Moto2 Germany Warm Up: Raúl Fernandez drives the point home

Raul Fernandez made a strong impression during Saturday qualifying for the German Grand Prix. He took pole position in his Moto2 category by not only beating the Sachsenring track record, but also by three tenths more than his second, Fabio Di Giannantonio, and even a little more to his teammate Remy. Gardner, leader of the championship and who had dominated all the sessions until then…

The young Spaniard who, let us remember, is a rookie, took his third pole position of the year with class, thus making the headhunters of the MotoGP who want to make it their own... The Red Bull Ajo KTM rider is ahead of two riders who recently assured their future in the premier category.

Marco Bezzecchi (Sky Racing Team VR46), only 19th at the end of the third session, was forced to compete in the repechage. But the Italian managed to escape. Better yet, the latter set the fourth time of the Q2. A relief for the one who currently occupies third position in the Championship. Xavi Virgo (Petronas Sprinta Racing) and Jorge Navarro (EGO+ Speed ​​Up) will accompany him on the second row.

Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing), Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) and Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team) will make up the third row. Aron Canet (Aspar Team Moto2) completes the Top 10.

But before the race takes place, there is this warm up. What will he have in store for us? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far…

Sachsenring Moto2™	2019	2021
FP1	1'24.354 Jonas Folger	1'24.873 Remy Gardner
FP2	1'23.948 Brad Binder	1'24.197 Remy Gardner
FP3	1'23.876 Brad Binder	1'24.003 Remy Gardner
Q1	1'23.426 Jorge Navarro	1'24.122 Bo Bendsneyder
Q2	1'23.585 Alex Marquez	1'23.397 Raúl Fernandez
Warm Up	1'33.403 Marcel Schrötter	1'24.354 Raúl Fernandez
Course	Alex Marquez, Binder, Schrötter
All time lap record	1'23.426 Jorge Navarro (2019	1'23.397 Raul Fernandez

It's 28,3° in the air and 31,9° on the track.
The sky is partly overcast. The chance of precipitation will be 50% at noon.

R. Fernandez the pole sitter placed himself at the head of the troops in 1'24.953s. Very quickly Gardner takes the lead with a time achieved in 1.24.807s. But his teammate didn't give up and immediately improved with his time of 1.24.600s.

The top5 at the start of the session is made up of: R.Fernandez, Navarro, Gardner, A.Fernandez and Di Giannantonio. Lowes is in 18th position.

There are 3 minutes left in this very calm session and it is still R.Fernandez who leads the way in 1.24.354s ahead of Navarro, Gardner, A.Fernandez, Di Giannantonio, Dalla Porta, Virginie, Schrotter, Bezzecchi and Dixon.

Drive goes straight but stays on these 2 wheels.

End of session dominated by Raul Fernandez in 1'24.354s ahead of Navarro, Gardner, A.Fernandez and Di Giannantonio 

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