Alon Kanet takes pole position after an hour and a half rain break

Japanese GP pole position day was a headache for organization and drivers And the surprises were in order of the day, as were the waterfalls. As the riders of the class competing for the pole position of Moto2 went out on the course, heavy rain accompanied by thunder became so intense that red flags were raised to protect the riders and the session was suspended. It was his second release from Pol Espargaro in 2012. Finally, Kane took his ninth pole and his fourth in moto2., Fifth rider in the Intermediate category after Q1 It follows Navarro and Alex Marquez in 2019, Corsi in 2021 and Vietti in 2022.

The basic idea was to try the time trial before the conditions got complicated, but the Dunlops had a difficult time warming up. Alon Kane, who started in Q1, took first place with a time of 2:07.503, ahead of Chantra and Dixon, followed by Alonso Lopez, Jorge Navarro and Bo Benznaider. The session was interrupted for almost an hour and a half, and as soon as security officers Capirossi and Uncini confirmed the session could resume, the rider was ordered to prepare to end the nine-minute long session. .

After warming up the tires in the first two laps, it was Fermin Ardeger (2’07″114) who dropped Canet’s provisional pole first, but Dixon and, above all, Canet himself took the time (2’05”). 875). Albert Arenas and Alonso Lopez are out due to crashes. Canet continued to cut the provisional pole, with Fermin Ardegaer responding at 2’05” 367 with his 95,000th margin to him. At 939 he responded again by more than half a second.

Finally, after Ardeguer’s best lap was canceled by yellow flags, Canet will be joined on the front row by Dixon and Arbolino, with him starting sixth and Navarro seventh. And without jeopardizing the rider with the most to lose, leader Augusto Fernández finished 12th and Kokura in 14th. 17th is Albert Arenas, 18th is Aragon winner Pedro Acosta.