Holgado takes pole in Moto2 with new Pirelli supersoft as Perrone fastest in Moto3

· In Moto2™ Daniel Holgado (Kalex) scored his second consecutive pole after the one obtained in the Grand Prix of Catalunya. The Spanish rider lapped in 1’34.216, a time that also earned him the new all-time lap record and which improved by more than 7 tenths of a second on the previous record set by Aron Canet last year. Behind Holgado, completing the front row, are Celestino Vietti (Boscoscuro) and Manuel Gonzalez (Kalex). In qualifying, all the riders used soft SC1 front and supersoft E0126 rear tyres.

· Valentin Perrone (KTM) took pole position for the Moto3™ race thanks to a time of 1’40.328 on the sixth lap out of the seven he completed. To achieve this goal, the Argentine rider and Spaniard by birth used medium SC2 front and soft SC1 rear compound tyres. The same choice at the rear for Joel Kelso (KTM) and Jacob Roulstone (KTM), second and third respectively, while at the front they opted for a soft SC1.
 
· The conditions in which these first two days took place were very similar, with air temperatures always between 21 and 28 degrees centigrade and those of the asphalt fluctuating between about 20 and 40 degrees depending on the time of the individual sessions.

The softer solutions of the allocation were the main protagonists at Misano
 
“At the end of these first two days at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli we already have a very clear picture of the tyres that will be chosen for tomorrow’s races. In this round, Moto2™ has two different rear solutions: the soft E0125, the most used in the GPs held since June, and the supersoft E0126, making its second appearance in allocation after its successful debut in Austria. With a track that is not very aggressive and with sufficiently high temperatures such as those recorded in recent days, the supersoft E0126 is clearly favoured because, with the same structure, it has a softer compound than the E0125 and is therefore able to offer an even higher level of grip. To have a good balance with the grip offered at the rear, the riders will mount the soft SC1 at the front. Similarly, in Moto3™ too, the focus will be on the softest solutions among those allocated, therefore soft SC1 for both axles, although for the front someone could choose the medium SC2 already used today in qualifying by poleman Perrone. As expected, with the rear supersoft the Moto2™ riders went even faster than last year, with the all-time lap record improved by more than seven tenths. The only variable that could change this scenario is the weather: for tomorrow morning, in fact, the forecast does not exclude a few drops of rain”.