The opening qualifying session of the Moto2 season went🃏 to Manuel Gonzalez as he claimed polꦆe position ahead of the Thai Grand Prix.

The Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider got his weekend off t🍌o a strong start with a new lap record in the very first session on track and has been in the m💧ix in every session.

A banker lap saw the Spaniard sat in second for much of Q2, behind Barry Baltus, before a final charge after the last p🀅it visit saw him register a lap of 1m 34.634s after finding a gap in the traffic - allowing a clear run to the line on his Kalex.

It is just💖 Gonzalez’s second pole position, his fir♏st coming at the Portuguese round last season.

Coming throu🎐gh Q1 played nicely to Celestino Vietti’s advanta🌱ge as he claimed second on the grid for Sunday, just 0.036s slower than the pole time.

The Team HDR Heidrun rider left it late to attack, spending most of his time sat🐼 eighteenth and last. A solo final run away from the chaos saw him climb to second as the chequered flag came out, finishing as the highest placed Boscoscuro on🌃 the grid.

The final front row slot was hotly contested, with Aron Canet, Senna Agi🐻us and Barry Baltus all arriving at the line in quick succession.

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Aron Canet arrived as the form man after a strong close to the season where he won on the last visit to Thailand and conver꧟ted pole to another victory at the final round in Barcelona, going on to top the recent test at Jerez.

That burst of pace was evident as he secured third for Fantic Racing, climbing f♚rom fওifth and shuffling back his rivals.

Baltus, the early session leader, still held provisional pole with just two minutes remaining, but he was pushed back further by Senna Aguis on the Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP bike in fourth, leaving him fifth despit🐻e a new best lap over the line for fifth for Fanti🐻c Racing, finishing a strong session for the team.

Darryn ꦿBinder briefly topped the times after coming up from Q1 with the best lap on his way to sixth for Italjet Gresini.

Ameri❀can Racing’s Marcos Ramirez was seventh, just ahead of Jake Dixon, now a Boscoscuro rider having made the 🍸move to Elf Marc VDS in eighth.

It was a tight session  - Alonso Lopꦺez was ninth for Team HDR Heidrun, while Diogo Moreira, who arrived top of the timesheets after the very close final Friday practice saw his time - which was only just over half a second off the pole best - only good enough for tenth for Italtrans.

Similarly, Deniz Oꦿncu had laid out a statement of intent after rushing to the top of the timesheets in the earlier FP2 session only to finish twelfth, also just over half a second from Gonzalez.

Q1 - Early laps crucial for progression, Binder top

The best track times were mostly found right at the sta🎀rt of the Q1 session for Moto2 with Brad Binder’s time holding strong at the top of the timesheets.

There was little movement from before the mass visit to the pits to ready themselves ⭕for a final shot at a lap. That meant Daniel Holgado got to progress with the second best time. The top rookie﷽ went on to finish 15th in his first ever Moto2 Q2 visit for CFMoto Inde Aspar.

He was joined by fellow rookie Adrian ⛄Huertas, the 2024 World Supersport champion set the third best Q1 time on his way to 18th. Vietti came through in the final progression slot.

Ivan Ortola was only j♋ust slower, becoming the first rider to miss out in fifth in the session, so will fill 19th on the grid for QJ Motor 🤡- Frinsa - MSI.

Tony Arbolino was also caught out, one🧸 place lower🔯 in sixth.

Moto3 champion David Alonso slipped back to eleventh after some late per🐭sonal best laps, leaving him 25th on thꦬe grid.

Sergio Garcia misses the start of the Mo♔to2 season. QJMotor - Frinsa - MSI repla🐭ced him with electric bike specialist rider Oscar Gutierrez (28th) making his world championship debut.