The World Cup chief takes an important remaining pole place of the season whereas his title rival qualifies on Row 2
Dominique Aegerter has taken a giant step in direction of the 2022 FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup title by qualifying on pole place for each races within the sixth and remaining spherical of the season on the Gran Premio Gryfyn di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini. The Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE™ rider lapped the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli as shortly as 1:43.174 in Q2, securing high spot by a margin of just about 1 / 4 of a second. Maybe extra importantly, the one different rider left in rivalry for the Cup, the LCR E-Group’s Eric Granado, is ready to start out from Row 2 after qualifying fourth-fastest.
Aegerter takes a giant step in direction of the Cup
The latter 10-minute stanza of qualifying noticed Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE™) set the preliminary tempo with a 1:43.652, however when Granado managed to put up a lap time, he went quickest on a 1:43.451. The Brazilian didn’t maintain onto high spot for lengthy, nonetheless, with Mattia Casadei (Pons Racing 40) clocking a 1:43.415 earlier than Aegerter went simply two thousandths of a second faster once more.
Casadei then regarded like reclaiming the ascendancy, going quickest to the third sector solely to lose the entrance and crash on the Carro nook (Flip 14). The incident triggered a yellow flag which meant Granado’s subsequent lap wouldn’t rely, though he was unlikely to enhance that point round anyway.
With the chequered flag out, Granado went occasion faster and whereas that didn’t matter a lot, Jordi Torres (Pons Racing 40) subsequently managed to get himself onto the entrance row when he went to 3rd on a 1:43.442. The pinnacle of the grid will subsequently be Aegerter with Casadei and Torres alongside, whereas Granado heads up Row 2, the place he will probably be joined by Ferrari in fifth and Miquel Pons (LCR E-Group) in sixth.
How the remainder of the grid appears
Niccolo Canepa (WithU GRT RNF MotoE™ Group), Alex Escrig (Tech3 E-Racing), Xavi Cardelus (Avintia Esponsorama Racing), and Kevin Zannoni (Ongetta SIC58 Squadracorse) rounded out the highest 10, the latter two having come from Q1. Hikari Okubo (Avant Ajo MotoE™) was second in that session when the chequered flag got here out however could be bumped by Zannoni and can subsequently begin eleventh, with Kevin Manfredi (Octo Pramac MotoE™) becoming a member of them on Row 4. Marc Alcoba (Zinia Aspar Group) is ready to start out from the again of the 18-bike grid after an early crash in Q1, pending the end result of his go to to the medical centre.
With simply two races to go within the 2022 FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup, Aegerter leads Granado by 17.5 factors. Will the Swiss rider be capable of push that margin previous 25 in Race 1 of the Misano weekend and clinch the title together with his first ‘match level’? You can’t afford to overlook the opening encounter on Saturday afternoon from 16:25 (GMT +2)!
MotoE™ Q2 Outcomes:
1. Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE™) – 1:43.174
2. Mattia Casadei (Pons Racing 40) + 0.241
3. Jordi Torres (Pons Racing 40) + 0.268
4. Eric Granado (LCR E-Group) + 0.277
5. Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE™) + 0.478
6. Miquel Pons (LCR E-Group) + 0.563
7. Niccolo Canepa (WithU GRT RNF MotoE™ Group) + 0.624
8. Alex Escrig (Tech3 E-Racing) + 0.691
9. Xavi Cardelus (Avintia Esponsorama Racing) + 0.720
10. Kevin Zannoni (Ongetta SIC58 Squadracorse) + 0.847
