Moto3™ opened the ball of a packed-action Saturday at the Chang International Circuit, with Red Bull GASGAS Tech3’s Daniel Holgado and Jacob Roulstone facing qualifying day of the Thai GP. After qualifying directly to Q2, Holgado got himself a P7-start ahead of Sunday’s race, while teammate Jacob Roulstone will start from 19th on his debuts on the Thai layout.

Fourth at the end of play after Practice 1, Daniel Holgado was back on track this morning with a provisional Q2 ticket to defend to get the chance to fight for the 18th pole position at stake of the 2024 season. Most of the grid was able to make improvements in Practice 2, and that included the #96 who clocked in a 1’40.801, a lap that placed him 6th in the combined standing to head directly to the final shootout. When it was time to get the fast laps in, Dani started with a 1’41.117 in lap 3 that had him provisionally in P3 behind Angel Piqueras and David Alonso. Less than 2 minutes remained on the clock when Holgado and many others went back on track for run 2, but that was not enough time to set a perfect lap. The 1’41.117 from run 1 remained his fastest, and we will see Holgado start the PT Grand Prix of Thailand from P7, as he hopes to fight for what would be podium number 16 in Grand Prix, and why not the win!

Jacob Roulstone felt pretty content with his first day in Buriram despite being a bit far in the standings, but the feeling on both bike and track was good. The rookie headed to P2 with a good margin for improvement, and he nearly got his direct Q2 ticket at the end of play in Practice 2. The Australian’s last flying lap in 1'41.102 had him provisionally within the top 14, but he was ejected in the final seconds, to finish in P15 by a tiny margin of 0.005 seconds from the Q2 spots. When he returned on track for Q1, Roulstone provisionally sat in 5th halfway through the session. After a quick pit box return to change tyres while he had now gone down to P7, Roulstone had more or less 3 minutes to make the difference as he hoped to join Q2. He further improved to 1’41.494, but once again, it was too short to make it to the next session. 0.069 seconds separated him from Q2, as he finished P5 and will start the Thai Grand Prix from 19th on Sunday, as lights go out at 12:00 LT. Small reminder that there will be daylight saving time changes in some regions on Sunday, so watch out on the clock!