Salom takes second pole of the season at Montmelo

A 1:50.782 lap from Luis Salom gave pole position to the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider at the Circuit de Catalunya on Saturday. It will be Salom’s second of the season.

Teammates Arthur Sissis and Zulfahmi Khairuddin found a better feeling with their bikes compared to yesterday and will start from rows four and six, respectively.

The three Red Bull KTM Ajo riders began the second day of practice for round six of the Moto3 World Championship with a final practice session. In excellent conditions, Salom was one of only three riders to break the 1:52 barrier. Zulfahmi Khairuddin and Sissis improved on their Friday times by more than a second.

In the main event of the day, qualifying, Salom broke the circuit record with a storming lap on his fourteenth time around. The Spaniard was the only rider to clock a time quicker than 1:51. Sissis —who today celebrates his eighteenth birthday— found a good setup for his bike and set a hot lap of 1:52.382 by himself.

Tomorrow’s race will take place at 11am local time.

Luis Salom
“I’m pretty happy, although we will see about tomorrow, because it will be a very difficult race. It will be a very large group at the front, like in the race at Mugello, but I think we can be up there fighting. With the team we are trying to do the best job possible, not look at what others are doing, and then see the result of that. Aki [Ajo] is helping me a lot with his work.
During the practice I rode with used tires, trying to find a good feeling, and the truth is that I am also happy with that. It will be a bit of a mystery as to how they work in the race, because the timeslot is different to every other session”.

Source: Red Bull KTM Ajo Motorsport