Collin Veijer grabs 1st row for the 4th consecutive time

In the Qualifying at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand the LIQUI MOLY Husqvarna Intact GP Moto3 rider Collin Veijer took a strong second place on the grid for the penultimate overseas race of the season!

It seems as if Collin Veijer is making second place on the grid his regular starting position after the Dutchman has already started directly behind pole position in the past three races. The 19-year-old crossed the finish line just 0.073s behind pole setter Joel Kelso. The improvement that last year’s rookie made on the way to this strong qualifying session once again sets the current third in the world championship apart, because after Friday Veijer spoke of “still a lot of work” after seventh position in free practice and fifth in P2, but he did it together with his well-working crew, because his gap from P9 in Practice 2 was only 0.333s, which already gave a foretaste of the tight Q2, for which he qualified directly and finished a strong second.

Collin Veijer, P2 (Q2) – 1’40.676 (+0.073): “I feel great. The wind was a bit stronger in qualifying than this morning. Therefore, it was a bit difficult to set the lap time on my own and also a rider tried to follow me, which is always a good sign to be fast. Nevertheless, I was already happy with our first run and in the second I tried to push with the new tyre. In the end, I couldn’t gain as much time as possible on my first lap and on the second I saw some riders waiting for me. But they were already coming into the last corner and couldn’t stop. So, it was nice to have some people in front of me. I’m very happy with qualifying and also with starting from the front row again. I did my job almost every time on my own all weekend. So I feel very confident about tomorrow. We tried a few different things, also with the front tyre. That makes me a bit curious about the choice for the race.”

For the hot 19-lap race at 06:00 (CET), Veijer is hoping to score maximum points in order to reclaim the provisional runner-up position in the riders championship.