Antonelli, Torres, Forés and Palao are the "poleman" of the CEV in Valencia

The second part of the qualifying sessions for the final round of the Spanish Speed Championship has given us the poles in the different categories being contested at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Cheste, this time on dry asphalt.

With the Moto2 and Kawasaki Ninja Cup titles still to be decided, the fastest riders of the day, who will start tomorrow from pole position, have been Niccolo Antonelli in Moto3, Xavi Forés in Stock Extreme, Jordi Torres in Moto2 and Julio David Palao in the KNC.

The Moto3 riders have once again gone out on track in two groups, due to the large number of entries for this race. Furthermore, the presence of world championship riders has somewhat distorted this session, leaving the Italian Antonelli as the fastest with a time of 1:41.319.

Behind the Italian rider, another world championship rider has placed himself: the South African Brad Binder, who will join “Pecco” Bagnaia on the front row. Juanfran Guevara, Arthur Sissis and Jorge Navarro will occupy the second row of the grid. The crash suffered yesterday by Alex Márquez, the category champion since Albacete, has sent him home, as he has a dislocated right shoulder which will require three weeks of mandatory rest.

In Stock Extreme, Xavi Forés has once again secured the fastest time, as he did in the first session of the day. His time of 1:34.223 is just 45 thousandths faster than Kyle Smith’s, who is fighting for the runner-up spot aboard his Kawasaki. Morales, already champion, finished third.

The second row is headed by Santi Barragán, another Kawasaki rider who is also fighting for the runner-up spot. Alongside him, the Suzuki of Javier del Amor and the Ducati of Quique Ferrer. If we have rain tomorrow as the forecast says, the race will be an absolute lottery, since the new asphalt evens out the conditions for the riders.

In Moto2, Jordi Torres did not waste the opportunity to take pole, in his quest to renew the Spanish champion title he already won last year. His time of 1:37.039 was 22 thousandths faster than Román Ramos’s, his rival for the championship. Third place went to Dani Rivas, very confident after his magnificent result last week at the world championship race.

The second row will be for Alejandro Mariñelarena, Kenny Noyes and Oscar Climent. In this category is where the improvement of the track has been felt least, since in their first qualifying session they were already able to ride on dry tyres, so the differences have not been as large as in the other categories.

Finally, in the Kawasaki Ninja Cup, Julio David Palao wants to win the title, and from the start he has shown himself to be the fastest. His time of 1:40.036 gives him pole ahead of Francisco Javier Hidalgo and Sergio Mora. His rival for the title, Ignacio Contreras will start in 6th position, so he will have to make up ground. The press guest for this race is Mediaset commentator Keko Ochoa, who with the Kawa 42 finished 13th.

Photos | David Gómez and Alejandro Batán