Joel Kelso positioned himself completely to profit from a messy finish to in qualifying for spherical eighteen, the Moto3 Thailand Grand Prix, and declare pole.
Buriram remained scorching and humid, however had clouded over and appeared able to rain when Moto3 hit the monitor to qualify.
Angel Piqueras had set the very best benchmark, chasing round David Alonso, who was not prepared to do the identical for a second time, so left the pits so late that neither he, nor the riders that attempted to go away on the similar time for a tow, may attain the beginning/end line in time for a last flying lap.
That left solely the six riders who had already gone out capable of enhance – Collin Veijer, Scott Ogden, Taiyo Furusato, David Almansa, Filippo Farioli and Kelso.
Coming into the ultimate try thirteenth, The BOE Motorsports rider was simply off the again of the group on monitor, utilizing the riders forward as a marker, and regardless of a small error within the last nook the place he began to lose the entrance, the Australian was nonetheless capable of set the very best lap of the day – a 1m 40.603s – for his first ever Moto3 pole.
| 2024 Moto3 Thailand – Qualifying Outcomes | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Group | Time |
| 1 | Joel Kelso | AUS | BOE Motorsports (KTM) | 1m 40.603s |
| 2 | Collin Veijer | NED | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP(Husqvarna) | +0.073s |
| 3 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.124s |
| 4 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Group Asia (Honda) | +0.262s |
| 5 | David Alonso | COL | CFMOTO GaviotaAspar Group (CFMOTO) | +0.356s |
| 6 | Scott Ogden | GBR | FleetSafe Honda MLav Racing (Honda) | +0.416s |
| 7 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | Crimson Bull GASGAS Tech3 (GasGas) | +0.514s |
| 8 | David Almansa | SPA | Kopron Rivacold Snipers Group (Honda) | +0.571s |
| 9 | Ivan Ortola | SPA | MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.583s |
| 10 | Luca Lunetta | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +0.620s |
| 11 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.655s |
| 12 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.787s |
| 13 | Matteo Bertelle | ITA | Kopron Rivacold SnipersTeam (Honda) | +0.812s |
| 14 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.975s |
| 15 | Filippo Farioli | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +1.093s |
| 16 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Crimson Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +1.110s |
| 17 | David Munoz | SPA | BOE Motorsports (KTM) | +1.248s |
| 18 | Joel Esteban | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Group (CFMOTO) | +2.066s |
| Q1 | ||||
| 19 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Crimson Bull GASGAS Tech3 (GasGas) | 1m 41.494s |
| 20 | Tatsuki Suzuki | JPN | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Husqvarna) | 1m 41.562s |
| 21 | Xabi Zurutuza | SPA | Crimson Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | 1m 41.622s |
| 22 | Eddie O’Shea | GBR | FleetSafe Honda MLav Racing (Honda) | 1m 41.643s |
| 23 | Nicola Carraro | ITA | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | 1m 41.762s |
| 24 | Riccardo Rossi | ITA | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | 1m 42.172s |
| 25 | Tatchakorn Buasri | THA | Honda Group Asia (Honda) | 1m 42.547s |
| 26 | Noah Dettwiler | SWI | CIP Inexperienced Energy (KTM) | 1m 43.486s |
Veijer had been completely happy operating solo so was snug on the entrance of the group. Seventh after his solo banker, the Liqui Moly Intact GP rider moved into second, a slim 0.073s slower.
Piqueras noticed his provisional lead time maintain to finish the entrance row as the highest rookie in qualifying for Leopard Racing.
P2 noticed Taiyo Furusato go quickest in a timed session, simply wanting Alonso’s new report, to maneuver into qualifying with the very best time. The Honda Group Asia rider positioned fourth within the frantic finish to the session.
After dominating Friday, 2024 champion David Alonso, who received in Thailand final season, sailed into Q2 together with his Friday time his greatest effort, not needing to go sooner to progress, the one rider not to take action.
After being snug his banker lap would see him in an inexpensive method up the grid, he was fifth after his late pit exit from the CFMoto Gaviota Aspar storage.
Ogden was seeking to enhance however wanted to go Farioli to take action, that transfer didn’t enable as a lot progress because the MLav rider noticed his rivals in the identical pack obtain, however the British rider nonetheless picked up two extra locations to begin sixth on Sunday.
Daniel Holgado noticed his time pushed again to seventh as he rolled round slowly for Crimson Bull KTM Tech3, virtually overwhelmed by the late run of Almansa who moved as much as eighth for the Snipers Group.
Australian pole sitter Ivan Ortola constructed into the weekend after a sluggish begin, and was second quickest after P2. His tempo was not capable of shine after he too selected the late exit, leaving the MT Helmets – MSI rider down in ninth.
Luca Lunetta accomplished the highest ten quickest rider for SIC58 Squadra Corse.
Adrian Fernandez has been a high three finisher and powerful qualifier during the last three rounds, however getting caught up within the pit antics sees him line up down in eleventh on the second Leopard entry.
Q1 – Farioli on high, slipstream suppliers miss out
Matteo Bertelle (thirteenth) lead the early a part of Q1 and held on for third. The Snipers rider was joined by session chief Filippo Farioli(fifteenth), who made probably the most of his tow on the entrance of the primary pack on monitor, behind Tatsuki Suzuki.
Joel Esteban (18th)and Stefano Nepa (14th) had been in the identical group on monitor and took the rest of the development locations.
That noticed tow supplier Suzuki miss out in sixth within the session, for twentieth on the grid. The rider on the head of the opposite group circulating, Jacob Roulstone suffered the identical destiny, so strains up nineteenth on Sunday.
Eddie O’Shea briefly lead the session on his method to twenty second on his MLav Racing bike
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Residence rider Tatchakorn Buasri begins twenty fifth for Honda Group Asia.
Crashes, accidents and replacements
The ultimate follow session noticed a fall for David Munoz, however the BOE rider had performed sufficient to go straight to Q2, thirteenth quickest occurring to qualify seventeenth. There have been no crashes in both the Q1 or Q2 session.
Noah Dettwiler missed P1 however was again on monitor in P2 however below the climate and effectively of the tempo in twenty sixth by the top of qualifying.
