GASGAS Aspar Team’s Izan Guevara has continued his purple patch with the Moto3™ pole position at the Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland. Fresh off breaking the All Time Lap Record in FP3 at the Sachsenring, he did it again in Q2 when he set a 1:25.869, 0.295 seconds quicker than anyone else could go. Leopard Racing’s Dennis Foggia was the best of the rest and Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Daniel Holgado will join them on the front row.

The two fastest Moto3™ laps in history around the Sachsenring belonged to Guevara after FP3 earlier in the day, and now it is three as a result of the Spaniard’s efforts in qualifying. He had an early 1:26.580 in Q2 cancelled due to the presence of a yellow flag, but that was academic as the Aspar pilot fired in a 1:25.869 just before the chequered flag, despite the lack of any significant tow. A tour through the Turn 1 gravel trap followed but Guevara is nevertheless in red-hot form after winning the Catalan Grand Prix a fortnight ago, and will have his eyes on team-mate Sergio Garcia’s World Championship lead on Sunday afternoon in Germany.

Foggia hardly had much of a tow either – he was instead giving a helping hand to team-mate Tatsuki Suzuki – but was still good enough to set a 1:26.252 before the chequered flag and a 1:26.164 after it to make sure of second on the grid. Holgado had been fastest until Guevara’s pole lap, the Spaniard going as quickly as a 1:26.189.

Holgado spoilt what was provisionally an all-Japanese front row with five minutes to go in the session, but the trio in question has instead locked out the second row. Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max), in his first weekend back from his big Free Practice crash at Mugello, claimed fourth on a 1:26.299, ahead of Suzuki on a 1:26.325 and Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI) on a 1:26.467. The latter will, however, have to take a Long Lap penalty during Sunday’s race as punishment for causing a crash last time out at Catalunya.

Moto3™ World Championship leader Garcia (GASGAS Aspar Team) finds himself in the middle of Row 3, between seventh placed David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) and ninth placed Matteo Bertelle (QJMotor Avintia Racing Team), while Scott Ogden (VisionTrack Racing Team) rounds out the top 10. Riccardo Rossi (Sic58 Squadra Corse) qualified 15th with bent handlebars after crashing in Q1, and Xavier Artigas (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP) earnt 16th on the grid after he too highsided in that first stanza of qualifying. Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) failed to set a time when he crashed early in Q2, while Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) went from a Q2 berth to 24th on the grid when his fastest lap in Q1 was cancelled due to a breach of track limits.

Can anyone stop Guevara or will he make it two wins on the bounce? Warm Up is next on Sunday at 09:00 (GMT +2), before Moto3™ races around the ‘Ring from 11:00.

Moto3™ Q2 Top 10:
1. Izan Guevara (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) – 1:25.869
2. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) + 0.295
3. Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.320
4. Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) + 0.430
5. Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) + 0.456
6. Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI) + 0.598
7. David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) + 0.748
8. Sergio Garcia (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.757
9. Matteo Bertelle (QJMotor Avintia Racing Team) + 0.771
10. Scott Ogden (VisionTrack Racing Team) + 0.776