With most riders in for a tow, Ayumu Sasaki pro♛ved he had what it takes t☂o go it alone, easing to pole in qualifying for the French Grand Prix, round five of the championship.

The Liqui Moly Husqvarna Iꦜntact GP rider once again showed he has supreme so📖lo pace as he powered around the track alone on each run to finish with a best of 1m 41.630s.

The Japanese rider was the only person sure of where he stood as the session ended in confusion with a flurry of laps added and taken away thanks to a la🅰te crash.

It is the #71’s third pole from the five qualifying sessions run so far this se🃏ason.

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Diogo Moreira sits second in the title hunt, and had his hopes of a good race handed a boost when his best l🀅ap was reinstated after the chequered flag, moving him up to second on the grid for MT Helmets - MS🍬I. His best was 0.309s behind pole.

Championship leader Daniel Holgado was behind the group Moreira was in and also s💯hot ba🍌ck up the timesheets, handing him his first front row start for Red Bull KTM Tech3.

Andrea Migno lead the way in the wet morning practice. Replacing Lorenzo Fellon, it is sti🌟ll the CIP Green Power team’s home grand prix. It looked like they had something to celebrate despite The #16 being the late ಌfaller causing the yellow flags at the end of the session.

Initially told he was due in parc ferme with the second best time, the Italian fist bumped the marshals in celebration. Only on wheeling 🍎his 📖KTM back to the pits did he find out other times were elevated back above his, leaving him fourth.

Also on row two are Jerez race winner Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team) and Jaume Masia, who came into the session with the top practice 🍬time. 

The Leopard rider, who won the French round in 2022 trie🌄d the same solo technique but it was less successful, so starts sixth.

Jerez polesitter Deniz Oncu had his best effort cancelled moving him back to seventh for Red Bull KTM Ajo. The Turkish rider had surviv🎀ed what looked like an almost certain crash earlier in the day, celebrating his save at the blue esses with a fist wave in P3, saving his mechanics a lot of work ahead of qualifying.

Early session leader Xavier Artigas (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP)  did enough to hold eighth, while a much improved Syarifuddin Azman had impressed all weekend ওso far and continued his improved run into Q2 for ninth. It could have been more - the MT Helmets rider was tucked in behind Migno when he fell and needed to take evasive action.

Jose Antonio Rueda was the best of the rookies in tenth for Red Bull KTM Ajo and managed an identical time to Azman, ꧋wh♔o was placed ahead on next best lap countback.

Migno was by far the best of the riders to come through Q1, with Stefano Nepa - still using crutches around the paddock following his Austin clash with David Munoz - the best of 🅰the rest in eleventh for The Angeluss MTA Team.

An also worse for wear Lorenzo Salvador was 15th , with Taiyo Furusato (Hondaꩵ Team Asia) just ahead in 14th.

What happened in Q1?

As with Q2, The session ended in lap can🌺cellation chaos with the top four changing rapidly,

That was🥃 caused by a late crash for Collin Veijer, who suffered a nasty highside from his Liqui Moly Husqvarna. The rider finished the session fift💎h and was taken to the medical centre for checks.

W🦋ith all the riders leaving the pit late and looking for a tow, they hit the yellow flags waving at turn ten.

Tatsuki Suzuki was the first to hit the flags. Down in tenth toward🐈s the end on the fifteen minutes after his Friday fall left him in Q1, the Leopard rider had no choice but to jus𒈔t go all out, the lap cancellation left him 24th.

Scott Ogden had been just shuffled out of the provisional Q2 places, and with progress not possible in the morning session he looked a good bet to move up in Q♐1. Tucked in behind the Japanese rider he suffered the same fate, placing 𝐆the VisionTrack bike slightly higher in 20th.

His teammate Joshua ꧅Whatley has a new rider coach, ex-MotoGP rider James Ellison. The match seemed to have an instant impact, 22nd overnight, the #70 starts from 27th on race day but with much improved pace.

Moto3 is full of ups and downs - David Alonso was a podium finisher in Jerez, but has looked lass confide🔯nt without local track knowledge to help he could only manage 26th. 

Ana Carrasco looked back to her best and came close to an a✤utomatic place in the second half of qualifying, 17th after Friday. Her lap cancellation hit hardest💦, dropping her to last on the grid.

Injuries and replacements.

David Salvador pased his fitness test following a heavy fall in Jerez. 🐻Kaito Toba also had checks before qualifying following his earlier fall.

There are no further replacements other than Migno repla🧸cing Fellon.