A final rush of late improvements saw Aron Canet come out on top 🦄ꦯto sit in pole position for round fourteen, the Moto2 Emilia Romanga Grand Prix.

The earlier P2 session saw Canet break his own record from last weekend (then down to 1m 35.154s). The #40 had t🐷he speed to go faster and was frustrated by traffic on his new best lap.

By qu💜alifying, the Fantic Rider was in the same position, gesticulating at the💙 riders running slowly on the outside of the track.

A final push from fourth overall saw Canet able to realise his best lap, setting anot🍬her all time lap record with his new time of 1m 34.935s, rewarding him with a fourth pole this season.

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The whole of Q2 was an incredibly close affair, with Joe Roberts briefly holding the top spot for American Racing before being bettered by his Spanish rival, with t🍬he gap between them a tiny 0.004s.

Tony Arbolino was an early leader, with his best, set on just his third lap, holding on for a front row start for Elf Marc VDS, the Italian, in turn was just 0.010s away fro𝔉ꦦm a home pole.

Celestino Vietti's late climb took him to fourt🍌h for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

Jake Dixon tidied up his third sector in the morning to move into Q2 directly after sittinꦫg outside the top 14 for much of the session. In qualifying mode the British rider kept pushing at a track he does not favour for the fifth best lap of Misano.

In a session with saw the continued resurgence of Kalex realised, Fermin Aldeguer was the best of the Boscoscuro r⛄iders for Speed Up in sixth, just ahead of championship leader Ai Ogura, who also found the going tough in a close session in seventh.

RW - Idrofoglia’s Zonta van den Goorbergh stormed through Q1 with the 🦋best run, and kept that momentum going into Q2, leading very briefly at the start of the session, on his way to eighth, the best of the graduate riders.

Dennis Foggia also came up from Q1 to finsh his qualifyᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚing se🍸ssion ninth for Italtrans, ahead of their home round.

Marcos Ramirez ensured both the American Ra﷽cing bikes made the top ten, with his last lap moving him up from 13th🌸.

Senna Agius was the best of the rookie riders in eleventh for Liqui 🍃Moly Husqvarna Intact GP.

Sergio Garcia ended his run of nightmare qualifying performances, by pulling himself up to ninth in P2, just one place ahead of teammate Ogura in ⛦that session.

Ill at ease again in Q2, the former leader of the title standings could only find enough to🐓 claim 13th on the g♓rid for MT Helmets - MSI, just over half a second slower than the pole lap.

Q1- Moreira just misses out

Diogo Moreira had been top three overnight, but spent m🌳ost of the morning session in the pits, including ꦜthe crucial final moments, which saw him drop to 15th and into a Q1 appearance.

From there he hit the top of the standings with n𒁃ine minutes remaining, that time droppin▨g to fifth best. His final run saw a last push for top four, which ended with a spill at turn six, leaving the Italtrans rookie 19th on the grid, just missing out on a Q2 appearance.

The session was topped by van den Goorbergh, with Foggia second, Agius third and the fin🔯al progression꧒ slot going to Alonso Lopez.

Lopez started his weekend on a high, topping the Free Practice session. A crash in the second session on Friday left the Speed Up rider on the ropes, and matters did noꦉt improve in P2 - start𝓀ing Saturday morning 17th on combined times, with a trip through Q1 beckoning.

Though he made it through, his Q2 appearance was not able to elevate him m💃uch further up the grid - the ꩲsecond Speed Up rider lining up down in 17th.

After his po💖dium finish in Aragon, Deniz Oncu was again off the pace, finishing Q1 13th, for 27th on the grid for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

Crashes, injuries and replacements

There were two fallers in Q1, with Moreira join🧸ed by Ayumu Sasaki (22nd) in the gravel. Somkiat Chantra cr⭕ashed out of Q2, finishing the session last.

Daniel Munoz (29th) has been brought in by the Preicanos Racing team, replacing Bo🦋 Bendsne𝐆yder after his spilt with the team.

There is an ad✅ditional wildcard - Matteo Ferrari (25th) is back with QJMotor Gresini fo✨r a home race.