After he qualified in 13th position yesterday, Ayumu Sasaki came off the line well at the start of the Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini to make up two positions already on the first lap. Throughout all the race he was fighting hard inside the chasing group with championship leader Acosta and plenty of other strong contenders. He eventually crossed the line in 10th following 23 intense laps.

With a strong improvement of 0.857 seconds in FP3 compared to his fastest time yesterday, Red Bull KTM Tech3’s Ayumu Sasaki made the straight jump to Q2 at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli today. During this all-important session around lunchtime, the Japanese managed to use his first outing to set a pretty fast lap, which eventually saw him finishing Qualifying in P13.

The Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini started off with some mixed weather conditions. Yet, the Moto3 category was lucky to just encounter some drops of rain towards the final minutes of FP2 this afternoon.