Vietti left Acosta without a pole in Austin by 20 thousandths

after the posts of Philip Salac in Portimao and from Alonso Lopez at Rio Honda Hot Springs the third pole of the year in Moto2 at COTA in Austin went to Italian VR46 Academy Celestino Vietti which was avoided by 20 thousandths Pedro Acosta add his second pole in Moto2 after the one taken in 2022 at Le Mans, although it was already his best grid position of the year. Czech Salac has completed the first row of the grid.

The Czech was determined to take provisional pole position (2’09″548, two tenths off the time he led the free practice sessions) as Lowes’ first fall condemned half the peloton to see the first fast lap canceled , among them the two strong men of the championship Arbolino and Acosta while Salac, Vietti and Bendsneyder with two more spins held the provisional first line.

On his fifth turn Pedro Acosta He managed to close a good turn in 2’09″452, 96 thousandths better than Salac. But the second Moto2 pole -third all time in the World Championship- for Tiburón de Mazarrón was robbed by 20 thousandths of the boy from the VR46 Academy Cele Vietti a few seconds from the checkered flag The first two World Cup finishers Arbolino and Canet will start on the third row, Canet in seventh and Arbolino in eighth.

As for the other Spaniards, Alonso López will start in fifth, after going through Q1, Manu González ninth, Jeremy Alcoba tenth, Fermín Aldeguyer eleventh, with an injury to his left hand because in his fall in FP3, Albert Arenas 13th, 20th Sergio García Dols, 25th Marcos Ramírez, 26th Borja Gómez, 27th Izan Guevara in his Moto2 debut after his preseason injury and 28th David Sanchis.

Binder misses the rest of the GP

A fall at turn 1 in the morning FP3 left South African Darryn Binder with a broken right hand and he was declared ‘unfit’ for the remainder of the Grand Prix and ruled out of Q1.