MotoE: Granado Takes Red Bull Ring Pole Position – Roadracing World Magazine
Additionally, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Granado, Casadei, Ferrari shut out front row
The 2nd, 4th and 3rd riders in the standings are ready to take off ahead of Aegerter
Friday, August 19, 2022
The FIM Enel MotoE
World Cup has resumed after the summer break and Eric Granado has scored the long-awaited first pole position of the season at the CryptoDATA Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich. The LCR E-Team rider is second in the standings and looking to overtake Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE) with two rounds to go. His 1:41.390 he set in his Q2 at the Red Bull Ring gave him his best result. might do so. Joining Granado on the front row are Mattia Casadei (Ponce Racing 40) and Matteo Ferrari (Ferro Gresini MotoE), with Aegerter looking to move away from fifth place in both races this weekend.
After a morning of mixed weather at Spielberg, sunny conditions welcomed the MotoE field into qualifying on Friday afternoon. Granado started Q2 with the fastest 1:42.024 to date, then 1:41.390 to secure provisional pole. Casaday was his second flyer and he posted his second fastest time with a time of 1:41.530, but neither could relax.
Ferrari continued to improve, gradually closing their time down to 1:41.569, with the decisive stanza remaining with just a few minutes remaining to take third place when the checkered flag was shown. A number of riders then set up a quick sector in their final bid to take pole position, but there were no further changes to the front row.
Row 2, on the other hand, was still playing solid. Kevin Zanoni (Onghetta SIC58 Squadra Corse), after only trying very late to top the session in Q1, did the same at the end of Q2, taking him out of eighth in 1:41.596. He moved up to 4th place. It was also an important lap in the context of the race, given that World Cup leader Aegerter clocked his time of 1:41.642 to drop him back to fifth place. Joining them on his second row of the grid is Niccolo Canepa, who clocked 1:42.029 in the WithU GRT RNF MotoE Team’s entry.
Xavi Calderz (Avintia Esponsorama Racing) was second fastest in Q1 and eventually qualified 7th on the starting grid, followed by Mikel Pons (LCR E-Team), Alex Escrig (Tech3 E-Racing) and Hector Garzo (Tech3 E). -Racing). -Racing). Jordi Torres (Pons Racing 40) lined up in his fourth row center between Garzo and Hikaru Okubo (Avant Ajo MotoE) in Q1 as he dropped out of the top ten by 0.059 seconds. Bradley Smith (WithU GRT RNF MotoE Team) qualified 16th and Alessio Finero (Ferro Gresini MotoE) was declared ineligible after breaking his right metatarsal in his FP1 crash. I was. .
With the top four finishers in the FIM Enel MotoE World Cup standings all qualifying for Austria’s top five, the stage is set for another battle royale in the electric class. Watch Race 1 on Saturday at 4:25pm (GMT +2)!
Eric Granado: “I’m very happy. I did a great job today in both wet and dry conditions. Finally in this last session I was able to have a clean ride. In the first session in dry conditions I found a little rhythm. No, I didn’t go with the flow at the new chicane.Now I’m feeling good and my lap times improved a lot this morning, so I’m very happy.I accomplished my first mission, my goal was to be on the front row, and finally. I’m very happy to have scored my first pole position of the season, and I hope to keep it up this weekend and keep chasing my dream of scoring as many points as possible and going into the final race with a chance to win. So be happy and let tomorrow go like this.
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