On song Gonzalez grabs Buriram pole

Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) is your first Moto2™ polesitter of the season as the Spaniard converted his impressive Test and Thai GP Practice pace into a Saturday afternoon P1. Celestino Vietti (Team HDR Heidrun) came through Q1 to grab P2 and land a lap just 0.036s off Gonzalez’s 1:34.634, with Aron Canet (Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO) 0.205s shy of pole in P3.

The bulk of the fastest laps came once the riders had slotted fresh rubber into their Triumph-powered machines, with four tenths of the second splitting the fastest nine riders in Q2. Behind the leading trio comes Senna Agius as Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP see their riders spearhead Row 1 and 2 for the opening race of the season – a top job from the Australian sophomore.

Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO) and Darryn Binder (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) – the South African also coming through Q1 – will launch from P5 and P6 respectively. Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) notched up his best time late on, the British rider starts P8 behind seventh place Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing) and ahead of ninth quickest Alonso Lopez (Team HDR Heidrun).

Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) completed the top 10, while Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) acted as the fastest rookie – the Spaniard launches from P15, just behind 14th place Mario Aji (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia). 

Tune into the opening Moto2™ race of the season, from Thailand, at 13:15 local time (UTC+7).

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