Moto3 Phillip Island: Amazing pole for Danny Kent, Fenati is sixth

Moto3 2015 Phillip Island Qualifying – Danny Kent obtained the pole position of the Moto3 class Australian Grand Prix, sixteenth stage of the 2015 world championship, the fifth “pole” start of the season.

The world championship leader was stronger than the traffic encountered on the track and right under the checkered flag he managed to snatch pole by 0.360s from compatriot John McPhee, lapping in 1:36.180. KTM's Portuguese Miguel Oliveira will start on the front row with the two Britons, 0.426s from the top.

The Hondas of Efren Vaquez and Jorge Navarro and our Romano Fenati will start in the second row, riding the Team Sky VR46 KTM. The driver from Ascoli lapped in 1:36.822, 0.642s behind Kent.

Good qualification for the Belgian Livio Loi, who achieved the seventh time on the Honda of Team Rw Racing Gp (first place on the third row), ahead of an amazing Maria Herrera, riding the Husqvarna of Team Factory Laglisse and Jakub Kornfeil , riding the KTM of Team Drive M7 Sic.

Difficult qualifying for Niccolò Antonelli; the rider of Team Ongetta Rivacold was involved in a fall triggered by a contact between Francesco Bagnaia and another rider, with Bagnaia hitting the innocent rider from Cattolica.

After the fall, the bike returned to the pits a few minutes before the end of the session and despite the team's great work, Antonelli, once back on track, did not go beyond the sixth row, seventeenth fastest. He is caught in the grip formed by his Team Italia compatriot Stefano Manzi and the Frenchman Alexis Masbou.

Great difficulties also for Enea Bastianini, who did not go beyond the twenty-ninth time, immediately ahead of Francesco Bagnaia, Andrea Migno and Andrea Locatelli. Thirty-fourth time for Manuel Pagliani.