Mugello Moto 3: Malaysia's Khairul Idham Pawi qualifies 3rd to complete front row.

Mugello Moto3: Fenati cruises to pole

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Romano Fenati took his second pole of the Moto3 season at Mugello as drama behind saw Andrea Migno finish second and Khairul Idham Pawi complete the front row.

Mahindra's Francesco Bagnaia initially took second place to record his best grid slot, but following a track limit infringement at Turn 9, the Italian lost six places to drop to eighth.

Up ahead, Sky's Fenati, having taken the lead of the timing sheets midway into the session, improved further to keep first place and clinch pole with a time of 1m57.289s.

With Bagnaia's losing his place, Fenati's teammate Migno moved to second while Argentina race winner Pawi took third.

Championship leader Brad Binder was fourth, just ahead of his title rival Jorge Navarro, who completed the top five - Navarro misjudging his final run and arriving at the chequered flag on a warm-up lap.

Enea Bastianini was sixth ahead of Nicolo Bulega, with Bagnaia slotting in eighth after losing his best lap.

The top 10 was completed by Aron Canet and Joan Mir.

Practice pacesetter Niccolo Antonelli suffered a heavy crash at Turn 15, clipping the kerb and falling off his bike, which went straight into the wall at high speed, its suspension snapping virtually in half.

Qualifying results:

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time
1	Romano Fenati	KTM RC 250 GP	1:57.289
2	Andrea Migno	KTM RC 250 GP	1:57.586
3	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda NSF250RW	1:57.605
4	Brad Binder	KTM RC 250 GP	1:57.661
5	Jorge Navarro	Honda NSF250RW	1:57.956
6	Enea Bastianini	Honda NSF250RW	1:57.994
7	Nicolo Bulega	KTM RC 250 GP	1:58.013
8	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra MGP30	1:58.049
9	Aron Canet	Honda NSF250RW	1:58.123
10	Joan Mir	KTM RC 250 GP	1:58.151
11	Hiroki Ono	Honda NSF250RW	1:58.152
12	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda NSF250RW	1:58.228
13	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM RC 250 GP	1:58.305
14	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	KTM RC 250 GP	1:58.343
15	Jorge Martin	Mahindra MGP30	1:58.344
16	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda NSF250RW	1:58.375
17	Andrea Locatelli	KTM RC 250 GP	1:58.426
18	Fabio Quartararo	KTM RC 250 GP	1:58.486
19	Karel Hanika	Mahindra MGP30	1:58.494
20	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra MGP30	1:58.520
21	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM RC 250 GP	1:58.577
22	Niccolo Antonelli	Honda NSF250RW	1:58.606
23	Livio Loi	Honda NSF250RW	1:58.676
24	Darryn Binder	Mahindra MGP30	1:58.745
25	Jules Danilo	Honda NSF250RW	1:58.763
26	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM RC 250 GP	1:58.767
27	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot MGP30	1:58.931
28	John McPhee	Peugeot MGP30	1:59.041
29	Maria Herrera	KTM RC 250 GP	1:59.260
30	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra MGP30	1:59.448
31	Adam Norrodin	Honda NSF250RW	1:59.453
32	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra MGP30	2:00.482
33	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra MGP30	2:00.570