2013 Assen Moto3 Qualifying Results (Dutch TT)
Miguel Oliveira has earned the first Moto3 pole position for Mahindra Racing, having set an identical Assen lap time with Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Marquez just before.
Maverick Viñales will start on the front row for Team Calvo, whereas championship leader Luis Salom held pole until retiring from the session with four minutes to go.
A threat of rain saw the majority of riders streaming out of the pits in the opening moments with the sole aim of posting competitive dry weather lap times. No showers would come during the session, which resulted in a quiet patch before track activity increased for the final efforts in the closing 15 minutes of the session.
Red Bull KTM Ajo’s championship leader Salom looked to have sealed the top spot, but ran off-track and was unable to restart his KTM. His rivals proceeded to push hard and just thousandths of a second separated those filling places two to five.
Oliveira delivered 1:43.588 before Marquez matched it just seconds later; pole goes to the former – for posting the time first – and he becomes the first Portuguese rider in history to achieve pole position in any of the three classes of the World Championship.
Salom will start fourth and one position behind Viñales, who is his closest title rival, whereas Marquez’s teammate Alex Rins and Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3’s Jonas Folger complete Row 2; incidentally, the German saw one lap being removed for exceeding track limits. On the sidelines, Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Zulfahmi Khairuddin.
2013 Assen Moto3 Qualifying Results:
| 1 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 213.4 | 1’43.588 | |
| 2 | 12 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | KTM | 212.1 | 1’43.588 | |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Team Calvo | KTM | 208.0 | 1’43.649 | 0.061 / 0.061 |
| 4 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 208.4 | 1’43.671 | 0.083 / 0.022 |
| 5 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | KTM | 210.4 | 1’43.673 | 0.085 / 0.002 |
| 6 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM | 206.8 | 1’43.901 | 0.313 / 0.228 |
| 7 | 31 | Niklas AJO | FIN | Avant Tecno | KTM | 210.9 | 1’44.330 | 0.742 / 0.429 |
| 8 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 203.1 | 1’44.424 | 0.836 / 0.094 |
| 9 | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | AUS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 214.5 | 1’44.470 | 0.882 / 0.046 |
| 10 | 23 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda | 204.9 | 1’44.769 | 1.181 / 0.299 |
| 11 | 53 | Jasper IWEMA | NED | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 212.3 | 1’44.812 | 1.224 / 0.043 |
| 12 | 10 | Alexis MASBOU | FRA | Ongetta-Rivacold | FTR Honda | 207.7 | 1’44.814 | 1.226 / 0.002 |
| 13 | 89 | Alan TECHER | FRA | CIP Moto3 | TSR Honda | 206.2 | 1’44.846 | 1.258 / 0.032 |
| 14 | 8 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Caretta Technology – RTG | FTR Honda | 206.6 | 1’44.917 | 1.329 / 0.071 |
| 15 | 77 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda | 203.9 | 1’44.931 | 1.343 / 0.014 |
| 16 | 11 | Livio LOI | BEL | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex KTM | 212.8 | 1’44.942 | 1.354 / 0.011 |
| 17 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 209.4 | 1’44.950 | 1.362 / 0.008 |
| 18 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Redox RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 209.0 | 1’45.093 | 1.505 / 0.143 |
| 19 | 4 | Francesco BAGNAIA | ITA | San Carlo Team Italia | FTR Honda | 208.7 | 1’45.117 | 1.529 / 0.024 |
| 20 | 51 | Bryan SCHOUTEN | NED | Dutch Racing Team | FTR Honda | 204.9 | 1’45.186 | 1.598 / 0.069 |
| 21 | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | Ambrogio Racing | Suter Honda | 204.1 | 1’45.202 | 1.614 / 0.016 |
| 22 | 5 | Romano FENATI | ITA | San Carlo Team Italia | FTR Honda | 206.1 | 1’45.235 | 1.647 / 0.033 |
| 23 | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | La Fonte Tascaracing | FTR Honda | 207.4 | 1’45.278 | 1.690 / 0.043 |
| 24 | 17 | John McPHEE | GBR | Caretta Technology – RTG | FTR Honda | 210.1 | 1’45.303 | 1.715 / 0.025 |
| 25 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | GER | Tec Interwetten Moto3 Racing | Kalex KTM | 210.1 | 1’45.526 | 1.938 / 0.223 |
| 26 | 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | GER | Kiefer Racing | Kalex KTM | 206.4 | 1’45.553 | 1.965 / 0.027 |
| 27 | 57 | Eric GRANADO | BRA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM | 209.6 | 1’45.626 | 2.038 / 0.073 |
| 28 | 29 | Hyuga WATANABE | JPN | La Fonte Tascaracing | FTR Honda | 209.3 | 1’45.679 | 2.091 / 0.053 |
| 29 | 99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Ambrogio Racing | Suter Honda | 204.0 | 1’45.795 | 2.207 / 0.116 |
| 30 | 22 | Ana CARRASCO | SPA | Team Calvo | KTM | 212.5 | 1’45.856 | 2.268 / 0.061 |
| 31 | 3 | Matteo FERRARI | ITA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 209.4 | 1’46.125 | 2.537 / 0.269 |
| 32 | 58 | Juanfran GUEVARA | SPA | CIP Moto3 | TSR Honda | 205.3 | 1’46.247 | 2.659 / 0.122 |
| 33 | 71 | Thomas VAN LEEUWEN | NED | Racing Team Van Leeuwen | Bakker Honda | 206.8 | 1’46.292 | 2.704 / 0.045 |
| 34 | 66 | Florian ALT | GER | Kiefer Racing | Kalex KTM | 208.2 | 1’46.897 | 3.309 / 0.605 |
| 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | MAL | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM |
