#AragonGP Moto2™FP2: Pasini wins his duel against Morbidelli

This morning, a Lüthi in the rain had appeared as happy as a fish in water, in front of Pasini and the two Suters of Cortese and Schrotter. This second free practice session promised to be less humid with a track at 26°. Enough to relax championship leader Morbidelli, sixth at the end of the first free practice session?

Before the start of hostilities, we learned of the loyalty of Gardner in the Tech3 stand and, therefore, on the Mistral 610. Before going into the exercise in more detail, here is a reminder in the table:

 

#AragonGP Moto2™	2016	2017
FP1	1'53.767 Sam Lowes	2'09.869 Tom Lüthi
FP2	1'53.702 Takaaki Nakagami
FP3	1'53.340 Alex Marquez
Qualification	1'53.207 Sam Lowes
Warm Up	1'54.163 Franco Morbidelli
Course	Lowes, Marquez, Morbidelli (see here)
All time lap record	1'52.232 Rabat 2015

 

Two weeks ago, in Misano, we were treated to a demonstration by Swiss Guards in the rain. On the dry asphalt of Aragon, this was still the case with a agitated leading in front Lüthi from the start of the exercise. The latter then raised his voice to overtake his compatriot thanks to a fine 1'56.487. Morbidely responded by taking second place, but more than four tenths of his challenger for the title.

A flash in the pan however since the Marc VDS pilot saw Syharin, bagnaia et Cortese the past. Enough to annoy the Marc VDS driver who was stealthily taking the lead before being dislodged by Nakagami in 1'55.934. Morbidely then accelerated in 1'55.571 to finally secure the lead for the session.

Baldassarri fell at turn 6 in view of the last quarter of an hour. A time when the top 5 was made up of Morbidely, Pasini, Nakagami, Olive tree et Lüthi. Quarterly was nineteenth. The entry in the last ten minutes saw Pasini take the lead in 1'54.838.

Not for very long since Morbidely reacted before Pasini Don't give him the answer. The two men explained themselves in a handkerchief of 35 thousandths, literally forgetting the rest of the world, rejected by more than a second. We will note, on this occasion, a Alex Marquez anonymous twenty-fifth.

NAVARRO fell at turn 13 as the checkered flag was being prepared. This one greeted Pasini in 1'54.439 ahead Morbidely to a tenth and Nakagami at half a second. Cortese put the Suter fourth ahead of the SpeedUp of Courses  and the KTM ofOlive tree. NAVARRO is seventh despite his fall, ahead Lüthi only eighth which is ahead of the Mistral 610 of Virgin et Quarterly.

#AragonGP Moto2™FP2:

1	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	1'54.439
2	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Kalex	1'54.633	0.194	0.194
3	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	1'54.980	0.541	0.347
4	11	Sandro CORTESE	Suter	1'55.205	0.766	0.225
5	24	Simone COURSES	Speed ​​Up	1'55.273	0.834	0.068
6	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'55.354	0.915	0.081
7	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	1'55.462	1.023	0.108
8	12	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	1'55.621	1.182	0.159
9	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Tech 3	1'55.758	1.319	0.137
10	40	Fabio QUARTARARO	Kalex	1'55.782	1.343	0.024
11	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Suter	1'55.826	1.387	0.044
12	77	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	1'55.844	1.405	0.018
13	62	Stefano MANZI	Kalex	1'55.858	1.419	0.014
14	37	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Speed ​​Up	1'55.928	1.489	0.070
15	27	Iker LECUONA	Kalex	1'55.947	1.508	0.019
16	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	1'56.030	1.591	0.083
17	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'56.059	1.620	0.029
18	49	Axel PONS	Kalex	1'56.154	1.715	0.095
19	19	Xavier SIMEON	Kalex	1'56.168	1.729	0.014
20	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	1'56.178	1.739	0.010
21	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Kalex	1'56.264	1.825	0.086
22	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'56.285	1.846	0.021
23	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'56.460	2.021	0.175
24	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'56.524	2.085	0.064
25	2	Jesko RAFFIN	Kalex	1'56.580	2.141	0.056
26	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'56.681	2.242	0.101
27	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'56.719	2.280	0.038
28	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	1'56.798	2.359	0.079
29	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	1'56.840	2.401	0.042
30	20	Joe ROBERTS	Kalex	1'57.133	2.694	0.293
31	57	Edgar PONS	Kalex	1'57.279	2.840	0.146
32	22	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	1'57.460	3.021	0.181
33	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	1'57.898	3.459	0.438
34	6	Tarran MACKENZIE	Suter	1'58.880	4.441	0.982