Izan Guev𝓰ara decided running solo in a busy session was the way forward in a hectic 🌠;qualifying full of traffic and his decision paid off as he struggled to stay on board on his way to pole in Jerez for the Moto3 Spanish Grand Prix, round six of the championship.

The Gaviota GasGas Aspar r♔ider will lead a team 1-2 off the grid for their home grand prix after a remarkab♉le lap took him to the top of the timesheets with a best of 1m 45.880s - the only sub 1m 46s lap set.

The Mallorcan rode to the limit, with an almost out of the seat moment saved without skipping a beat on his way to th🌳e best lap of the day, though the time was slow🐈er than both his and Diogo Moreira’s times from yesterday.

The lap sees Guevara line up on pole for the first time this season - though he earned the p🦩osition in the opening round in Qatar the #28 was demoted to the back of the grid.

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He is joined on the grid by his team-mate - Championship 🌞leader Sergio Garcia, fresh from his Portimao victory in tough conditions. The GasGas rider cut a frustrated figure after he 🌸missed out on a final flying lap with riders ahead slowing and swerving. His previous best effort held firm to take second just 0.124s behind Guevara.

Jaume Masia had no such issues as he made his last run as the chequered f🧔lag count claiming a late third to complete the front row for the Red Bull Ajo team as the top KTM. He will be hoping to build on the second place he took in the race last weekend.

Dennis Foggia now plays catch up in the title 🥀hunt. With just a one point defecit in the standings the Italian will need to turn his fortunes around at Jerez - having ne🔯ver registered a points finish in any of his previous visits.

Pole continued to elude the Italian too - tho🌜ugh he did end qualifying as top Honda with Leopard in fourth.

Deniz Oncu claimed pole in Portugal but was demoted at the very end of the session as Masia and Foggia’s late laps came in. The Turkish Tech3 rider showed his consistent pace and looked race ready as he completꦫed all his laps solo without needing to look for a tow.

Xavier Artigas was the best of the Q1 graduates, but needed another late effort to move up the grid spots. The CFMoto racing PruestelGP rider was stalked around his final run by Kaito Toba but was unfaze🌌d moving up from twelfth to sixth on his final run.

Ayumu Sasaki w🔯as in the group that got caught out and took the chequered flag early but had done enough for seventh for Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max.

Riccardo Rossi claimed eighth for SIC58 Squadra Corse, ahead of top rookie Moreira, who ♉arrived fastest after practice and continued that good f🃏orm into qualifying in ninth for MT Helmats - MSI.

Carlos Tatay improved to complete the to✤p ten on the 😼second CFMoto entry.

Last Brit standing  - Ogden starts eleventh

With both John MCPhee and Joshua Whatley declared unfit to race, Scott Ogden is now the only💖 British representative in Moto3 this weekend. Ogden was eventh overnight and top Honda, but a late crash earlier in the day saw him take part in Q1. Working on a different schedule with Xavier Artigas, whom he sat in behind earlier in the session, allowed the VisionTrack rider to set the second best time to progress, even though he missed out on the chance to go one more time, taking the chequered flag instead after setting the first sub 1m 47s lap of the day. 

There was less progress in Q🍃2, though competitive and again with Artigas in the early part of the session The #19 had to sett⛄le for eleventh, though he was only just over half a second away from the pole time.

Kaito Toba risked leaving it late to top Q1 on his final lap but had less of an impact once in the second 🌜half of qualifying, stalking Artigas as the session wound up the CIP Green Power rider could only manage 18th and was unclassified as a rider with no time to꧃ his name in the final standings after exceeding track limits on repeat.

The surprise package of the first fifteen minutes of qualifying was rookie Matteo Bertelle (QJ🐲Motor Avintia) , who came through Q1 second after a stellar solo lap with t🎐he third best time before moving on to claim 17th.

Tatsuki Suzuki was on pole at the Angel Nieto track last season. This year was a completely differe🥃nt story. A mechanical issue held him back in FP3 so Q1 was needed. The Japanese rider made little progress and it was a c🉐ase of too little, too late finishing the session sixth for Leopard, equalling a 20th place grid start.

Who is missing at Jerez?

Practice was tricky for the lightweight class with casualties before reaching qualifying or the race as Moto3 had the trickiest of conditions to deal with after a downpour on Thursday left them wi𝓀th a first run on a track riddled with damp spots.

Joshua Whatley had been🌸 mixing it with his fellow Ho🍒nda riders when a slow speed highside saw him thrown over the top of his VisionTrack bike, landing on his face.

Not feeling right, the team held a meeting where they sensibly took th🅺e decision out of the sixteen year-old’s hands, following concussion protocol and removing the #70 from the race weekend.

Lorenzo Fellon also started Friday’s action but fell at turn eleven just b⛎efore Sergio Garcia followed - his crash left him out of action with a dislocated right shoulder. Garcia wasn’t penalised as the yellow flag was not yet out as he followed fast behind.

John McPhee remains absent as he continues his recovery after further issues were discovওered wi🍃th his back fracture. He is again covered by Lorenzo Salvador(16th).

Syarifuddin Azman also returns, in for Alberto Surra. The Malaysian fell i💛n Q1 so placed🎐 25th.

Moto3 return to the track at 8am (UK time) Sunday for warm-up before getting the race action ☂underwꩲay at 10am (UK time).