Furusato took advantage of David Alonso’s mistake and took his first pole

The Japanese Taiyo Furusato (Honda) achieved the first pole of his racing career by being fastest in the official classification for the Emilia Romagna Moto3 Grand Prix, in Misano.

Furusato recorded his best time at 1:40,394where he surpassed the leader of the World Cup, the Colombian of Spanish origin David Alonso (CFMoto) for 59 thousandths of a second and from Spanish Angel Piqueras (Honda), winner of the previous race held at this same venue two weekends ago, by 66 thousandths.

With less than eight minutes left to close the classification, many drivers entered their workshops to prepare for a final attack to try to improve their classification and with the leader as the man to beat, who was also very careful to hold anyone back. the slipstream of his motorcycle.

The British Scott Ogden crashed in the first sector, which forced the track marshals to show the yellow flag and which ruined the intentions of many drivers, who had to ‘slow down’ in that area, and shortly afterwards he also crashed at turn eight David Alonsowhich could not improve his record.

This situation allowed the Japanese Taiyo Furusato, who came from the first classification, to take pole position on his last lap by running 1:40.394, beating both David Alonso and Ángel Piqueras, who would occupy at the first row exit.

Iván Ortolá, the Italian Stefano Nepa and the Dutchman Collin Veijer are on the second row, with Adrián Fernández, David Muñoz and José Antonio Rueda in the third, and the Australians Joel Kelso, Daniel Holgado and the Italian Luca Lunetta, in fourth. .