Jake Dixon earned pole position during Moto2 World Championship wet qualifying Saturday at Sachsenring, in Germany. Riding his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro on Pirelli control tires, the Briton turned a 1:33.487 to top the field of 28 riders.
Barry Baltus was second-best with a 1:33.557 on his Fantic Racing Lino Sonego Kalex.
Tony Arbolino claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:33.562 on his BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Boscoscuro.
American Joe Roberts finished the qualifying session in 10th with a 1:35.473 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Dixon emerges from Q1 to take last dash wet pole in Germany. The Brit denies Baltus and Arbolino at a wet Sachsenring – with Gonzalez to start well down the order in Germany.
Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) is back on top in Moto2™ as the Brit took a stunning wet weather pole position at the Liqui Moly Grand Prix of Germany. He denied fellow Q1 graduate Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego), with Tony Arbolino (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) completing the front row as all three took the fight to the wire. Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) had a tough time of it and starts down in P16…
Wet in Q1 and wet in Q2, the conditions turned Friday form on its head and some crashes near the end of Q2 almost saw yellow flags decide some key positions on the grid too. But in the end the top three could get their final flyers in, denying provisional polesitter Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), who was one of those to crash too, rider ok but demoted to P4.
Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) and Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) lock out Row 2, ahead of Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing), Alonso Lopez (Folladore SpeedRS Team) and rookie Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI) on Row 3. Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing) completes the top ten.
That leaves some other perennial frontrunners down the order – as well as Gonzalez in P16, Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) crashed and is P14, and winner last time out, Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team), didn’t make it out of Q1.
Tune in for the Moto2 race on Sunday at 12:15 to see what progress they can make – and who’s taking the spoils at the Sachsenring! Find full qualifying results from Moto2 at the Sachsenring here.
