Folger takes Moto3 pole at Mugello, with Viñales 2nd and Rins 3rd

The Moto3 World Championship held its official practice session at the Mugello circuit with maximum excitement. Without a doubt, pole position in the lightweight category is very valuable, several riders are fighting for it and have plenty of chances, with Jonas Folger ultimately the fastest with a lap time of 1:57.603 and taking pole in this fifth round of the 2013 season.

The session began with a very strong Miguel Oliveira on his Mahindra. The Portuguese rider dominated the times for almost the entire session, while we saw the rest of the riders unable to bring that lap time down in the final sector, where everyone was losing a lot of distance to the leader. But finally, with 10 minutes remaining, the full action began with everyone at full throttle.

The first to manage to overtake Oliveira was Viñales, who set a stunning lap time of 1:57, and then kept pushing and pushing, maintaining a similar pace. But at one point Jonas Folger got right on his tail and took advantage of the Team Calvo rider’s slipstream to take pole position at the Mugello circuit, leaving Mack just 0.066s behind.

So pole for Jonas, but pace for Mack, while the rest of the riders seem to be having more difficulty on this track. The top 10 on the grid for this fifth round of the Moto3 season is completed by Folger 1st, Viñales 2nd, Rins 3rd, Miller 4th, Salom 5th, Oliveira 6th, Antonelli 7th, Kornfeil 8th, Webb 9th and 10th Márquez. Meanwhile, the rest of our riders have qualified I.Viñales 13th, Guevara 26th, Vázquez 31st and Carrasco 33rd.

Maximum excitement awaits us in tomorrow’s race, don’t miss Moto3 and shine with youth.