2012 Estoril Moto3 Qualifying Practice Result: One Man Dominates Qualifying

Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2012-05-05 12:59

Results and summary of qualifying for the Moto3 class at Estoril:

Sandro Cortese will start from pole for the Moto3 Portugese Grand Prix on Sunday, after largely dominating qualifying for the smallest class. While Maverick Vinales and Miguel Oliveira got close to Cortese throughout QP, Cortese was always able to respond, ending the session with an advantage of over three tenths over Vinales. The Spaniard will start from 2nd on the grid, with local hero Oliveira completing the grid.

British rider Danny Kent will head up the second row of the grid, ahead of Malaysian-born Zulfahmi Khairuddin. Jerez winner Romano Fenati rounds out the second row of the grid, and will start from 6th.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Diff Previous
1	11	Sandro CORTESE	KTM	1'47.145
2	25	Maverick VIÑALES	FTR HONDA	1'47.460	0.315	0.315
3	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	SUTER HONDA	1'47.916	0.771	0.456
4	52	Danny KENT	KTM	1'47.950	0.805	0.034
5	63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	KTM	1'48.083	0.938	0.133
6	5	Romano FENATI	FTR HONDA	1'48.191	1.046	0.108
7	39	Luis SALOM	KALEX KTM	1'48.238	1.093	0.047
8	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	FTR HONDA	1'48.299	1.154	0.061
9	55	Hector FAUBEL	KALEX KTM	1'48.349	1.204	0.050
10	10	Alexis MASBOU	HONDA	1'48.476	1.331	0.127
11	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	FTR HONDA	1'48.478	1.333	0.002
12	27	Niccolò ANTONELLI	FTR HONDA	1'48.696	1.551	0.218
13	26	Adrian MARTIN	FTR HONDA	1'48.871	1.726	0.175
14	41	Brad BINDER	KALEX KTM	1'48.900	1.755	0.029
15	96	Louis ROSSI	FTR HONDA	1'48.927	1.782	0.027
16	61	Arthur SISSIS	KTM	1'49.013	1.868	0.086
17	23	Alberto MONCAYO	KALEX KTM	1'49.154	2.009	0.141
18	99	Danny WEBB	MAHINDRA	1'49.326	2.181	0.172
19	12	Alex MARQUEZ	SUTER HONDA	1'49.374	2.229	0.048
20	89	Alan TECHER	TSR HONDA	1'49.377	2.232	0.003
21	19	Alessandro TONUCCI	FTR HONDA	1'49.397	2.252	0.020
22	42	Alex RINS	SUTER HONDA	1'49.447	2.302	0.050
23	77	Marcel SCHROTTER	MAHINDRA	1'49.752	2.607	0.305
24	6	Joan OLIVE	KTM	1'49.880	2.735	0.128
25	73	Manuel TATASCIORE	HONDA	1'50.117	2.972	0.237
26	21	Ivan MORENO	FTR HONDA	1'50.176	3.031	0.059
27	32	Isaac VIÑALES	FTR HONDA	1'50.220	3.075	0.044
28	53	Jasper IWEMA	FGR HONDA	1'51.193	4.048	0.973
29	30	Giulian PEDONE	ORAL	1'51.288	4.143	0.095
30	9	Toni FINSTERBUSCH	HONDA	1'51.583	4.438	0.295
31	86	Kevin HANUS	HONDA	1'52.275	5.130	0.692
32	3	Luigi MORCIANO	IODA	1'52.630	5.485	0.355
33	51	Kenta FUJII	TSR HONDA	1'52.820	5.675	0.190
34	80	Armando PONTONE	IODA	1'53.408	6.263	0.588
	15	Simone GROTZKYJ	ORAL

2012

Moto3

Estoril, Portugal

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