Moto3 qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix, noticed Joel Kelso take a uncommon slipstream assist to assert a primary ever Australian pole in Moto3, together with his fifth consecutive entrance row begin, this time from pole in Phillip Island.
The LevelUP – MTA rider had proven he had good tempo when he topped the sooner, rain interrupted FP2, and was buying and selling lap report efforts with new 2025 Moto3 champion Jose Antonio Rueda.
After a number of quick solo laps took Kelso to the highest of the timesheets, the Australian seemed to teammate Matteo Bertelle, who had come by means of Q1, to work collectively , getting sufficient to on the way in which to the road for a 1m 34.056s new Moto3 report lap of the Island.
Rueda couldn’t match that, so the Crimson Bull KTM Ajo rider begins second, simply 0.091s slower alone on observe.
The ultimate entrance row spot was taken by a late effort from Luca Lunetta, who shadowed arounf the second Australian within the class, Jacob Roulstone, which propelled the SIC58 Squadra Corse rider from twelfth to 3rd, with two minutes remaining.
Taiyo Furusato additionally caught a tow instantly behind, to take fourth on the grid, the highest Honda for Honda Crew Asia.
Working with Kelso propelled Bertelle to fifth, the very best of the Q1 riders after transferring up with the highest time.
Alvaro Carpe was high rookie within the session in sixth on the second Crimson Bull KTM Ajo bike, simply forward of Joel Estsban who was again within the light-weight class, this time with Aspar, filling in for Dennis Foggia, who has pneumonia.The skilled substitute rider went straight to Q2, securing seventh, the primary rider simply over half a second of the brand new report lap.
Adrian Fernandez secured pole final tiem out in Indonesia, however may solely handle a better of eighth for Leopard, their high rider within the session.
Earlier, in FP2 Maximo Quiles had an enormous crash which left him wanting shaken. The rookie was on observe to qualify however was off his earlier tempo in ninth.
Guido Pini fell within the session however had carried out sufficient to safe a high ten begin on the Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP bike.
| 2025 Australian Moto3 – Qualifying Outcomes | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Crew | Time |
| 1 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | 1m 34.056s |
| 2 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Crimson Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.091s |
| 3 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.225s |
| 4 | Luca Lunetta | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +0.350s |
| 5 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Crew Asia (Honda) | +0.391s |
| 6 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Crimson Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.436s |
| 7 | Joel Esteban | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Crew (KTM) | +0.507s |
| 8 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.528s |
| 9 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Crew (KTM) | +0.647s |
| 10 | Guido Pini | ITA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.814s |
| 11 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +0.824s |
| 12 | Marco Morelli | ARG | GRYD – MLav Racing (Honda) | +0.850s |
| 13 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Crimson Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +0.923s |
| 14 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.944s |
| 15 | Nicola Carraro | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Crew (Honda) | +0.954s |
| 16 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.977s |
| 17 | Cormac Buchanan | NZL | DENSSI Racing – BOE (KTM) | +1.084s |
| 18 | David Almansa | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +1398s |
| Q1 | ||||
| 19 | Brian Uriarte | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | 1m 35.604s |
| 20 | Eddie O’Shea | GBR | GRYD – MLav Racing (Honda) | 1m 35.813s |
| 21 | Scott Ogden | GBR | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | 1m 35.963s |
| 22 | Valentin Perrone | ARG | Crimson Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | 1m 35.976s |
| 23 | Noah Dettwiler | SWI | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | 1m 36.503s |
| 24 | Ruche Moodley | RSA | DENSSI Racing – BOE (KTM) | 1m 36.534s |
| 25 | Tatchakorn Buasri | THA | Honda Crew Asia (Honda) | 1m 37.722s |
| 26 | Riccardo Rossi | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Crew (Honda) | 1m 37.280s |
David Almansa was quickest on Friday, setting what was then a brand new lap report in follow. The Leopard rider could have a protracted lap penalty to serve on Sunday, for crashing into Taiyo Furusato in Indonesia, which began a domino impact, with Alvaro Carpe additionally taken out of that race. His Saturday started with a crash in FP2 as rain arrived on the Island and the #22 went on to be off the tempo in Q2, ending 18th and final.
Q1 – Bertelle leads the way in which to Q2, early lap holds for Buchanan
The primary qualifying session started with a short yellow flag for Ruche Moodley – as he hit the gravel his BOE teammate Cormac Buchanan (seventeenth) hit the highest of the timesheets.
That point held effectively sufficient to carry onto the ultimate progress spot, dropping out to a late solo lap from Bertelle, joined by Nicola Carraro (fifteenth)and Marco Morelli (twelfth), who labored collectively to maneuver onto Q2.
Junior GP sequence chief, Brian Uriarte, comes into the Liqui Moly Dynavolt IntactGP crew to interchange the injured David Munoz, and was the rider simply lacking out, fifth within the session for nineteenth on the grid.
Eddie O’Shea went into he last flying laps with no lap set, and though he improved to sixth within the session, it was not sufficient, ending twentieth on the second MLav bike.
Q2 regulars, Scott Ogden (seventeenth) and Valentin Perrone (18th) additionally missed out.
