Vietti rejects Arenas and wins pole – OA Sport
Celestino Vietti took pole position for the Grand Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera, 14th act of the 2022 World Championship. The Piedmontese of the VR46 stopped the stopwatch in 36.1.996 breaking down the performance of the Spaniards Albert Arenas (Aspar) And Alonso Lopez (Speed Up), second respectively and third at +193 and + 190 thousandths from the top.
Qualifying began with the fastest lap by Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Italtrans), the most competitive in Q1 ahead of the Dutch Bo Bendsneyder (SAG), the American Joe Roberts (Italtrans) and the German Marcel Schrötter (Intact GP).
Dalla Porta also immediately distinguished himself in the decisive Q2, characterized in the first minutes by a spectacular crash by the British Jake Dixon (Aspar). The Englishman lost control of his Kalex at the exit of ‘Misano 1’ ending the session early.
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Arenas climbed to the top, but in the end he had to bend to Vietti, the best despite a crash at the braking point of the ‘Quercia’. The yellow flags have neutralized the round, the Italian will start leading in front of the former Moto3 world champion.
Fourth box of the grid tomorrow for the Iberian Aron Canet (Pons) in front of our Tony Arbolino (Marc VDS) and the aforementioned Dalla Porta, very competitive in the plant dedicated to Marco Simoncelli. The Spanish Fermín Aldeguer (Acceleration) finished Q2 in 7th square, while the Japanese Ai Ogura (Honda Asia) starting eighth in front of Augusto Fernandez (KTM) and a Mattia Pasini (Aspar).
RESULT GP SAN MARINO 2022 MOTO2
1 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team KALEX 1’35.996 7 8 250.0
2 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1’36.097 7 9 0.101 0.101 250.5
3 21 Alonso LOPEZ SPA + Ego Accelerates BOSCOSCURO 1’36.186 7 8 0.190 0.089 248.2
4 40 Aron CANET SPA Flexbox HP40 KALEX 1’36.373 5 8 0.377 0.187 248.2
5 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elfo Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1’36.397 5 9 0.401 0.024 253.5
6 19 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1’36.467 4 9 0.471 0.070 252.3
7 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA + Ego Accelerates BOSCOSCURO 1’36.482 4 5 0.486 0.015 246.0
8 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1’36.489 5 9 0.493 0.007 248.8
9 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1’36.527 5 9 0.531 0.038 246.0
10 11 Mattia PASINI ITA Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1’36.567 3 8 0.571 0.040 250.5
11 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1’36.575 3 9 0.579 0.008 251.1
12 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Liqui Moly Intact GP KALEX 1’36.639 8 9 0.643 0.064 248.8
13 51 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1’36.658 4 9 0.662 0.019 252.3
14 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1’36.681 7 9 0.685 0.023 246.0
15 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1’36.762 7 8 0.766 0.081 246.5
16 9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Flexbox HP40 KALEX 1’36.894 5 8 0.898 0.132 248.2
17 12 Filip SALAC CZE Gresini Racing Moto2 KALEX 1’37.260 3 8 1.264 0.366 250.0
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