Augusto Fernandez got his weekend off to a perfect start after securing pole position ahead of round twelve of the Moto2 championship, the British Grand Prixܫ.

Currently tied on points, 146 each, and both with three wins so far this season, Celestino Vietti leads the way wℱith the most second places to his name.

Augusto Fernandez spent the last few races before the break making his championship case - securing three w🅺ins and four podiums in 🍬the last four rounds, as Vietti faded.

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The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider backed up hi🎃s back-to-back victories with pole, rising to the top of the timesheets as the Italian fell at Club Corner. Third at the time, his best lap slipped to fifth by the chequered flag.

The Mooney VR46 Racing Team rider has even♏ more time to make up after being handed a long lap penalty for not following practice start protocols in FP2, after not lining up for the start where he wa♛s asked to. 

Back at the front of the grid it was Joe Roberts claiming second, just short of pole by a slim 0.034s. A small mistake in the final sec๊tor was all that stood between the Italtrans rider and the top slot.

Ai Ogura is just one point off the top in the title hunt and is well placed on the grid to make a move. A clear track attack - all the riders hu🔜nting for pole were gapped but within the same camera shot - saw him climb from sixth to third in the final minut𒈔es for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.

Albert Arenas was second for much of the session on his way to an eventual fourth. He is joined on the second row by session fallers Vietti in fifth with Jake Dixon just behind.&nb🐬sp;

Dixon ensured there was some home action to cheer despite his fall at The Loop. After topping both FP1 and FP3 he was once aga🔥in riding high, and regrouped straight after his off to come back and claim sixth for Gas Gas Aspar after a determined, gr✃itty performance.

Bo Bendsneyder’s early lap he൩lped him to seventh for Pertamina M💜andalika SAG Team, while Alonso Lopez was the best of the non-Kalex riders, taking eighth on the Boscocscuro for CAG Speed Up.

Marcel Schrotter was a steady ninth for Liqui Mo൩ly Inctact GP, with Flexbox HP40’s Aron Canet leaving 💝it late to get a lap on the board, completing the top ten with his best effort.

Tony Arbolino lines up eleventh on the last remaining Elf Marc VDS entry. Jorge Navarro was the best of the riders to move up from Q1 in twelfth for Flexbox HP40, Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp) went on to take 15th, Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) was 16th, while Alessandro Z🌠accone (Gresini Racing) was 18th.

What happened in Q1?

Lorenzo Dal𝄹la Porta again showed a glimpse of the talent that lead him to the Moto3 crown back in 2019. Sitting in fourth he was displaced from the progression places by Somkiat Chantra.

Fermin Aldeguer (CAG Speed Up) spent much of the session bei🍃ng followed on hꦜis way to sixth in Q1, 20th on the grid.

Lining up 23rd, Marocs Ramirez is the t♉op qualifying MV Agusta rider for Forward Racing.

Lowes out after Friday fall

Sam Lowes had used the summer break to hit reset and w🐠as looking to attack the second half of this season as if it was a new start to get the best results possible. Th🧸e number #22 was hoping to have the pace to win his home grand prix.

His good intentions lasted just minutes as he was one of several rider𓃲s caught out by conditions at the start of FP1, highsiding over the top of hi🐻s Marc VDS bike at Chapel.

The British rider was sen🐻t to the medical centre for further checks which reveale𝕴d a dislocation to his left shoulder, leaving him declared unfit to ride and out of the race weekend.

Gabriel Rodrigo remains absent ꦍand is replaceꦺd at Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team by Piotr Biesiekirski.

Pedro Acosta is🐭 also out after being declared unfit on Friday after checks on his left femur fracture.

Wildcard for Rory Skinner

BSB rider Rory Skinne꧅r has a rider this weekend with American Racꦬing between British Superbike races.

The twenty year old is making his world champion♕ship debut . Skinner is currently fourth in the BSB standings and sat comfortably in༒ the places for the showdown section of the season later in the year, with a second rider due for the Scotsman in Austria.

Making huge leaps in time in every session as he got to grips with his new Kalex machinery and the change in grip between Pirelli and Dunlop tyres, by♛ the end of Q1 the Scottish rider was tenth in the session, for 24th on the grid, ahead of team-mate Sean D𝐆ylan Kelly and class veteran Simone Corsi among others. His time was just 1.267s slower than Navarro’s best.