2013 Austin Moto3 Friday Practice Results from Circuit of the Americas
Team Calvo’s Maverick Viñales set the pace on day one of the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas in the Moto3 class ahead of Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Rins by half a second, as Qatar race winner Luis Salom completed the top three.
Viñales, still carrying an injury to his right hand following a crash at the last pre-season test in Jerez, placed himself atop the timesheets with a best effort of 2’18.254 at Circuit of the Americas in Texas.
Behind second-placed Rins, Salom was the leading Red Bull KTM Ajo rider from Mahindra Racing’s Miguel Oliveira and San Carlo Team Italia’s Romano Fenati, who led for a solid chunk of the final 40-minute period.
Despite the dusty off-line surface, there were few incidents in the afternoon. Viñales was fleetingly caught out, however, as the Spaniard tumbled at the uphill Turn 1 when overtaking Niccolo Antonelli’s GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 machine. Another rider in the wars was La Fonte Tascaracing’s Hyuga Watanabe, who fell while exiting the Turn 11 hairpin but thankfully sustained no more than a broken gear shifter.
Jonas Folger made the top six for Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3, hoping for a strong weekend after finishing fifth under floodlights in the Qatar season-opener a fortnight ago. Completing the top ten were Ongetta-Centro Seta’s Isaac Viñales, Estrella Galicia’s Alex Márquez, Ambrogio Racing’s Danny Webb and Caretta Technology – RTG’s Jack Miller.
2013 Austin Free Practice 2 Results (Circuit of the Americas):
os. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
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1 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Team Calvo | KTM | 229.7 | 2’18.254 | |
2 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | KTM | 234.1 | 2’18.793 | 0.539 / 0.539 |
3 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 227.5 | 2’18.815 | 0.561 / 0.022 |
4 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 220.5 | 2’19.606 | 1.352 / 0.791 |
5 | 5 | Romano FENATI | ITA | San Carlo Team Italia | FTR Honda | 226.4 | 2’19.722 | 1.468 / 0.116 |
6 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM | 224.3 | 2’20.210 | 1.956 / 0.488 |
7 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 217.6 | 2’20.320 | 2.066 / 0.110 |
8 | 12 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | KTM | 233.1 | 2’20.395 | 2.141 / 0.075 |
9 | 99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Ambrogio Racing | Suter Honda | 218.2 | 2’20.463 | 2.209 / 0.068 |
10 | 8 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Caretta Technology – RTG | FTR Honda | 223.8 | 2’20.881 | 2.627 / 0.418 |
11 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Redox RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 224.1 | 2’20.930 | 2.676 / 0.049 |
12 | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | Ambrogio Racing | Suter Honda | 216.9 | 2’20.944 | 2.690 / 0.014 |
13 | 31 | Niklas AJO | FIN | Avant Tecno | KTM | 225.5 | 2’20.969 | 2.715 / 0.025 |
14 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 223.2 | 2’21.217 | 2.963 / 0.248 |
15 | 89 | Alan TECHER | FRA | CIP Moto3 | TSR Honda | 221.4 | 2’21.289 | 3.035 / 0.072 |
16 | 22 | Ana CARRASCO | SPA | Team Calvo | KTM | 227.1 | 2’21.361 | 3.107 / 0.072 |
17 | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | La Fonte Tascaracing | Honda | 225.3 | 2’21.397 | 3.143 / 0.036 |
18 | 10 | Alexis MASBOU | FRA | Ongetta-Rivacold | FTR Honda | 229.7 | 2’21.438 | 3.184 / 0.041 |
19 | 57 | Eric GRANADO | BRA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM | 229.8 | 2’21.618 | 3.364 / 0.180 |
20 | 58 | Juanfran GUEVARA | SPA | CIP Moto3 | TSR Honda | 221.5 | 2’21.649 | 3.395 / 0.031 |
21 | 23 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda | 226.6 | 2’21.869 | 3.615 / 0.220 |
22 | 53 | Jasper IWEMA | NED | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 230.3 | 2’21.950 | 3.696 / 0.081 |
23 | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | AUS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 230.1 | 2’22.209 | 3.955 / 0.259 |
24 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | GER | Paddock TT Motion Events | Kalex KTM | 228.0 | 2’22.260 | 4.006 / 0.051 |
25 | 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | GER | Kiefer Racing | Kalex KTM | 226.7 | 2’22.599 | 4.345 / 0.339 |
26 | 66 | Florian ALT | GER | Kiefer Racing | Kalex KTM | 226.8 | 2’22.673 | 4.419 / 0.074 |
27 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | MAL | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 224.5 | 2’22.812 | 4.558 / 0.139 |
28 | 77 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda | 221.6 | 2’22.892 | 4.638 / 0.080 |
29 | 3 | Matteo FERRARI | ITA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 225.6 | 2’23.302 | 5.048 / 0.410 |
30 | 17 | John McPHEE | GBR | Caretta Technology – RTG | FTR Honda | 224.5 | 2’23.474 | 5.220 / 0.172 |
31 | 4 | Francesco BAGNAIA | ITA | San Carlo Team Italia | FTR Honda | 228.0 | 2’23.712 | 5.458 / 0.238 |
32 | 29 | Hyuga WATANABE | JPN | La Fonte Tascaracing | Honda | 222.4 | 2’24.072 | 5.818 / 0.360 |