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Aragon Moto3: Jonas Folger claims maiden pole in Aragon thriller

Jonas Folger captured his first pole position in grand prix racing after a thrilling Moto3 qualifying session on a drying Aragon track

Times tumbled throughout the 35 minutes, with the lead changing hands almost ceaselessly as a result.

The trend lasted right until the final seconds, with Luis Salom (RW Kalex-KTM) jumping to the top of the timesheets as the chequered flag flew.

Folger (Aspar Kalex KTM) responded however, setting his own personal best at the death to pull 0.152s clear of Salom.

Championship leader Sandro Cortese was still out on track, but the 22-year-old German - already with six poles to his credit this year - couldn't improve and had to settle for third, completing an all-KTM front row.

He will therefore start directly in front of his nearest rival Maverick Vinales (Avintia FTR-Honda), who found himself bumped down to sixth in the final minute by Danny Kent (Ajo KTM).

Despite his title aspirations, Vinales is also facing competition for second in the standings, with Salom just 10 points behind heading into Sunday's race.

Romano Fenati, Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Efren Vazquez, Miguel Oliveira and Alex Rins all enjoyed spells at the top during various points of the session.

As others improved they were demoted however. Fenati still start from fourth, while Khairuddin will share the third row with Vazquez and Oliviera.


Pos  Rider                Team/Bike                Time       Gap
 1.  Jonas Folger         Aspar Kalex KTM          2m01.715s
 2.  Luis Salom           RW Kalex-KTM             2m01.867s  + 0.152s
 3.  Sandro Cortese       Ajo KTM                  2m02.041s  + 0.326s
 4.  Romano Fenati        Italia FMI FTR-Honda     2m02.202s  + 0.487s
 5.  Danny Kent           Ajo KTM                  2m02.236s  + 0.521s
 6.  Maverick Vinales     Avintia FTR-Honda        2m02.362s  + 0.647s
 7.  Zulfahmi Khairuddin  Ajo KTM                  2m02.387s  + 0.672s
 8.  Efren Vazquez        Laglisse Honda           2m02.461s  + 0.746s
 9.  Miguel Oliveira      Monlau Honda             2m02.571s  + 0.856s
10.  Alex Rins            Monlau Honda             2m02.763s  + 1.048s
11.  Niccolo Antonelli    Gresini Honda            2m02.976s  + 1.261s
12.  Alberto Moncayo      Aspar Kalex-KTM          2m03.012s  + 1.297s
13.  Louis Rossi          Germany FTR-Honda        2m03.081s  + 1.366s
14.  Alessandro Tonucci   Italia FMI FTR-Honda     2m03.290s  + 1.575s
15.  Juan Guevara         Wild Wolf FTR-Honda      2m03.412s  + 1.697s
16.  Arthur Sissis        Ajo KTM                  2m03.414s  + 1.699s
17.  Jakub Kornfeil       Ongetta FTR-Honda        2m03.588s  + 1.873s
18.  Alex Marquez         Estrella Suter Honda     2m03.635s  + 1.920s
19.  Adrian Martin        Laglisse Honda           2m03.753s  + 2.038s
20.  Niklas Ajo           TT Motion KTM            2m03.888s  + 2.173s
21.  Giulian Pedone       Ambrogio Oral            2m03.981s  + 2.266s
22.  Luca Amato           Aspar Kalex-KTM          2m04.030s  + 2.315s
23.  Jack Miller          Caretta Honda            2m04.405s  + 2.690s
24.  Jasper Iwema         FGR-Honda                2m04.820s  + 3.105s
25.  Toni Finsterbusch    MZ-Honda                 2m05.211s  + 3.496s
26.  Jorge Navarro        Larresport Honda         2m05.323s  + 3.608s
27.  John McPhee          Caretta Honda            2m05.441s  + 3.726s
28.  Danny Webb           Mahindra                 2m05.547s  + 3.832s
29.  Issac Vinales        Ongetta FTR-Honda        2m05.830s  + 4.115s
30.  Alan Techer          Technomag-CIP TSR-Honda  2m05.926s  + 4.211s
31.  Armando Pontone      Ioda                     2m06.259s  + 4.544s
32.  Brad Binder          RW Kalex-KTM             2m06.882s  + 5.167s
33.  Kenta Fujii          Technomag-CIP TSR-Honda  2m07.380s  + 5.665s
34.  Miroslav Popov       Mahindra                 2m08.406s  + 6.691s

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