MotoGP Germany: Cortese beats Kent to Moto3 pole

07/07/2012

Kent in action at Assen last weekend

By MotoGP desk
Image by Bonnie Lane

Britain's Danny Kent was beaten to his debut Moto3 pole position by Red Bull Ajo team-mate Sandro Cortese in the last minute of qualifying in atrocious conditions at the Sachsenring this lunchtime.

The Tetbury teenager had been enjoying a narrow lead of 0.015s over Spaniard Adrian Martin with Jake Miller in third with no-one able to match his speed through the tricky and drenched final sector but Cortese got his head down with his final lap and pulled a time from nowhere to take top spot by 1.5s on a 1'42.989.

Danny Webb, who was far faster than his bike has any right to be in the dry yesterday, couldn't make any headway in the soaking conditions and finished 22nd.

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