Qualifying for the Moto3 San Marino Grand Prix noticed Valentin Perrone completely place to safe pole place forward of spherical sixteen of the championship.
The Pink Bull KTM Tech3 rider has sat in the back of the principle small group on observe, involving Jose Antonio Rueda and Angel Piqueras.
The drag gained by the Argentine rider was sufficient to noticed him finest the riders forward, securing pole with a lap of 1m 40.328s.
Off the group, however close to sufficient to make use of them to chase, on the identical time heading into the ultimate two minutes Joel Kelso elevated himself from seventh to second, after spending a lot of the session solo. Being in the proper place on the proper time noticed the Australian end Q2 simply 0.025s slower for LevelUp – MTA.
After his disappointing technical breakdown in Barcelona, Jacob Roulstone had a lot to cheer as a substitute, doubling each the Australian and Tech 3 presence on the entrance of the grid, tucked in straight behind Piqueras the #12 collected his first ever entrance row begin with the third finest time.
Rueda as soon as once more spent the session main across the group, on the entrance, even after operating via the pits to attempt to lose his chasers, the championship chief nonetheless set the fourth finest time unaided out entrance.
After circulating with Piqueras and Rueda, David Munoz had topped the sooner FP2 session and used the identical tactic to spend a lot of Q2 main the best way, however the Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider was at within the pits because the chequered got here out, so might do nothing about his drop to fifth.
Adrian Fernandez accomplished a late rescue of his session to maneuver from eleventh to sixth, the highest Honda on the grid for Leopard, simply forward of Taiyo Furusato, who continued his improved weekend, faster out of the blocks for Honda Crew Asia in seventh.
Ryusei Yamanaka was eighth quickest for Frinsa – MT Helmets – MSI, forward of Maximo Quiles, who needed to take evasive motion throughout David Almansa’s crash, surviving two late warning wobbles as he pushed to enhance, in ninth for Aspar.
Alvaro Carpe was the most effective of the riders to return via Q1, turning his weekend round after ending Friday in twenty fifth for Pink Bull KTM Ajo after experiencing a motorbike difficulty, to finish the highest ten.
Catalan race winner Angel Piqueras arrived with good pedigree at Misano having taken received the identical race final 12 months, ending second on the return to the observe for the Emilia Romagna race, however
was a quiet eleventh for MT Helmets.
David Almansa was quickest on Friday however his fall noticed his bike flip again onto the observe, leaving nowhere for Guido Pini to go. Almansa begins 14th on Sunday, and Pini will fill sixteenth.
Dennis Foggia was the very best qualifying Italian in twelfth for Aspar.
2025 San Marino Moto3 – Qualifying Outcomes | ||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Crew | Time |
1 | Valentin Perrone | ARG | Pink Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | 1m 40.328s |
2 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.025s |
3 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Pink Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +0.092s |
4 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Pink Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.110s |
5 | David Munoz | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.112s |
6 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.180s |
7 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Crew Asia (Honda) | +0.199s |
8 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.255s |
9 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Crew (KTM) | +0.277s |
10 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Pink Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.435s |
11 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.496s |
12 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Crew (KTM) | +0.635s |
13 | David Almansa | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.810s |
14 | Luca Lunetta | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +0.941s |
15 | Scott Ogden | GBR | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | +0.946s |
16 | Guido Pini | ITA | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (KTM) | +0.971s |
17 | Ruche Moodley | RSA | DENSSI Racing – BOE (KTM) | +1.704s |
18 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +2.702s |
Q1 | ||||
19 | Nicola Carraro | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Crew (Honda) | 1m 41.904s |
20 | Marcos Uriarte | SPA | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | 1m 41.920s |
21 | Cormac Buchanan | NZL | DENSSI Racing – BOE (KTM) | 1m 41.982s |
22 | Eddie O’Shea | GBR | GRYD – MLav Racing (Honda) | 1m 42.276s |
23 | Riccardo Rossi | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Crew (Honda) | 1m 42.427s |
24 | Evan Belford | GBR | GRYD – MLav Racing (Honda) | 1m 42.919s |
25 | Arbi Aditama | INA | Honda Crew Asia (Honda) | 1m 43.022s |
26 | Noah Dettwiler | SWI | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | 1m 43.129s |
27 | Marcos Ruda | SPA | Angeluss – MLav Racing (Honda) | 1m 46.064s |
Q1 – Ruche Moodley leads Q2 cost
Ruche Moodley (seventeenth) discovered acres of time in comparison with his earlier finest, with a clear final part seeing him lead the riders progressing to Q2 for BOE.
He was joined by Alvaro Carpe and Lunetta, who had swapped locations for the lead till that lap, with Stefano Nepa (18th) reinstated to the ultimate spot. Lunetta was a faller within the session.
The Italian had been knocked out by the second Denssi Racing BOE rider, Cormac Buchanan, who was not satisfied as his lap was cancelled for observe limits for the slightest contact of the paint over the road, dropping him again to seventh within the session, for twenty first on the grid.
Nicola Carraro was the rider to simply miss out, shuffled again my Moodley’s finest the Snipers rider was a block on the observe for a lot of riders on their closing makes an attempt.
Marcos Uriarte continued rather than Matteo Bertelle at LevelUp – MTA, qualifying twentieth . Arbi Aditama (twenty fifth) additionally returned for Tatchakorn Buasri at Honda Crew Asia.
There was a World championship newcomer with Evan Belford (twenty fourth) the newest rider in at MLav Racing for Vincente Perez.
There may be an extra wildcard for the weekend, with Marcos Ruda (twenty seventh) operating in Misano with Angeluss MLav Racing.