Ferrandis and Lawrence Set the Tone in Qualifying at Ironman

Saturday, August 28, 2021 | 11:30 AM

A busy morning at Ironman Raceway has concluded with practice and qualifying complete amidst what looks to be the most challenging weather conditions of the season thus far. Hot temperatures and high humidity have combined to test the physical and mental fortitude of the world's fastest riders. At the end of the timed sessions, 450 Class point leader Dylan Ferrandis led the way aboard his Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing machine, while Team Honda HRC's Jett Lawrence paced the 250 Class.

Ferrandis relied on a late flying lap in the final session to top the time sheets and became the lone rider to post a sub 1-minute, 59-second lap. The Frenchman's time of 1:58.267 put him more than a second clear of Monster Energy Kawasaki's Eli Tomac in second (1:59.313), while Team Honda HRC's Ken Roczen followed in third (1:59.597).

Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing's Dylan Ferrandis
Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing's Dylan Ferrandis Align Media

Lawrence paced the 250 Class in each of the morning's qualifying sessions and looks appears confident as he looks to close a three-point deficit to Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing's Justin Cooper in the championship. Lawrence's time of 2:00.367 was more than a second quicker than Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing's Jeremy Martin in second (2:01.453), with Cooper rounding out the top three (2:01.793).

Ironman National - 450 Class Combined Qualifying

- Crawfordsville, IN

RiderTimeIntervalBest LapHometownMachine
1Dylan Ferrandis 17:17.9341:58.267France Avignon, France
2Eli Tomac 15:04.1451:59.313United States Cortez, CO
3Ken Roczen 17:20.5271:59.597Germany Mattstedt, Germany
4Joey Savatgy 17:24.7231:59.822United States Thomasville, GA
5Cooper Webb 15:33.6322:00.127United States Newport, NC
6Chase Sexton 16:33.0642:00.553United States La Moille, IL
7Aaron Plessinger 8:17.0282:01.297United States Hamilton, OH
8Justin Bogle 15:44.1232:01.725United States Cushing, OK
9Coty Schock 11:19.6122:02.630United States Dover, DE
10Brandon Hartranft 15:47.2762:02.732United States Brick, NJ
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Ironman National - 250 Class Combined Qualifying

- Crawfordsville, IN

RiderTimeIntervalBest LapHometownMachine
1Jett Lawrence 17:03.9552:00.367Australia Landsborough, Australia
2Jeremy Martin 16:45.8272:01.453United States Millville, MN
3Justin Cooper 16:30.4012:01.793United States Cold Spring Harbor, NY
4Jo Shimoda 16:42.9012:02.059Japan Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
5R.J. Hampshire 16:44.4272:02.603United States Hudson, FL
6Austin Forkner 15:39.9642:02.920United States Richards, MO
7Levi Kitchen 15:22.9412:03.015United States Washougal, WA
8Michael Mosiman 16:51.6432:03.224United States Sebastopol, CA
9Dilan Schwartz 16:54.8672:03.333United States Alpine, CA
10Jalek Swoll 13:17.1702:03.571United States Belleview, FL
Full Results

    

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