Moto2 Argentina: Historic pole position for teenager Aldeguer

Fermin Aldeguer became the youngest pole-sitter in the intermediate class as he claimed the top spot ahead of the Moto2 Argentina Grand Prix
Fermin Aldeguer, Moto2, Argentinian MotoGP, 2 April 2022
Fermin Aldeguer, Moto2, Argentinian MotoGP, 2 April 2022

Fermin Aldeguer c💛ontinued his domination of the Termas track with pole position ahead of round three of the Moto2 Championship in Argen🍎tina.

The MB Converyors Speed Up rider had shown proficenc𝔍y at the track earlier in the day topping both practice sessions on Saturday after Friday’s action was cancelled awaiting the plane with the paddock’s cargo arriving.

He continued his ability to tame the Boscoscuro wit🌟h a best of 1m 46.306s in qualifying - the best time of the weekend so far.

A first Moto2 pole with just ten races under his belt previously sees the Spaniard become the youngest ever intermediate pole man, taking the honour from Jorge Lorenzo. The sixteen year old will keep the record for years to come with ﷺthe minimum age for the class due to rise to eighteen at the end of the season.

Joining the record bre💧aker on the front row is Augusto Fernandez, taking secon🎀d, the same grid position he earned for the Indonesian round with Red Bull KTM Ajo, this time 0.150s behind.

He has fellow Kalex rider Tony Arbolino next to him as the Elf Marc VDS rider made late gains to climb to thirdfor his best qualifying performace so 𝔉far this season.

🧸Albert Arenas also improved as the session went on to♏ climb to fourth for Autosolar GasGAs Aspar.

His Team-mate Jake Dixon took a sold fif🃏th, working hard to chip away ꧅at his lap time.

 

Championship leader Celestino Vietti was on track after being one of the many teams waiting on equipment and looked⛄ comfortable as he finished the day sixth for Mooney VR4🌠6 Racing Team.

Somkiat Chantra, who𒁏 won last time out in Indonesia, had walked away from a huge practice 🍃crash. His mechanics repaired the Idemitsu Honda Team Asia machine ready for qualifying where the Thai rider went on to claim the seventh best time.

Ai Ogura was eighth fastest just behind his team-mate, with Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team) ninth and impressive rookie Manuel Gonzalez completing the top ten for Yamaha VR46 Master Camp after movin𒀰g up from Q1.

Sam Lowes had a l🍌acklustre session by his high standards - he starts eleventh for Elf Marc VDS.

Zonta Van Den Goorbergh made his mark on the championship for the first time, constantly in the mix towards the top of the timeshee🅘ts after graduating fro the first qualifying session, the RW Racing rookie claimed a 14th place start.

Cameron Beaubi꧋er moved through Q1 with the best time - the rider from the USA went on to take 16th for Americ⭕an Racing.

Ped💫ro Acosta found the going tough as he continues his first Moto2 season after moving up as rookie Moto3 champi📖on. He finished Q2 a lowly 17th.

Lorenz🐼o Dalla Porta missed out on moving into Q2 by the smallest of margins, leaving him 19th on the grid for Italtrans.

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