Austin, Moto2, Warmup: Álex Márquez is the early riser

This Grand Prix of the Americas has been placed since its start in sections regulated by a Marcel Schrötter sure of his fact. Best in all the free practice sessions and author during qualifying which he himself described as a perfect lap, the German will be a customer this Sunday in the race. His teammate within a supercharged Dynavolt team Lüthi will also be in the mix whileAlex Marquez is in ambush. We will also have to count on the representatives of the SpeedUp and KTM chassis as well as Sam Lowes who wants to relive the joys of his success dating back to 2015.

Before jumping into the fray, here is the table which reminds us of the facts…

Moto2 ™	2018	2019
FP1	2'12.104 Miguel Oliveira	2'10.853 Marcel Schrötter
FP2	2'11.104 Miguel Oliveira	2'09.982 Marcel Schrötter
FP3	2'11.135 Mattia Pasini	Canceled due to thunderstorms
Q1	XXX	2'11.712 Jorge Martin
Q2	2'10.588 Alex Marquez	2'10.875 Marcel Schrötter
warm up	2'11.216 Alex Marquez
Course	Bagnaia, Marquez, Oliveira
All time lap record	2'08.850 Alex Rins 2016

11° in the air and 15° on the track are the proposed conditions also marked by a strong wind which will undoubtedly play its role. Jake dixon is forfeited after his misadventures of the last few days.

It will be recalled that this Grand Prix welcomes a distinguished freelancer in the person of Pasini who qualified from entry seventh by discovering the Kalex Triumph… It's better than his teammate and championship leader Baldassarri which has suffered since the start of hostilities on the Austin route. He will start fifteenth for the race.

Sam Lowes achieves a 2'13.248 as a first reference. It is followed by Pasini and Baldassarri. The Englishman raises his voice in 2'12.366 and Lüthi as NAVARRO follow. Binder for KTM and Marini close the provisional top 5.

The Gresini driver accelerates again in 2'11.851. But Pasini answers in 2'11.817.

However, NAVARRO shows that we can do better with a SpeedUp in 2'11.578. Álex Márquez sticks to 7 thousandths. What has the gift of irritating Lowes which lowers this time by 113 thousandths. Álex Márquez then clocked a 2'11.246 as we entered the last five minutes. In view of the checkered flag, the brother of whom you know achieves 2'11.016. Enough to finish the morning ahead? Remy Gardner off trajectory hit Locatelli. Fortunately not serious...

We'll leave it there. NAVARRO is second, Schrötter a discreet third, Marini et Lüthi close the top 5. to Binder's KTM. Bezzecchi, the Tech3 driver, is fifteenth. Sam Lowes ends his work on the ground at turn 16… He is seventh and he was in a final fast lap.

Austin Moto2 Warmup: standings