2018 Motegi Moto3 FP1 Result: Kornfeil Surprises Canet

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Fri, 2018-10-19 00:54

No sign of the rain that soaked things up earlier in the morning and the familiar clouds gave way to bright sunshine by the time the lightweight class went out to play. After missing the trip to Thailand due to being convalescent, Aron Canet was back in action and went all in, crashing out in turn nine right after jumping to the top of the timesheets ten minutes into the session. The final five minutes changed the narrative and late attacks brought Jakub Kornfeil to the limelight, the Czech rider keeping the lead of the first practice session until the checkered flag came out.

Canet was resigned to second position only a tenth of a second slower than the PruestelGP rider and another two tenths faster than Enea Bastianini. The Italian was accompanied by Leopard Racing teammate Lorenzo Dalla Porta, while John McPhee made a welcome appreance in the top five and championship challenger Marco Bezzecchi was the final rider within half a second of the leader.

Philipp Oettl was six tenths down on Kornfeil as he rushed into the top seven position late in the session. Meanwhile, Tony Arbolino failed to improve in the final charge and saved eighth with his early benchmark. Marcos Ramirez and Albert Arenas rounded out the top ten, seven tenths off the lead and the final two men within a second of the man showing the way.

Jorge Martin seemed to have largely recovered from the arm issues from Thailand although you wouldn’t necessarily think so while looking at the timesheets, the Spaniard 16th after failing to improve late in the session. Still, he was in fine company with the likes of Gabriel Rodrigo 15th and Fabio Di Giannantonio 18th.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap 1st	Prev.
1	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	1'57.740
2	44	Aron CANET	Honda	1'57.848	0.108	0.108
3	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Honda	1'58.076	0.336	0.228
4	48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	Honda	1'58.190	0.450	0.114
5	17	John MCPHEE	KTM	1'58.202	0.462	0.012
6	12	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	1'58.212	0.472	0.010
7	65	Philipp OETTL	KTM	1'58.339	0.599	0.127
8	14	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	1'58.483	0.743	0.144
9	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	KTM	1'58.487	0.747	0.004
10	75	Albert ARENAS	KTM	1'58.536	0.796	0.049
11	22	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	1'58.830	1.090	0.294
12	77	Vicente PEREZ	KTM	1'58.857	1.117	0.027
13	10	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	1'58.897	1.157	0.040
14	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	1'58.916	1.176	0.019
15	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	KTM	1'58.940	1.200	0.024
16	88	Jorge MARTIN	Honda	1'59.004	1.264	0.064
17	72	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	1'59.103	1.363	0.099
18	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Honda	1'59.123	1.383	0.020
19	81	Stefano NEPA	KTM	1'59.145	1.405	0.022
20	71	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	1'59.175	1.435	0.030
21	16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	1'59.186	1.446	0.011
22	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	Honda	1'59.210	1.470	0.024
23	5	Jaume MASIA	KTM	1'59.232	1.492	0.022
24	27	Kaito TOBA	Honda	1'59.732	1.992	0.500
25	41	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	Honda	1'59.760	2.020	0.028
26	40	Darryn BINDER	KTM	1'59.956	2.216	0.196
27	31	Celestino VIETTI	KTM	2'00.408	2.668	0.452
28	7	Adam NORRODIN	Honda	2'01.421	3.681	1.013
29	36	Yuto FUKUSHIMA	Honda	2'02.036	4.296	0.615
30	13	Shizuka OKAZAKI	Honda	2'04.065	6.325	2.029