David Almansa (Leopard Racing) is the Moto3 pacesetter heading into Saturday’s action in Portugal after his 1:47.056 was good enough to see the Malaysian GP podium finisher beat the Malaysian GP winner, Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), by 0.135s. A flurry of personal best lap times before the rain fell saw Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) complete the top three.
The returning Dennis Foggia (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) – who topped FP1 – and Leopard Racing’s Adrian Fernandez rounded out Friday’s top five
Joel Kelso (LEVELUP–MTA), Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) and Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) all ended the day inside the top nine
Three stand-in stars – Hakim Danish (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI), Casey O’Gorman (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Brian Uriarte (Red Bull KTM Ajo) – all impressed to make it into the top 14
