After Le Mans, the paddock heads straight to Barcelona for the sixth round of the MotoGP season: uncertain weather here as well, but Moto3 is ready to get underway.
So far, the lightweight category has been completely dominated by Maximo Quiles: the young talent from Murcia has set a new record for the best start to a Moto3 season in terms of points scored in the first five races. Will he be able to perform well in Barcelona too?
LIVE Coverage
The first Moto3 free practice session in Barcelona comes to an end: Danish leads ahead of Fernandez and Carpe. Championship leader Maximo Quiles is struggling!
9:34 AM – Rios crashes and returns to the pits with a destroyed fairing: he could risk a penalty for irresponsible riding.
9:31 AM – Fantastic lap from Adrian Fernandez, improving Uriarte’s time by almost half a second. Guido Pini is struggling badly: the Leopard Team rider is more than two seconds off the session leader. Matteo Bertelle also crashes.
9:30 AM – Yellow flag: Buchanan runs wide at Turn 5.
9:22 AM – Matteo Bertelle also finds pace: the Level Up MTA Team rider sets the third fastest time! However, the lap is later cancelled.
9:18 AM – Danish continues to impress: he is the fastest rider on track!
9:16 AM – Halfway through the session, Fernandez breaks the 1:49 barrier.
9:13 AM – Yellow flag after a crash for Mitani.
9:10 AM – Carpe is the first rider to go below the 1:50 mark, but Danish, Fernandez and Quiles improve again.
9:05 AM – Lap times are still far from the track record, although Fernandez moves to the top. Good performances as well from O’Shea and the two Red Bull KTM Ajo riders.
9:00 AM – Green light! The Catalonia weekend officially begins.
8:56 AM – HERE is the live timing for the session.
8:55 AM – Good morning and welcome from GPKingdom to the live coverage of the first Moto3 free practice session in Barcelona
Photo: Team Aspar, MotoGP
