The CFMOTO Aspar Team rider will start third the Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto race after his best qualifying of the season

CFMOTO Aspar Team rider Jake Dixon has achieved his best qualifying position of the season at the Spanish Grand Prix and will start third tomorrow's Moto2 race. The British, who had already set the third fastest time in the morning practice in wet conditions, has set a time of 1:41.466, seven tenths off the pole position laptime set by Fermín Aldeguer and just three tenths off second. World Championship leader Sergio Garcia will start from sixth place. Dixon will be aiming to fight for his first points of the season after a difficult start of the year following his injury in Qatar. Now that he is fully recovered, he is confident of achieving a good result in the race. 

His team-mate, Izan Guevara, will start tomorrow's race from fifteenth position. The CFMOTO Aspar Team rider has made it straight to Q2 thanks to the lap time set yesterday, as rain in the morning practice has prevented the intermediate category riders from improving their marks. Guevara has not felt comfortable in wet conditions and he has finished in twentieth position. In qualifying he has managed to make a step forward, although he is aware that he has room for improvement for the race. 

3rd Jake Dixon (+0.793): "Third position is good. Honestly, if they told me I will be in front row this morning I would not have believed it. Yesterday we struggled to find the pace and this morning, in wet conditions, it wasn't easy. Physically I am 100% OK, but I have to go step by step."

15th Izan Guevara (+1.589): "Tomorrow we will start fifteenth, but the work we are doing is good, the feeling is positive and it could be a good race. Today I have felt worse than yesterday, the feeling in the wet has not been good, although it has been a session to learn and test the wet tyres. I felt strong, but it has not been enough. There were still patches on track and it has been difficult to find the right line."