team) achieved his first pole position in the Moto3™ Junior World Championship after setting a time of 1:54.062 in Q1 ahead of his teammate Ai Ogura, who trailed by 0.193. The leader of the category, Jeremy Alcoba (Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0.0) took third slot on the front row of tomorrow's grid. AP Honda Racing Team rider Somkiat Chantra, who took pole position in the first round of the FIM CEV Repsol in Albacete, will not be participating in either of the two scheduled races on Sunday after suffering a hard fall on Thursday and sustaining a hand injury requiring surgery. Source link

An exciting new season starts in Albacete

Raúl Fernández (MRW Mahindra Aspar Team), who finished third last year behind Lorenzo Dalla Porta and Marcos Ramírez, will be another point of reference for a list of up to 49 registered riders. The Moto3™ Junior World Championship is the ideal proving ground, as it reflects the presence of riders from up to 16 different countries, from China to Australia, to Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, France and Russia. Source link

Dalla Porta, Odendaal and Morales earn poles in Albacete

Carmelo Morales will set off chasing his sixth win in Albacete, which would make him the rider with the most victories in Superbike in Albacete since 2002; other riders on five victories are Iván Silva, Xavier Forés and José David De Gea. Last year the current Superbike European Championship champion won one of the two races while in the other the winner was Iván Silva. This year, two races will also be run, with Maximilian Scheib defending his lead, just six points ahead of Morales who is currently on a run of three victories....

Halfway point of the season at Albacete

In Moto3™, Lorenzo Dalla Porta arrives at Albacete full of confidence after riding well to take an excellent tenth place last weekend at the Motul TT Assen in the MotoGP™ World Championship, where he stood in for the injured Jorge Navarro (SPA-Honda). Albert Arenas (SPA-Mahindra), taking the place of the injured Jorge Martin (SPA-Mahindra), wasn't as fortunate: the Girona rider went down on the first lap of the race and suffered a hairline fracture in his left foot. In Moto3™ Production, Aleix Viu (SPA-Honda) continues as the top-ranked rider, but with Héctor Garzo (SPA-Honda) trailing him by just four points....