Qualifying for round four, the Moto2 Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, saw Fermin Aldeguer ale to makꦜe the most of the mixed conditions, confident even when the rain returned, to pick up pole position.

Aldeguer was sat second after Friday and was cautious in the earlier wet session, where the Beta Tools Speed Up rider was outside the top twenty, but avoided becoming one of many to finish their session by crashing o🍷ut.

An early fall for his teammate Lopez was a warning, but Aldeguer st🅘ill pushed as hard as he dare - and he was soon sat at the top of the timesheets.

From there the #54 chipped away despite spitting rain returnin🌃g, to finish with a lap of 1m 40.673s - closing in on Friday’s dry times.

It is the first t𝓰ime that the Boscoscuro rider has sat on✃ pole in 2024 so far.

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Albert Arenas showed no fear in the wet - the rain flag was well and truly out for the closing min🐲utes as the drops became heavier. Despite that the QJMotor Gresini rider moved from fourth toꦯ take second on the grid, moving to within 0.438s of Aldeguer's pole time.

Jake Dixon was in the mix all session and had also been fast in the 🔥much wetter P2 morn🐻ing run out.

Building on that, the CFMOTO Aspar rider was able to set the early Q2 benchmark on his way to third to complete t✃he front row for Sunday’s race.

Manuel Gonzalez also had a solid session, a string o𝐆f personal best laps whateve🌠r the weather taking the Gresini rider to fourth.

Diogo Moreira was the top rookie, confident on the damp⛦ track he was the last𒁃 rider within a second of the pole time for Italtrans.

Championship leader Sergio Garcia had one of the most violent ✃crashes in the P2 session, but was fit and back on his bike, pushing as hard as he dare to claim sixth for MT Helmets -MSI.

Celestino Vie꧅tti co🐎ntinued his forward progress, moving through Q1 for seventh with Red Bull KTM Ajo. He wasn’t alone either.

Comeback for Arbolino in eighth

Last season's title challenger, Tony Ar𝕴bolino had b🅺een off the pace all Friday and was outside the top twenty. Hopes of using the morning practice session to alleviate his issues went out of the window when the rain arrived, so the Elf Marc VDS rider had to work hard in qualifying.

Arbolino instantly looked to have found something in Q1, moving on with the top time. Once in Q2 his time on the evolving track allowed him to conไtinue to perform better, finishing eig♑hth.

The top ten on the grid will be completed by Jeremy Alcꦏoba in ninth for the𒐪 Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team and Marcos Ramirez, the Jerez local, who placed just ahead of his American Racing teammate Joe Roberts by one place in tenth.

Q1- Disappointment for Agius

Arbolino had the best time, moving on for mor♌e success with Vietti and Alcoba, while Moreira had the best final placing of th♉e four.

The rider just missing out in fifth was Senna Agius, by a tiny margi🧜n. The Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP rider had a time good enough to take one of the four progression places but had that lap cancelled for exceeding track limits by the tiniest of margins.

That left the rookie a disappointing fifth in th𝓀e session, for 19th on the grid.

Crashes, injuries and replacements

Aron Canet suffered a hu♓ge fall in Friday practice. Flicked off his bike and sent tumbling through the gravel, the Spaniard was later declared unfit with a broken ankle.

Ayumu Sasaki was also ruled out before he session got under🧸way - he was sent to hospital for further checks as🦩 another morning faller in the treacherous wet session.

Zonta van den Goorbergh didn’t get a lap to his name after a𝓰 crash in P2. Aloonso Lopez was left down in 16th after his early spill. Dennis Foggia crashed out in Q1.

There are two Moto2 wildcard entries in Jerez.

Matteo Ferrari (26th)isℱ upping the numbers at QJMotor Gresini, while Jorge Navarro (24th) started the weekend on the back foot with a Forward Racing bike refusing to run in the first session so improved grea꧑tly to be ahead of the other Forward bikes in qualifying.