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Canet closes 2024 with new pole in Barcelona in Moto2

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Arón Canet took his sixth pole of the season at the Barcelona GP. The Corbera driver wants to give Valencia, his homeland, a victory in the last round of the season. Even if nothing is at stake, because he is already second in the World Cup, whatever happens on Sunday in the race. Although some tried to take away the upper hand in the final stages, the Valencian ultimately won the battle with a time of 1:42.003.

Behind him, just over a tenth, was Manu González, who will start second on the grid just ahead of third-placed Zota van den Goorbergh. Fermín Aldeguer suffered a fall at the start of Q2 and did not set a time and will start on the 18th. One of the surprises was Jaume Masiá after he managed to enter Q2.

Canet, author of the best time on the first day, quickly became the protagonist of the second round, when he went out in a corner and could not avoid falling at very low speed after not having controlled the direction of his bike and forward. wheel closing towards the ground, which did not prevent him from continuing the session, but with the obligatory visit to his workshop.

The low temperatures did not allow many drivers to lower their personal bests almost until the end of the session, although some like Sergio García Dols (Boscoscuro), Marcos Ramírez (Kalex), Alonso López (Boscoscuro) , the Thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex) or the Turkish Deniz Öncü (Kalex) have indeed achieved this objective, but not in all cases to reach the second direct ranking.

Already in the final stretch of the session, the first reference record was that of Jorge Navarro, who climbed into first position with a time of 1:42.416, 10 thousandths of a second faster than the time of the first day in Canet. , although a few moments later he saw how the race direction had canceled him for exceeding the limits of the circuit.

With the checkered flag waving at the finish line, Arón Canet confirmed his first position with a time of 1:42.262, 154 thousandths of a second faster than that of Jorge Navarro.

The Briton Jake Dixon (Kalex) finished third, ahead of the Japanese Ai Ogura (Kalex), the Spaniard Manuel González (Kalex), the Italian Celestino Vietti (Kalex), the Belgian Barry Baltus (Kalex), the Dutchman Zonta Van den Goobergh. (Kalex), the Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex) and the Czech Filip Salac (Kalex) close the top ten.

Like them, the Brazilian Diogo Moreira (Kalex) and the Spaniards Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro), Sergio García Dols and Marcos Ramírez reached the second ranking.

The Spaniards Albert Arenas (Kalex), Alonso López, Izan Guevara (Kalex) or David Muñoz (Kalex) will have to go through the first classification, in addition to Somkiat Chantra or the South African Darryn Binder (Kalex).

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