If this first day of the Argentine Grand Prix ended in an April Fool's tail for Jorge Lorenzo, it was on the other hand without incident or surprise for Johann Zarco who shaped Moto2 with a hammer. Best performer in the morning, the Frenchman confirmed in the afternoon, showing his intention to wipe Qatar's slate clean.
That said, the pace is still to be found because his 1'44.533 is still a bit less brilliant than his 1'43.239 achieved at this stage of the Argentinian competition last year. However, the Ajo driver and World Champion was untouchable, to the point of wearing out a Sam Lowes still as combative as ever but who will have to settle for third place under the checkered flag.
The dolphin's place in this 1er April actually comes back to a Nakagami emerged in the last seconds, like Jonas Folger which ranks fourth. Alex Marquez closes the top 5 at Syahrin while these are the sanctioned from Qatar Morbidely and the Moto3 World Champion Kent that follow.
The current leader of the general classification and latest winner, Lüthi, settles for ninth place, leaving it to Courses to complete a top 10 where the absent brand is a alex rins only fourteenth. The return of injury Baldassari is twenty-first and the first of the Tech3 machines to rank twenty-third with Virgin which does not work miracles.
Argentina, Moto2, FP2: ranking
| Pos | number | Pile | Country | Team | Motorcycle | Km / h | HIGHLIGHTS | difference 1st/Prev. |
| 1 | 5 | johann zarco | FRA | Ajo Motorsport | Kalex | 262.0 | 1'44.533 | |
| 2 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 265.5 | 1'44.723 | 0.190 / 0.190 |
| 3 | 22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 261.2 | 1'44.768 | 0.235 / 0.045 |
| 4 | 94 | Jonas Folger | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 261.5 | 1'44.873 | 0.340 / 0.105 |
| 5 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 263.8 | 1'44.921 | 0.388 / 0.048 |
| 6 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | MAL | Petronas Raceline Malaysia | Kalex | 260.6 | 1'44.936 | 0.403 / 0.015 |
| 7 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | ITA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 259.6 | 1'45.003 | 0.470 / 0.067 |
| 8 | 52 | Danny Kent | GBR | Leopard Racing | Kalex | 261.2 | 1'45.010 | 0.477 / 0.007 |
| 9 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Garage Plus Interwetten | Kalex | 262.4 | 1'45.090 | 0.557 / 0.080 |
| 10 | 24 | Simone COURSES | ITA | Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 261.8 | 1'45.125 | 0.592 / 0.035 |
| 11 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | CarXpert Interwetten | Kalex | 259.6 | 1'45.139 | 0.606 / 0.014 |
| 12 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 261.3 | 1'45.272 | 0.739 / 0.133 |
| 13 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 260.7 | 1'45.304 | 0.771 / 0.032 |
| 14 | 40 | Alex Rins | SPA | Pages Yellow HP 40 | Kalex | 259.5 | 1'45.478 | 0.945 / 0.174 |
| 15 | 49 | Axel PONS | SPA | AGR Team | Kalex | 262.7 | 1'45.574 | 1.041 / 0.096 |
| 16 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Leopard Racing | Kalex | 258.2 | 1'45.580 | 1.047 / 0.006 |
| 17 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | AGR Team | Kalex | 262.8 | 1'45.749 | 1.216 / 0.169 |
| 18 | 54 | Matthias PASINI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 260.2 | 1'45.771 | 1.238 / 0.022 |
| 19 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | SAG Team | Kalex | 261.0 | 1'45.810 | 1.277 / 0.039 |
| 20 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 262.9 | 1'45.828 | 1.295 / 0.018 |
| 21 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | Forward Team | Kalex | 257.0 | 1'46.146 | 1.613 / 0.318 |
| 22 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 255.6 | 1'46.146 | 1.613 |
| 23 | 97 | Xavi VIRGIN | SPA | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 258.0 | 1'46.204 | 1.671 / 0.058 |
| 24 | 10 | Luca MARINI | ITA | Forward Team | Kalex | 260.0 | 1'46.257 | 1.724 / 0.053 |
| 25 | 57 | Edgar PONS | SPA | Pages Yellow HP 40 | Kalex | 257.9 | 1'46.437 | 1.904 / 0.180 |
| 26 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | SWI | Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG | Kalex | 259.3 | 1'46.535 | 2.002 / 0.098 |
| 27 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 258.3 | 1'46.537 | 2.004 / 0.002 |
| 28 | 70 | Robin MULHAUSER | SWI | CarXpert Interwetten | Kalex | 260.9 | 1'46.724 | 2.191 / 0.187 |
| 29 | 8 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | JPMoto Malaysia | Suter | 256.2 | 1'47.004 | 2.471 / 0.280 |
| 30 | 33 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | Moto2 Scuderia Racing pocket | Kalex | 256.6 | 1'48.283 | 3.750 / 1.279 |
