Pastore leads all-Italian front row at Aragon
It’s a trio of Italian riders on the front row for the FIM Yamaha R3 BLU CRU World Cup at MotorLand Aragon
Emanuele Pastore will start on pole position as racing gets underway at the penultimate round of the 2025 FIM Yamaha R3 BLU CRU World Cup at MotorLand Aragon, leading an all-Italian front row with championship leader Di Persio and wildcard Ivan Spada second and third.
Pastore’s time of 2’13.303s saw him take a comfortable pole position with a gap of 0.266 seconds to second placed Di Persio, who will be crowned champion if he can extend his points lead to 75 on Saturday, or maintain a lead of over 50 points on Sunday.
Ivan Spada, returning to the series for the second time this weekend, will start third. Japan’s Teppei Kugawa heads up row two ahead of countryman Kakeru Okunuki with Indonesian sensation Arai Agaska lining up sixth.
Mario Salles (Brazil) starts seventh, ahead of Angelo Mottola (Italy) and one-event entry Alessandro Binder (Swizterland). Poland’s Dawid Nowak completes the top ten.
Race 1 gets underway at 10:15 local time and can be watched LIVE on the Yamaha Racing YouTube channel here.
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Emanuele Pastore said: “I am really happy to be starting from pole position, I have a very good feeling on the bike. R3 Cup races are never easy, but we will try our best!”
