Moto3 Sachsenring: Guevara back on record pace for pole in Germany

Izan Guevara continued his electric pace into qualifying as he bettered his own record lap on the way to pole position ahead of the Moto3 German Grand Prix, rꦇound tღen of the championship.
The Aspar GasGas rider continued from where he left off on home soil at the last round, circulating solo ღand 🅠topping FP3 with a new lap record of the Saxony track.
Attacking qualifying in the same way the Spaniard was ඣleft in the tricky position of having no time set for much of the session after Jaume Masia’s crash saw his earl💝y fast lap cancelled.
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The #28 didn’t panic and stuck to the plan, returning in the ꦍclosing minutes for a 1m 25.869s record performance, running into the gravel ༒at turn one immediately after.
The session was tough for all the teams as a power🗹 cut hit the paddock, leaving them un𒉰able to see any timing, with everyone from team bosses to mechanics following the action on their phones to find out how their riders were placed.
Dennis Foggia worked with his Leopard team-mate Tatsuki Suzuki, who𓆉 had been fastest on Friday, taking it in turns to pull eacghother around. Their final run together brought the Italian to just within just 0.295s of the new benchmark in the class, with Suzuki fifth.
The mix of manufacturers on the front row is added to by Daniel Holgado. The rookie has already been second on the grid in Italy and enjoyed a strong showing in qualifying again, in a chasing group over t🍸he line, the Red Bull KTM Ajo topped the time🌠sheets briefly before Guevara registered his attack, with his best effort holding on for third.
Ayumu Sasaki is still managing the pain in his collarbone, a leftover from his race in Mugello, an early flying lap remained his best effort and secured him fourth on the grid for Sterilgarဣda Husqvarna Max racing.
Si🌼xth went to his compatriot Ryusei Yamanaka for MT Helmets- MSI, with rookie David Munoz making the most of his trip dir꧃ectly into Q2 in seventh for BOE Motorsports in just his third qualifying session.
C♐hampionship leader Sergio Garci♒a has work to do to stay trouble free from eighth on the grid.
The Aspar rider finished a solid but not very progresssive session just ahead of Matteo Bertelle (QJMotor Avintia Racing Team) who wasဣ the best of the riders tꦫo move up from Q1.
Scott Ogden lost valuable tenths in💎 the final sector of his best lap as he caught Holgado ahead, with his lap completing the top ten ౠfor VisionTrack Racing.
Joel Kelso and Tatsuཧki Suzuki did not improve their times in FP3 but the times the duo set on Friday, where the Leopard rider was provisionally top of the timesheets, saw them straight into Q2. While Suzuki progressed, Kelso struggled to pick up the pace again leaving him eleventh for CIP Green Power.
John McPhee had cancelled laps and traffic to con🐽tend with, meaning his early banker remained his best in 13th on the second Sterilgarda entry.
Riccardo Rossi moved up from the first session but was his progressed ꦑstifled by a bꦛike issue liliting his track time. Once out on the SIC58 Squadra Corse machine he placed 15th.
Masia’s crash left him without a time to his nam🥃e and last in the Q2 session.
Disappointment for Deniz Oncu.
Oncu was demoted to tenth in Q1 after having been judged to have exceeded track limits on his Q1 top✨ping lap
Deniz Oncu had already lost 🤪out on his best lap as Andrea Migno crashed towards the end of FP3, dropping him out of the danger zone and into Q1.
The Red Bull KTM Tech 3 rider was focussed in that sessi✨on and was desperate for clear track, unable to find it the Turkish r🎃ider ended up riding around Elia Bartolini to hit the front of the lead group and seemingly move into Q2 with the top time. Thinking his lap was in the bag he got out of the scrappy session and watched the final minutes in his pit box.
A disappointed Oncu was then informed of his demotion after running over the k𝐆erb at the final corner, which leaves him 24🀅th on the grid.
What else happened in Q1?
There were two huge tಌurn three incidents, which brought out the yell🌳ow flags.
The first saw Xavier Artigꦫas, who set the first fast lap in the session, in the gravel with Mario Aji.
Joshua Whatley highs🌱ided out of the same turn mo🔯ments later after making good progress in the morning session, with Riccardo Rossi riding into the back of his fall.
Kaito Toba also fell as the session concluded.