Filip Salac set the pace early in the session and then saw his lap stay at the top of the timesheets to ♍claim pole position ahead of the Moto3 German Grand Prix, round eight of the championship.

The Rivacold Snipers team beat the heat by borrowing some of the Sky Racing VR46 pit space, which allowed the Czech rider the best chance to compose himsel♕f. 

The 1m 26.913s lap came right as the session started, but conditions at the hot, sticky Sachsenring ensured it was not bettered, leaving Salac o🅺n pole for the first time in his world championship career, following a previous best qualifying of sixth - which he celebrated with a wheelie downhill.

Dennis Foggia, who won just two rounds ago in Italy before a DNF last time out, contin🐽ued his up 💯and down season by moving into second around the halfway mark for Leopard, where he too remained, 0.183s off the pole time.

Tatsuki Suzuki cooled off between runs over in the shadow behind pit wall and ralliꦛed for a final run which saw him climb to third for SIC58 Squadra Corse, completing an all Honda ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚfront row.

Darryn Binder had been sitting comfortably at the top of Q1 and looked set to sit out the final part of the s🔜ession. A late c🌟hange of plan saw him leave the pits and head straight into the flying run of replacement rider Joel Kelso, with the South African coming off worst after his flip through the gravel left his mechanics a lot of work ahead of Q2. 

Binder’s move was placed under investigation by race direction and the🤡 Petronas Sprinta rider was quickly shown him the black༺ flag after his Q2 pit exit, calling him back in for irresponsible riding.

A late crash for Kaito Toba brought out the yellow flags, which🐬 slowed John McPhee’s final lap, then estimat⛎ed to lift him onto the front row.

The Petronas Sprinta rider, dꦦespite his crew chief internal team issues, had been fastest on Friday and still managed to show enough pace for fourth.

Before his tumble, Toba had put in a lap good enough for&ওnbsp;fifthܫ for CIP Green Power and was also the highest qualifying KTM.

Sixteen year old rookie Lorenzo Fellon shone in a strong showing by the novices. The Avintia Esponsoramꦯa rider improved his best qualifying to date by ten places to claim sixth.

Experience followed with his ൩team-mate Niccolo Antonelli in seventh and Romano Fenati ( Sterligarda Max Racing Team) securing ei𒈔ghth on the grid. 

Stefano Nepa continued to show imℱprovements too, building o💧n a top ten finish last round with ninth in qualifying for BOR Owlride.

Andrea Migno completed the 🤪top te൲n on the second Snipers entry.

Hoping to build on his first podium finish in Barcelona, after an impressive Q1 Deniz Oncu fell at the start of Q2. His Red Bull KTM Tech 3 mechanics got him out on track with five minut💧es remaining, leaving him to run solo as he did successfully to move into second in the first half of qualifying. 

The Turkish rider did not quite repeat the feat but did improve to el🐎eventh at the chequered flag.

Rookie Izan Guevara will line u𝔉p in twelfth as the top Gas Gas rider 🎶for Gaviota Aspar.

The Spaniard is ahead of championship leader Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in 13th and Catalunya Race winner, his team-mate Sergio Garcia in♛ 14th.

As the rookies begin to find their feet, several well known names failed to make it out of Qꦡ1.

With Yuki Kunii finishing t൲he session fourth Gabriel Rodrigo was pushed back to fifth, ending his day and leaving him ninth on the grid after running wide on his final flying lap previously. Kunii went on to qualify 16th.

Second on the grid and in the race in Catalunya, Jeremy Alcoba will be one place f🔥urther pack after having to pull out of his final attempt be🐼hind the Argentine.

Joel Kelso had an all-action world championship debut after his ꦯcontact with Binder. Unable to put in a final run left Max Kofler’s replacement at CIP Green Power 24th.

Elia Bartolini returns to replace C🐻arlos Tatay again in Germany. He starts from 25th on the grid🅷.