A perfect Friday to start the weekend, Hakim Danish (AEON Credit – MT Helmets – MSI) was in great form to top the first day in Brno action in Moto3. The Malaysian set a new lap record in the morning before bettering it in the afternoon as he goes in search of a first pole position on Saturday.
Unstoppable on Friday, Danish was lighting up the timing screens across both FP1 and Practice, in the end topping the opening day of Moto3 action. He was able to get ahead of David Almansa (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) in both sessions with the two riders the only ones able to get into the 2’04s on Friday. Third at the end of play was Championship leader Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), just a quarter of a second behind the Malaysian in P1.
Second in the title race and just one place behind Quiles, Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was fourth and ahead of Joel Esteban (LEVELUP-MTA) who rounded out the top five. Scott Ogden (CIP GreenPower) was just 0.020 behind the Spaniard in sixth place, ahead of Italian GP winner Brian Uriarte. Top Honda honours went to Jesus Rios (Rivacold Snipers Team) whilst Red Bull KTM Tech3 duo Rico Salmela and Valentin Perrone complete the top ten.
A late lap from Guido Pini (Leopard Racing) saw him scrape through with P14 whilst Veda Pratama (Honda Team Asia), Ryusei Yamanaka (AEON Credit – MT Helmets – MSI), Adrian Cruces (CIP GreenPower), Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing), Marco Morelli (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) and Casey O’Gorman (SIC58 Squadra Corse) find themselves in Q1. The latter two suffered big highsides at Turn 6 in separate incidents but aim to make amends on Saturday.
Moto3 Practice results from Brno!