The Dutch GP qualifying session ended with a strong performance from Celestino Vietti, who bounced back from a difficult Friday to secure a place on the second row of the starting grid. It was a more challenging Saturday for Luca Lunetta, who was unable to progress beyond Q1 and will face tomorrow’s race from the back of the field.

After his crash in the early stages of yesterday’s Practice, Vietti was finally able to focus on refining the setup of his Boscoscuro during FP2, finishing the session in 18th place with a lap time of 1’38.150. The breakthrough came in qualifying: setting the fourth-fastest time in Q1 (1’36.103), the #13 rider secured his place in the decisive phase, where he went on to finish sixth in 1’35.492. This result will see him line up on the second row of the grid.

A more difficult Saturday for Lunetta. The rookie from Rome ended FP2 in 27th place with a time of 1’36.531. In Q1 he kept pushing until the final lap, but some traffic during his flying attempt affected his result. The ninth-fastest time in the session places him on the eighth row for tomorrow’s race.

Following the disqualification of Muñoz (#17), the grid has been updated and both HDR SpeedRS Team riders gain one position: Vietti will line up fifth, while Lunetta will start from 22nd.

CELESTINO VIETTI #13: P5 in 1’35.492
“It was a good Saturday after yesterday’s crash. The most important thing is that I was able to get back on track and complete some laps. We were reasonably quick and managed to move through from Q1 to Q2, which is a positive sign. There is still some work to do in terms of consistency, but starting from the second row is a solid base. Tomorrow will be a difficult race, especially in terms of tyre management, so we’ll try to give our maximum and see what we can bring home”.

LUCA LUNETTA #32: P22 in 1’36.262
“It was a productive day, even though we weren’t able to fully convert our potential. This morning we worked on regaining confidence with the bike, which needed rebuilding after yesterday’s crash, and step by step I started to feel better again. I’m really proud of the team and everyone in the garage, because they are giving 100% to help us improve every session. After what happened yesterday, they rebuilt the bike in no time and did an outstanding job. Unfortunately, in qualifying a few circumstances prevented us from achieving a Q2 spot, which was definitely within our reach. We won’t get discouraged: we’ll go through everything carefully, try to take another step forward, and tomorrow we’ll push hard for a strong race and enjoy it. Thanks again to the whole team”.