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A sunny Saturday in Barcelona allowed Aron Canet to truly shine on home soil – although unfortunately not quite as close to home as initially planned – and the Spaniard secured his sixth pole position of the season in the closing stages of Q2. The session started and ended with yellow flags, but in between all of that, Canet went a tenth and a half faster than the competition to secure pole. Manuel Gonzalez was his closest challenger but had to settle for second, while Zonta van den Goorbergh avoided both the gravel and the yellow flags to lead the way early on, before settling for the final spot onto the front row. 

Jake Dixon bids farewell to the Aspar crew from 4^th on the grid, while Ai Ogura was yet to put a valid time on the board until the final shootout, when he climbed into 5^th. Diogo Moreira completes the second row of the grid, with Filip Salac opening row three ahead of Celestino Vietti. Jorge Navarro was one of the reasons for the early yellow flags, the replacement rider crashing at turn 10 on his second flying lap, after his first one got cancelled due to more yellow flags. He was fortunate to be able to return to pitlane and rejoin for a late attack, which helped up into 9^th position.

Q1 graduate Senna Agius completed the top 10, sharing fourth row with Marcos Ramirez and Barry Baltus, while Q1 leader Alonso Lopez settled for the fifth row, in the familiar company of Sergio Garcia and Tony Arbolino. Jaume Masia opens sixth row, ahead of Albert Arenas, whose session ended early in the gravel, and early crasher Fermin Aldeguer – who also carries a long lap penalty from his last outing. 

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