Sandro Cortese takes 2nd pole position of the season at Estoril

Published on 05 May 2012 by Toni M.

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Sandro Cortese took his second pole position of the 2012 season (fifth in his career) in today’s unexciting qualifying session at the Portughuese circuit of Estoril.

Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team rider posted a best lap of 1’47″145 in front of KTM’s Racing activities boss Pit Beirer who is present in the team’s garage this weekend.Taking off on the front row with Cortese will be Maverick Vinales on his Blusens Avintia BQR branded FTR Honda and home favourite Miguel Oliveira who is representing Portugual in what will be the final time that Estoril will be hosting GP racing.

Oliveira in his last flying lap pushed Danny Kent- another Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team rider - to fourth, while Zulfahmi Khairuddin took fifth with his last flying lap on another KTM M32, but with the AirAsia and Sepang International Circuit colours.

Jerez star and standing’s leader Romano Fenati qualified 6th, but he continues to lose more than a second from the front runners, while the third row is all Spanish with Luis Salom in seventh, Efren Vazquez 8th with his FTR Honda LaGlisse and Hector Faubel. Alexis Masbou on the Honda/Honda closed out the top ten.

Moto3 Estoril Qualifying results:

01- Sandro Cortese – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – 1’47.145
02- Maverick Vinales – Blusens Avintia – FTR Honda M312 – + 0.315
03- Miguel Oliveira – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda Moto3 – + 0.771
04- Danny Kent – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 0.805
05- Zulfahmi Khairuddin – AirAsia SIC Ajo – KTM M32 – + 0.938
06- Romano Fenati – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.046
07- Luis Salom – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 1.093
08- Efren Vazquez – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.154
09- Hector Faubel – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 1.204
10- Alexis Masbou – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 1.331
11- Jakub Kornfeil – Redox Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.333
12- Niccolò Antonelli – San Carlo Gresini Moto3 – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.551
13- Adrian Martin – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.726
14- Brad Binder – RW Racing GP – KALEX KTM – + 1.755
15- Louis Rossi – Racing Team Germany – FTR Honda M312 – + 1.782
16- Arthur Sissis – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM M32 – + 1.868
17- Alberto Moncayo – BANKIA Aspar Team – KALEX KTM – + 2.009
18- Danny Webb – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP3O – + 2.181
19- Alex Marquez – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda Moto3 – + 2.229
20- Alan Techer – Technomag CIP TSR – Honda NSF250R – + 2.232
21- Alessandro Tonucci – Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda M312 – + 2.252
22- Alex Rins – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda Moto3 – + 2.302
23- Marcel Schrotter – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra MGP3O – + 2.607
24- Joan Olive – TT Motion Events Racing – KTM M32 – + 2.735
25- Manuel Tatasciore – Caretta Technology – Honda NSF250R – + 2.972
26- Ivan Moreno – Andalucia JHK LaGlisse – FTR Honda M312 – + 3.031
27- Isaac Vinales – Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda M312 – + 3.075
28- Jasper Iwema – MOTO FGR – MOTO FGR 3 Honda – + 4.048
29- Giulian Pedone – Ambrogio NEXT Racing – Oral M3 – + 4.143
30- Toni Finsterbusch – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – Honda NSF250R – + 4.438
31- Kevin Hanus – Thomas Sabo GP Team – Honda NSF250R – + 5.130
32- Luigi Morciano – Ioda Team Italia – Ioda TR002 – + 5.485
33- Kenta Fujii – Technomag CIP TSR – TSR 3 Honda – + 5.675
34- Armando Pontone – Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR002 – + 6.263