Dixon bags late pole position from Moreira as Garcia crashes

Moto2™ returned for further drama on Saturday, with Jake Dixon (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) completing a fantastic day, storming to a magical pole position at the Gran Premio GoPro de Aragon. The British rider improved on his final lap, setting a 1:51.636 and earning a 0.134s gap to Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) in P2. It was a great session for the Brazilian, who was a mere 0.014s ahead of Aron Canet (Fantic Racing), who rounds off a competitive front row ahead of Sunday.

Garcia crashes in Q1 as the battle for pole begins

It was an unchanged top 10 in Practice 2 due to overnight rain, leaving some key contenders to battle in Q1. Some of those names included MT Helmets – MSI’s Sergio Garcia and Ai Ogura, who had a tough task ahead which soon got worse once qualifying got underway as Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets – MSI) suffered crashing at Turn 7 – placing the Championship leader outside the top 20. Meanwhile, Zonta Van Den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP), Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team), Ogura and Filip Salac (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) would earn their place in Q2 – leading to a dramatic session.

Once Q2 got underway, Moreira initially claimed the top spot before the second runs got underway and Canet took provisional pole. The #44’s time would stand until the final lap where Moreira reclaimed P1 briefly before Dixon pipped the #10 for pole position in Aragon after a phenomenal lap.

Strong qualifying for Öncü

Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completed a fantastic qualifying in fourth place, heading the second row of the grid after setting a 1:51.923. The Moto2™ rookie will start in front of Arbolino, who secured P5 after going through Q1. The Italian ended the session ahead of Albert Arenas (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2™) in sixth, who will have a grid penalty to serve on Sunday.

Continuing a strong weekend was Sync SpeedUp’s Alonso Lopez, who ended the session in seventh and will start from P6 on the grid due to Arenas' penalty. The #21 finished ahead of Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team) and Celestino Vietti (Red Bull KTM Ajo) as his teammate Fermin Aldeguer (Sync SpeedUp) is forced to start from 11^th. Further back, Ogura was unable to piece together a good lap in Q2, starting from 16^th as his teammate Garcia will have to fight from 28^th on the grid.

The action in Aragon is not over yet, make sure you join us for race day on Sunday with lights out at 12:15 local time (UTC +2)!