Jakarta, Oct. 24 -- Indonesian rider Veda Ega Pratama secured pole position for the Moto3 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island Circuit on Saturday, becoming the first Indonesian rider to claim pole position in the Moto3 World Championship.

"Just made history for Indonesia," MotoGP wrote in an Instagram post alongside a picture of the 17-year-old rider.

Representing Honda Team Asia, Veda topped qualifying with a lap time of 1:35.299.

The Yogyakarta-born racer was 0.021 seconds faster than Spain's Maximo Quiles, who has already secured this season's Moto3 championship title, and 0.067 seconds quicker than home rider Joel Kelso.

Veda made history despite starting his qualifying campaign in Qualifying 1 (Q1), where he finished fourth t...