2012 Phillip Island Moto3 FP1 Result: Cortese Sets Early Pace

Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2012-10-26 03:42
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Sandro Cortese got his first session of free practice as Moto3 World Champion off to a strong start, ending a dry but windy practice on Friday morning on top of the timesheets. The German had a comfortable lead over his Red Bull KTM teammate, Cortese faster than Danny Kent by over four tenths of a second. Mapfre Aspar's Jonas Folger took 3rd, finishing ahead of Maverick Viñales, the FTR Honda rider over 1.1 seconds behind Cortese in 4th. The return of the prodigal Viñales had been made possibe after the young Spaniard had issued a humbling retraction and apology for his withdrawal at Sepang, first in a press release, and later in person in a press conference at Phillip Island on Friday morning.

Results:

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Diff Previous
1 11 Sandro CORTESE KTM 1'39.902    
2 52 Danny KENT KTM 1'40.343 0.441 0.441
3 94 Jonas FOLGER KALEX KTM 1'40.457 0.555 0.114
4 25 Maverick VIÑALES FTR HONDA 1'41.020 1.118 0.563
5 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA SUTER HONDA 1'41.085 1.183 0.065
6 7 Efren VAZQUEZ FTR HONDA 1'41.145 1.243 0.060
7 63 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN KTM 1'41.261 1.359 0.116
8 84 Jakub KORNFEIL FTR HONDA 1'41.301 1.399 0.040
9 39 Luis SALOM KALEX KTM 1'41.333 1.431 0.032
10 19 Alessandro TONUCCI FTR HONDA 1'41.361 1.459 0.028
11 31 Niklas AJO KTM 1'41.394 1.492 0.033
12 32 Isaac VIÑALES FTR HONDA 1'41.538 1.636 0.144
13 96 Louis ROSSI FTR HONDA 1'41.672 1.770 0.134
14 8 Jack MILLER HONDA 1'41.772 1.870 0.100
15 23 Alberto MONCAYO FTR HONDA 1'41.776 1.874 0.004
16 42 Alex RINS SUTER HONDA 1'41.894 1.992 0.118
17 12 Alex MARQUEZ SUTER HONDA 1'42.272 2.370 0.378
18 5 Romano FENATI FTR HONDA 1'42.370 2.468 0.098
19 61 Arthur SISSIS KTM 1'42.436 2.534 0.066
20 26 Adrian MARTIN FTR HONDA 1'42.572 2.670 0.136
21 80 Armando PONTONE IODA 1'43.073 3.171 0.501
22 27 Niccolò ANTONELLI FTR HONDA 1'43.092 3.190 0.019
23 30 Giulian PEDONE SUTER HONDA 1'43.131 3.229 0.039
24 89 Alan TECHER TSR HONDA 1'43.225 3.323 0.094
25 51 Kenta FUJII TSR HONDA 1'43.349 3.447 0.124
26 41 Brad BINDER KALEX KTM 1'43.654 3.752 0.305
27 28 Josep RODRIGUEZ FGR HONDA 1'43.690 3.788 0.036
28 9 Toni FINSTERBUSCH HONDA 1'43.805 3.903 0.115
29 17 John McPHEE HONDA 1'44.256 4.354 0.451
30 29 Luca AMATO KALEX KTM 1'44.626 4.724 0.370
31 99 Danny WEBB MAHINDRA 1'45.089 5.187 0.463
Not qualified (Out 107%) 1'46.895
3 6 Sam CLARKE HONDA 1'47.261 7.359 2.172
2 0 Riccardo MORETTI MAHINDRA 1'49.154 9.252 1.893
Not Classified
7 5 Liconln GILDING HONDA      

 

Round Number: 
17
2012
Sandro Cortese got his first session of free practice as Moto3 World Champion off to a strong start, ending a dry but windy practice on Friday morning on top of the timesheets. The German had a comfortable lead over his Red Bull KTM teammate, Cortese faster than Danny Kent by over four tenths of a second. Mapfre Aspar's Jonas Folger took 3rd, finishing ahead of Maverick Viñales, the FTR Honda rider over 1.1 seconds behind Cortese in 4th. The return of the prodigal Viñales had been made possibe after the young Spaniard had issued a humbling retraction and apology for his withdrawal at Sepang, first in a press release, and later in person in a press conference at Phillip Island on Friday morning.Results:

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