Foggia tops FP3 but Guevara remains fastest

Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) will front the Moto3™ field heading into qualifying at the Grand Prix of Qatar after his Friday time, a 2:04.920, went unbeaten in FP3. John McPhee (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) remains P2 as the top two head into Q2 thanks to their FP2 times, with Foggia third on the combined times after a small improvement in FP3.

Only two improvers in the all-important top 14

Heading into Saturday’s action, no one really expected too many changes on the overall timesheets in FP3 with conditions worse than they were in FP2 on Friday. Foggia did manage to find a little bit of time though, the Italian sat 1.4s of the pack at one point in FP3, before the rest of the field then found time.

There were no riders able to penetrate the fastest time, Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) did manage to go P2 overall but his time then got chalked off for a yellow flag infringement. This meant the top three stayed the same from Friday – Guevara heading McPhee and Foggia.

Automatic Q2 candidates

Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) and Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) round out the top five after Free Practice, ahead of Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team) and FP3 improver Kaito Toba (CIP Green Power). Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PrüstelGP) and his teammate Xavier Artigas complete the top 10.

Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse), Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI), fastest rookie Joel Kelso (CIP Green Power) and Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) earn the remaining top 14, automatic Q2 spots for the opening round of the year.

Elia Bartolini (QJMotor Avintia Racing Team), Lorenzo Fellon (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Alberto Surra (Rivacold Snipers Team) crashed unhurt in FP3, while Ana Carrasco (BOE SKX) suffered a mechanical issue with her machine.

Tune into Moto3™ qualifying at 15:30 local time (GMT+3)! 

Top 10 combined:
1. Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) – 2:04.920
2. John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) + 0,424
3. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) + 0.450
4. Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) + 0.525
5. Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.583
6. Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team) + 0.587
7. Kaito Toba (CIP Green Power) + 0.606
8. Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.654
9. Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP) + 0.692
10. Xavier Artigas (CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP) + 0.861

FULL RESULTS!