This season of Moto2 started in an unprecedented way in Qatar by barely neutralizing the start given by no less than eight drivers. Among these, the favorites designated for the world title, starting with the French Johann zarco.
Boiling inside, he displays phlegm on the outside to avoid a storm under his helmet which would sweep away a serenity key to his success. Only twelfth at Losail, the World Champion who puts his title on the line must make Termas de Rio Hondo his fountain of youth.
That said, there is no better place to regain your health. Literally as figuratively. The Ajo driver had in fact dominated the last edition of the Argentine Grand Prix with a pole position which preceded a victory marked by the fastest lap in the race. The road map is therefore all mapped out for the tricolor which will however find a alex rins who had been his most dangerous rival in 2015.
The Spaniard from Sito Pons has since taken the bottle and those who stumbled at the launched hostilities from Losail, he was the one who fared the least badly. Ninth in Qatar, he actually leads the group of favorites just ahead Sam Lowes who also experienced misfortune two weeks ago. These two men followed Johann zarco on the podium a year ago, so we will have to count on them. And all the more so since the Briton abandoned his Speed-Up for a Kalex.
The underdog of choice will once again be a Franco Morbidelli fifth at the end of the last visit to Argentina and who showed Qatar the full extent of his ambition and his pugnacity within his new team Marc VDS. The Italian then dominated the one who had beaten him regularly for the consecration at Losail, i.e. a Tom Luthi which it would be unwise to underestimate. The Swiss arrives this weekend as leader of the championship and first winner of the year.
A performance that is not cheap if we want to remember his lap times during free sessions in Qatar. The Garage Plus Interwetten driver will be there as well as a Jonas Folger who can be angry at having got caught in the Qatari carpet when he was well on his way to dominating the race. All in all, that gives us a lot of customers to watch this weekend. And it is well known that the more the merrier…
Reference times:
Best lap in the race: Lap: 19 Johann ZARCO 1'42.809 168.2 Km/h
Record for the best lap in a race: 2014 Luis SALOM 1'44.011 166.3 Km/h
Best lap of the circuit: 2015 Johann ZARCO 1'42.809 168.2 Km/h
Championship Ranking :
1 Thomas Luthi Kalex 25
2 Luis Salom Kalex 20 -5
3 Simone Corsi Speed Up 16 -9
4 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 13 -12
5 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 11 -14
6 Danny Kent Kalex 10 -15
7 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 9 -16
8 Alex Rins Kalex 8 -17
9 Sam Lowes Kalex 7 -18
10 Luca Marini Kalex 6 -19
11 Miguel Oliveira Kalex 5 -20
12 Johann Zarco Kalex 4 -21
13 Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 3 -22
14 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 2 -23
15 Sandro Cortese Kalex 1 -24
