Moto3: Hard, Mario Aji In Back Row At Le Mans

Mario Suryo Aji (Instagram @ mariosuryoaj1)

JAKARTA - Indonesian racer Mario Suryo Aji underwent a tough task in the French Moto3 Grand Prix after only being able to secure a starting position from the last row during qualifying on Saturday.

Mario will start the seventh series of the race from P28, two positions ahead of Joshua Whatley and Ana Carrasco.

During qualifying, Mario struggled to follow the plans of the Honda Team Asia team, although according to manager Hirosi Aoyama, Mario and his tandem Taiyo Furusato could improve their lap records during practice.

However, both riders were stuck in heavy traffic during qualifying and were unable to put out their best performance.

"The qualifying session was disappointing because I made a significant improvement in FP3," Mario said on the team's official website

"But in Q1, I was not able to carry out the team's plan well. I will try to forget all the negative things today. Tomorrow I will have a tough race, starting from the back of the grid. The only way is to move up as many positions as possible during the race. "

Mario's performance in qualifying has not been stable, although he has twice secured the front row starting position this season in Mandalika and Portugal.

He also has just two points packed after finishing P14 in Mandalika, and is 25th in the standings after six races.

In tandem, Furusato will start the race two positions in front of him.

Meanwhile, at Le Mans, Dennis Foggia grabbed pole position for the first time in his career. Tatsuki Suzuki helped the Leopard Racing team secure a 1-2 starting position after finishing 0.151 adrift of his teammate. Meanwhile, Jaume Masia completes the front row position for the Red Bull KTM Ajo team.

Sergio Garcia leads the standings with a collection of 103 points, ahead of Foggia with a margin of 21 points.

The GasGas racer will start the attack from P7, accompanied by his teammate, Izan Guevara at P8. Garcia won last year's race in France from the eighth starting position.