The sun was shining down a pretty cold track ahead of the final practice session for the intermediate class, but that didn’t stop Friday’s benchmark from being improved. After briefly losing top spot to compatriot Jorge Navarro, Aron Canet returned to the top of the pile in the final couple of minutes of the session, over a tenth of a second ahead of Navarro, who continues to impress on his return to racing as a replacement for Joe Roberts. Despite not quite feeling in top form, Jake Dixon climbed into third position, three hundredths of a second quicker than world champion Ai Ogura.
Manuel Gonzalez completed the top five, while Celestino Vietti stayed 6th overall, despite not improving his time from Friday and ending P2 down in 18th position. Unlike the Italian, Barry Baltus, Zonta van den Goorbergh, Tony Arbolino and Filip Salac all improved their times to join the top 10, with Fermin Aldeguer returning to action in 11th overall.
Diogo Moreira, Sergio Garcia and Marcos Ramirez all improved enough to sneak into Q2, while the likes of Deniz Öncü, Albert Arenas, Alonso Lopez and Somkiat Chantra will have to put on a show in Q1.
Results:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 44 | Aron Canet | Kalex | 01:42.262 | ||
2 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 01:42.416 | 0.154 | 0.154 |
3 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 01:42.495 | 0.233 | 0.079 |
4 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Boscoscuro | 01:42.533 | 0.271 | 0.038 |
5 | 18 | Manuel Gonzalez | Kalex | 01:42.614 | 0.352 | 0.081 |
6 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 01:42.858 | 0.596 | 0.244 |
7 | 84 | Zonta Vd Goorbergh | Kalex | 01:42.885 | 0.623 | 0.027 |
8 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 01:42.910 | 0.648 | 0.025 |
9 | 12 | Filip Salac | Kalex | 01:42.964 | 0.702 | 0.054 |
10 | 10 | Diogo Moreira | Kalex | 01:42.998 | 0.736 | 0.034 |
11 | 3 | Sergio Garcia | Boscoscuro | 01:43.106 | 0.844 | 0.108 |
12 | 24 | Marcos Ramirez | Kalex | 01:43.116 | 0.854 | 0.010 |
13 | 53 | Deniz öncü | Kalex | 01:43.201 | 0.939 | 0.085 |
14 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 01:43.210 | 0.948 | 0.009 |
15 | 54 | Fermin Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 01:43.252 | 0.990 | 0.042 |
16 | 21 | Alonso Lopez | Boscoscuro | 01:43.252 | 0.990 | 0.000 |
17 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 01:43.289 | 1.027 | 0.037 |
18 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 01:43.336 | 1.074 | 0.047 |
19 | 34 | Mario Aji | Kalex | 01:43.422 | 1.160 | 0.086 |
20 | 15 | Darryn Binder | Kalex | 01:43.572 | 1.310 | 0.150 |
21 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Kalex | 01:43.636 | 1.374 | 0.064 |
22 | 81 | Senna Agius | Kalex | 01:43.666 | 1.404 | 0.030 |
23 | 17 | Daniel Muńoz | Kalex | 01:43.768 | 1.506 | 0.102 |
24 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 01:43.770 | 1.508 | 0.002 |
25 | 31 | Roberto Garcia | Kalex | 01:43.907 | 1.645 | 0.137 |
26 | 5 | Jaume Masia | Kalex | 01:44.291 | 2.029 | 0.384 |
27 | 20 | Xavi Cardelus | Kalex | 01:44.498 | 2.236 | 0.207 |
28 | 11 | Alex Escrig | Forward | 01:44.620 | 2.358 | 0.122 |
29 | 4 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 01:44.800 | 2.538 | 0.180 |
30 | 71 | Dennis Foggia | Kalex | 01:44.959 | 2.697 | 0.159 |
31 | 43 | Xavier Artigas | Forward | 01:45.299 | 3.037 | 0.340 |
32 | 6 | Andrea Migno | Kalex | 01:46.308 | 4.046 | 1.009 |