Catalunya Moto3: Points leader Binder tops close qualifying

Binder, who has racked up three consecutive wins heading into the Catalunya round, had a low-key start to the session, which was led by Estrella Galicia duo Aron Canet and Jorge Navarro.

The South African jumped into the lead during the final minutes and, despite being demoted by Antonelli for a moment, he quickly responded, beating the Italian by half a tenth.

Navarro will complete the front row as Nicolo Bulega and Khairul Idham Pawi ended up as top rookies in fourth and sixth respectively.

Gresini's Enea Bastianini will start fifth, just 0.143s off Binder.

Francesco Bagnaia took seventh, ahead of Jules Danilo, whose fastest lap was deleted due to him exceeding track limits.

The top 10 was made up by Canet and Romano Fenati.

Full times

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Time
1	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM RC 250 GP	1:54.024
2	Niccolo Antonelli	Ongetta-Rivacold	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.078
3	Jorge Navarro	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.112
4	Nicolo Bulega	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM RC 250 GP	1:54.131
5	Enea Bastianini	Gresini Racing Moto3	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.167
6	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda Team Asia	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.392
7	Francesco Bagnaia	ASPAR Mahindra Team Moto3	Mahindra MGP3O	1:54.439
8	Jules Danilo	Ongetta-Rivacold	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.472
9	Aron Canet	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.603
10	Romano Fenati	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM RC 250 GP	1:54.718
11	Hiroki Ono	Honda Team Asia	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.726
12	Fabio Quartararo	Leopard Racing	KTM RC 250 GP	1:54.737
13	Bo Bendsneyder	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM RC 250 GP	1:54.830
14	Andrea Migno	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM RC 250 GP	1:54.857
15	Jakub Kornfeil	Drive M7 SIC Racing Team	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.881
16	Albert Arenas	MRW Mahindra Aspar Team	Mahindra MGP3O	1:54.888
17	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	KTM RC 250 GP	1:54.957
18	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing Moto3	Honda NSF250RW	1:54.799
19	Gabriel Rodrigo	RBA Racing Team	KTM RC 250 GP	1:55.152
20	Livio Loi	RW Racing GP BV	Honda NSF250RW	1:55.173
21	Juan Francisco Guevara	RBA Racing Team	KTM RC 250 GP	1:55.183
22	Jorge Martin	ASPAR Mahindra Team Moto3	Mahindra MGP3O	1:55.197
23	Andrea Locatelli	Leopard Racing	KTM RC 250 GP	1:55.225
24	Tatsuki Suzuki	CIP-Unicom Starker	Mahindra MGP3O	1:55.518
25	Adam Norrodin	Drive M7 SIC Racing Team	Honda NSF250RW	1:55.576
26	John McPhee	Peugeot MC Saxoprint	Peugeot MGP30	1:55.720
27	Maria Herrera	MH6 Team	KTM RC 250 GP	1:55.814
28	Philipp Ottl	Schedl GP Racing	KTM RC 250 GP	1:55.995
29	Davide Pizzoli	Procercasa - 42 Motorsport	KTM RC 250 GP	1:56.089
30	Darryn Binder	Platinum Bay Real Estate	Mahindra MGP3O	1:56.102
31	Karel Hanika	Platinum Bay Real Estate	Mahindra MGP3O	1:56.219
32	Stefano Valtulini	3570 Team Italia	Mahindra MGP3O	1:56.362
33	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot MC Saxoprint	Peugeot MGP30	1:56.492
34	Lorenzo Petrarca	3570 Team Italia	Mahindra MGP3O	1:57.230
35	Fabio Spiranelli	CIP-Unicom Starker	Mahindra MGP3O	1:57.868