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MotoGP Austin: Canet demolishes Moto3 field for pole

Estrella Galicia’s Aron Canet has demolished the Moto3 field by almost a second to set pole for tomorrow’s race at the Austin MotoGP round.

Canet set a 2’14.644 on his 12th lap to go under the lap record and 0.987s ahead of championship leader Joan Mir with Romano Fenati in third place a further 0.010s in arrears.

Nico Bulega put his Sky VR46 KTM in fourth, one ahead of Jorge Martin with Gi Giannantonio bagging the final second-row spot. John McPhee hauled himself into ninth place with his final lap and joins Enea Bastiannini and Nico Antonelli on the third row.

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Mir (Leopard Racing) left it late but made it count, shooting up into second in the last few minutes of the session and ready to start the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas from the middle of the front row - with last year’s winner at COTA Romano Fenati (Marinelli Rivacold Snipers) another big hitter in P3.

Sky Racing Team VR46 rider Nicolo Bulega heads the second row as he aims to score some big points in the US of A after leaving Argentina empty handed, with Del Conca Gresini Moto3 duo Jorge Martin and Fabio Di Giannantonio in fifth and sixth.

Seventh is Canet’s teammate Enea Bastianini, who has shown much improved pace in Texas so far, with the 2016 Championship just ahead of countryman Niccolo Antonelli (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and British Talent Team rider John McPhee.

Bo Bendsneyder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completes the top ten despite a crash, with Darryn Binder (Platinum Bay Real Estate) just missing out in eleventh. The top rookie on the grid is Tony Arbolino (SIC58 Squadra Corse) in twelfth after a stunning session for the Italian, with RBA BOE Racing Team duo Juanfran Guevara and Gabriel Rodrigo in tight formation behind. Philipp Oettl (Südmetall Schedl GP Racing) locks out the top fifteen.

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