Pol Espargaro will start from his fifth pole position of the Moto2™
season at the Tissot Australian Grand Prix, whilst championship leader
Scott Redding has been ruled out of the race after fracturing his left
wrist in a crash. The race will take place over the shortened distance
of 13 laps.
A dramatic day of qualifying at Phillip Island drew to a close with the
intermediate category, with the session being interrupted with red
flags following a crash for Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2’s Thitipong
Warokorn. As the Thai rider was transported away for medical check-ups
and soon diagnosed with a fracture to his right scapula, ruling him out
of action for the rest of the race event, whilst Esteve Rabat, who also
crashed, was effectively given extra time for bike repairs as he made
his way back to the Tuenti HP 40 garage.
No sooner had Rabat re-joined the session than the Spaniard crashed
once again, having by this point lost provisional pole to teammate
Espargaro who will start in front thanks to his leading lap time of
1’32.530. Rabat missed out by just one hundredth of a second, while
there were identical times for Jordi Torres and Alex de Angelis; the
former (Aspar Team Moto2) will start third by virtue of his quicker
second best lap time, leaving the NGM Mobile Forward Racing rider
fourth.
Tom Luthi rounds out the top five for Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing,
while Mika Kallio will be the leading Marc VDS Racing Team rider in
sixth; however, the Finn suffered a sizeable accident in the Hay Shed
section. Just moments later, teammate Redding crashed at the end of the
lap and was duly taken to the Medical Centre where the Englishman
complained of pain with his left wrist. Having already posted his
1’32.962 lap time, Redding sank to tenth position in the results and
soon headed towards Melbourne to operate on the left wrist fracture.
More drama came at the end of the session, with reigning Moto3™ World
Champion Sandro Cortese being the last to suffer an incident. The
Dynavolt Intact GP rider will start seventh on the grid behind Kallio,
while Aspar’s Nico Terol and NGM Mobile Racing’s Mattia Pasini fill
positions eight and nine ahead of the unfortunate Redding.
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