2021 Qatar Moto3 Official Test, Friday - Session 1

Lap times from the first Moto3 session during Friday's opening day of Official testing in Qatar.

19 Mar 2021

2021 Qatar Moto3 Official Test, Friday - Session 1

Andrea Migno starts fastest as official 2021 Moto3 testing begins in Qatar.

However only 18 of the 28 riders take to the track in Session 1...

2021 Qatar Moto3 test times - Session 1
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Andrea Migno	ITA	Rivacold Snipers Team (Honda)	2'9.040s
2	Jaume Masia	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM)	+0.013s
3	Dennis Foggia	ITA	Leopard Racing (Honda)	+0.351s
4	Niccolò Antonelli	ITA	Reale Avintia Moto3 (KTM)	+0.534s
5	Riccardo Rossi	ITA	BOE Owlride (KTM)	+1.067s
6	Stefano Nepa	ITA	BOE Owlride (KTM)	+1.165s
7	Ayumu Sasaki	JPN	Red Bull KTM Tech 3 (KTM)	+1.355s
8	Xavier Artigas	SPA	Leopard Racing (Honda)	+1.627s
9	Deniz Öncü	TUR	Red Bull KTM Tech 3 (KTM)	+1.786s
10	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM)	+1.804s
11	Jason Dupasquier	SWI	CarXpert PruestelGP (KTM)	+1.926s
12	Kaito Toba	JPN	CIP Green Power (KTM)	+1.958s
13	Ryusei Yamanaka	JPN	CarXpert PruestelGP (KTM)	+1.978s
14	Adrian Fernandez	SPA	Sterilgarda Max Racing Team (Husqvarna)	+2.064s
15	Andi Farid Izdihar	INA	Honda Team Asia (Honda)	+2.659s
16	Izan Guevara	SPA	Aspar Team Moto3 (Gas Gas)	+3.263s
17	Maximilian Kofler	AUT	CIP Green Power (KTM)	+3.459s
18	Jeremy Alcoba	SPA	Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 (Honda)	+3.861s

Official Qatar Moto3 records:
Best lap:
Aron Canet SPA KTM 2m 4.561s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Romano Fenati ITA Honda 2m 5.403s (2019)

After the Official MotoGP tests, on March 5-7 and 10-12, it's now the turn of the Moto3 and Moto2 classes to have their final pre-season outing at the Losail Circuit in Qatar.

Both classes will be on track, in separate sessions, from Friday to Sunday. Free practice for the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix will then take place at the same circuit on the afternoon of March 26.

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