An overcast view welcomed the paddock on Saturday morning, but Matteo Bertelle seemed particularly happy with the conditions, as he took control of the final practice session early on, briefly allowed some rivals in the limelight, before attacking the lap record in the final couple of minutes of FP2. Bertelle’s record-worthy time was over seven tenths of a second faster than the closest rival and serves as excellent preparation for Q1 later on, as he failed to secure a Q2 place on Friday.
That late lap demoted David Muñoz to second, the Spaniard also keen to make a statement despite his upcoming pitlane start – legacy of his adventures in Thailand. Stefano Nepa snuck ahead of championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda by four hundredths of a second, with Riccardo Rossi completing the top five. Joel Kelso in 6th position was a whole second slower than the leader and narrowly ahead of Scott Ogden, Adrian Fernandez and rookie Alvaro Carpe.
Angel Piqueras completed the top 10 of the session despite a late tumble at turn 5, with Ryusei Yamanaka and home favourite Valentin Perrone close behind. Friday’s leader, David Almansa, faded down to 22nd position after a crash at turn 2 halfway through the session, with Luca Lunetta also joining the crash list late on, at turn 9.
Results:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 18 | Matteo Bertelle | KTM | 01:46.303 | ||
2 | 64 | David Muñoz | KTM | 01:47.044 | 0.741 | 0.741 |
3 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | Honda | 01:47.074 | 0.771 | 0.030 |
4 | 99 | Jose Antonio Rueda | KTM | 01:47.117 | 0.814 | 0.043 |
5 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | Honda | 01:47.224 | 0.921 | 0.107 |
6 | 66 | Joel Kelso | KTM | 01:47.362 | 1.059 | 0.138 |
7 | 19 | Scott Ogden | KTM | 01:47.378 | 1.075 | 0.016 |
8 | 31 | Adrian Fernandez | Honda | 01:47.427 | 1.124 | 0.049 |
9 | 83 | Alvaro Carpe | KTM | 01:47.430 | 1.127 | 0.003 |
10 | 36 | Angel Piqueras | KTM | 01:47.434 | 1.131 | 0.004 |
11 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | KTM | 01:47.458 | 1.155 | 0.024 |
12 | 73 | Valentin Perrone | KTM | 01:47.533 | 1.230 | 0.075 |
13 | 11 | Adrian Cruces | KTM | 01:47.638 | 1.335 | 0.105 |
14 | 71 | Dennis Foggia | KTM | 01:47.738 | 1.435 | 0.100 |
15 | 94 | Guido Pini | KTM | 01:47.771 | 1.468 | 0.033 |
16 | 58 | Luca Lunetta | Honda | 01:47.856 | 1.553 | 0.085 |
17 | 78 | Joel Esteban | KTM | 01:47.958 | 1.655 | 0.102 |
18 | 89 | Marcos Uriarte | Honda | 01:48.084 | 1.781 | 0.126 |
19 | 10 | Nicola Carraro | Honda | 01:48.184 | 1.881 | 0.100 |
20 | 14 | Cormac Buchanan | KTM | 01:48.192 | 1.889 | 0.008 |
21 | 21 | Ruche Moodley | KTM | 01:48.196 | 1.893 | 0.004 |
22 | 22 | David Almansa | Honda | 01:48.394 | 2.091 | 0.198 |
23 | 5 | Tatchakorn Buasri | Honda | 01:48.480 | 2.177 | 0.086 |
24 | 72 | Taiyo Furusato | Honda | 01:48.510 | 2.207 | 0.030 |
25 | 8 | Eddie O'shea | Honda | 01:48.563 | 2.260 | 0.053 |
26 | 34 | Jakob Rosenthaler | KTM | 01:48.775 | 2.472 | 0.212 |