The first Moto2 session can be summed up very quickly; Johann Zarco dominated the entire session, until a few minutes from the end when Takaaki Nakagami and Lorenzo Baldassarri stole the show, for less than a tenth.
For this FP2, the track is still dry and the weather pretty much the same; a little wind, 24° in the air, 34° on the ground.
| Assen Moto2 | 2015 | 2016 |
| FP1 | 1'38.146 (Sam Lowes) | 1'38.375 (Takaaki Nakagami) |
| FP2 | 1'37.670 (Johann Zarco) | |
| FP3 | 1'37.287 (Tito Rabat) | |
| Pole Positions | 1'36.346 (Johann Zarco) | |
| Best lap of the circuit: | 1'36.346 (Johann Zarco in 2015) |
After about ten minutes, Franco Morbidelli leads the session ahead of Nakagami, Zarco, Folger and Rins who then falls without seriousness at turn #4, but his machine requires some repairs.
Nakagami manages to take the best before the end of the first run, in 1'38.229, while Zarco, visibly relaxed, allows himself a few rear wheels as he passes the chicane.
After a quarter of an hour, the third strong man in the championship, Sam Lowes, arrives in 2nd position, just a tenth behind the Japanese leader.
Shortly after mid-session, Tom Luthi, 7th this morning, takes command, in 1'38.212 then 1'37.962.
Alex Marquez, moved up to 4th, then fell without gravity at turn #15; the bike is badly damaged and therefore the session is over.
Perhaps the track is already a little hot, but the fact remains that the final packaging hardly sees any improvement and that Nakagami falls without gravity in turn #1 3 minutes from the checkered flag.
Once his machine was repaired, Alex Rins was able to return to the track for a single lap and saved the furniture by positioning himself 8th.
| Pos | Pile | Team | Km / h | HIGHLIGHTS | difference | |||
| 1 | Thomas LUTHI | Garage Plus Interwetten | 251.6 | 1'37.962 | ||||
| 2 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 247.7 | 1'38.229 | 0.267 | |||
| 3 | Sam LOWES | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 250.6 | 1'38.320 | 0.358 | |||
| 4 | Alex MARQUEZ | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | 248.1 | 1'38.371 | 0.409 | |||
| 5 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | 252.1 | 1'38.406 | 0.444 | |||
| 6 | johann zarco | Ajo Motorsport | 249.1 | 1'38.407 | 0.445 | |||
| 7 | Sandro CORTESE | Dynavolt Intact GP | 253.2 | 1'38.483 | 0.521 | |||
| 8 | Alex Rins | Pages Yellow HP 40 | 250.6 | 1'38.536 | 0.574 | |||
| 9 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Forward Team | 247.4 | 1'38.645 | 0.683 | |||
| 10 | Jonas Folger | Dynavolt Intact GP | 250.5 | 1'38.678 | 0.716 | |||
| 11 | Simone COURSES | Speed Up Racing | 249.2 | 1'38.760 | 0.798 | |||
| 12 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Leopard Racing | 248.6 | 1'38.793 | 0.831 | |||
| 13 | Dominique AEGERTER | CarXpert Interwetten | 252.0 | 1'38.820 | 0.858 | |||
| 14 | Danny Kent | Leopard Racing | 250.6 | 1'38.875 | 0.913 | |||
| 15 | Hafiz Syahrin | Petronas Raceline Malaysia | 252.1 | 1'38.960 | 0.998 | |||
| 16 | Marcel SCHROTTER | AGR Team | 251.6 | 1'38.983 | 1.021 | |||
| 17 | Julian SIMON | QMMF Racing Team | 252.5 | 1'39.235 | 1.273 | |||
| 18 | Jesko RAFFIN | Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG | 249.4 | 1'39.364 | 1.402 | |||
| 19 | Luca MARINI | Forward Team | 250.8 | 1'39.368 | 1.406 | |||
| 20 | Matthias PASINI | Italtrans Racing Team | 247.9 | 1'39.454 | 1.492 | |||
| 21 | Axel PONS | AGR Team | 248.7 | 1'39.454 | 1.492 | |||
| 22 | Remy GARDNER | Moto2 Scuderia Racing pocket | 249.1 | 1'39.564 | 1.602 | |||
| 23 | Xavier SIMEON | QMMF Racing Team | 248.1 | 1'39.664 | 1.702 | |||
| 24 | Xavi VIRGIN | Tech 3 Racing | 250.9 | 1'39.950 | 1.988 | |||
| 25 | Edgar PONS | Pages Yellow HP 40 | 251.6 | 1'40.222 | 2.260 | |||
| 26 | Robin MULHAUSER | CarXpert Interwetten | 248.9 | 1'40.942 | 2.980 | |||
| 27 | Isaac VIÑALES | Tech 3 Racing | 243.4 | 1'41.779 | 3.817 |
