It was a pole position to remember for Jake Dixon (Asterius GASGAS Aspar Team) as the Brit flew his way to the top spot. Dixon's 1:44.089 was enough to deny Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) pole position. The Spaniard has shown strong form at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya as he prepares for a front-row start on Sunday. Rounding out the top three was Ai Ogura (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) with Championship Leader Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) down in 9th and his closest rival Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) failing to make it to Q2.
It's getting hectic here!@jakedixonracing goes top, whilst @37_pedroacosta jumps to 5th ⚡️#CatalanGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/aNHKklIcTI
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) September 2, 2023
It all got very intense very quickly in the closing stages of the session as red sectors came flying in from every direction. There was a lap cancelled for Acosta which would have put him inside the top five. Dixon was following Acosta on this lap as he set the pole position time with two minutes remaining. Strong efforts came in from Canet and Manuel Gonzalez (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Mastercamp), but no one was able to better the Brit's time.
Gonzalez just missed out on the front row by only 0.001s as he's set to head row two ahead of Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Fermin Aldeguer (Beta Tools Speed Up). Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools Speed Up) will head row 3 in P7 and will be joined by Sergio Garcia (Pons Wegow Los40) and Acosta, with Barry Baltus (Fieten Olie Racing GP) rounding out the top 10.
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Top 10
| 1 | Jake Dixon (Asterius GASGAS Aspar Team) | 1:44.089 |
| 2 | Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) | + 0.095 |
| 3 | Ai Ogura (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) | + 0.125 |
| 4 | Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team) | + 0.126 |
| 5 | Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo) | + 0.181 |
| 6 | Fermin Aldeguer (Speed Up Racing) | + 0.187 |
| 7 | Alonso Lopez (Speed Up Racing) | + 0.255 |
| 8 | Sergio Garcia (Pons Wegow Los40) | + 0.285 |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) | + 0.285 |
| 10 | Barry Baltus (RW Racing GP) | + 0.330 |
FULL RESULTS
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