The sky is still gray for this last verification session that constitutes the Warm UP.
The air is 20°, the ground is 23°, but above all, the track is dry!
These are therefore favorable conditions for finalizing the settings and choosing the tires for the race.
From the start of the session, Alex Rins took things in hand, albeit with a little less mastery than yesterday since Johann Zarco (with Franco Morbidelli in his wheel) immediately positioned himself 2 tenths behind the Sito Pons driver.
Halfway through the session Sam Lowes reduced the gap to 4 hundredths before the times continued to drop and the race was at this moment looking much more competitive than what qualifying could have left yesterday.
The British pilot even took command in front of a group of eight pilots in the same second; Folger, Luthi, Rins, Corsi, Nakagami, Zarco, Simeon and Morbidelli.
Simone Corsi then snatched the best time, by 4 thousandths, on the handlebars of her Speed Up.
The final packaging allows us to witness the fastest lap credited to Takaaki Nakagami, all under the eyes of Alex Rins who returned to his pit before the end of the session. Similar attitude for Johann Zarco who does not seem to want to seek the last tenths.
The serenity of strong men?
Pos | number | Pile | Country | Team | Motorcycle | Km / h | HIGHLIGHTS | difference 1st/Prev. |
1 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 268.8 | 2'10.237 | |
2 | 94 | Jonas Folger | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 265.8 | 2'10.590 | 0.353 / 0.353 |
3 | 24 | Simone COURSES | ITA | Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 268.1 | 2'10.640 | 0.403 / 0.050 |
4 | 22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 265.2 | 2'10.644 | 0.407 / 0.004 |
5 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Garage Plus Interwetten | Kalex | 272.1 | 2'10.786 | 0.549 / 0.142 |
6 | 40 | Alex Rins | SPA | Pages Yellow HP 40 | Kalex | 269.2 | 2'10.989 | 0.752 / 0.203 |
7 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 269.8 | 2'11.044 | 0.807 / 0.055 |
8 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 267.7 | 2'11.182 | 0.945 / 0.138 |
9 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | CarXpert Interwetten | Kalex | 270.2 | 2'11.224 | 0.987 / 0.042 |
10 | 5 | johann zarco | FRA | Ajo Motorsport | Kalex | 269.3 | 2'11.260 | 1.023 / 0.036 |
11 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | AGR Team | Kalex | 271.7 | 2'11.384 | 1.147 / 0.124 |
12 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | ITA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 270.2 | 2'11.509 | 1.272 / 0.125 |
13 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | Forward Team | Kalex | 265.2 | 2'11.565 | 1.328 / 0.056 |
14 | 49 | Axel PONS | SPA | AGR Team | Kalex | 272.4 | 2'11.656 | 1.419 / 0.091 |
15 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 271.2 | 2'11.657 | 1.420 / 0.001 |
16 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Leopard Racing | Kalex | 271.4 | 2'11.816 | 1.579 / 0.159 |
17 | 52 | Danny Kent | GBR | Leopard Racing | Kalex | 266.3 | 2'11.909 | 1.672 / 0.093 |
18 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | MAL | Petronas Raceline Malaysia | Kalex | 266.9 | 2'12.163 | 1.926 / 0.254 |
19 | 54 | Matthias PASINI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 269.3 | 2'12.165 | 1.928 / 0.002 |
20 | 10 | Luca MARINI | ITA | Forward Team | Kalex | 270.2 | 2'12.292 | 2.055 / 0.127 |
21 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | SAG Team | Kalex | 270.1 | 2'12.473 | 2.236 / 0.181 |
22 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 266.8 | 2'12.587 | 2.350 / 0.114 |
23 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 268.5 | 2'12.603 | 2.366 / 0.016 |
24 | 97 | Xavi VIRGIN | SPA | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 272.3 | 2'13.023 | 2.786 / 0.420 |
25 | 70 | Robin MULHAUSER | SWI | CarXpert Interwetten | Kalex | 270.0 | 2'13.179 | 2.942 / 0.156 |
26 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | SWI | Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG | Kalex | 266.6 | 2'13.201 | 2.964 / 0.022 |
27 | 33 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | Moto2 Scuderia Racing pocket | Kalex | 264.2 | 2'14.001 | 3.764 / 0.800 |
28 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 270.8 | 2'17.373 | 7.136 / 3.372 |
8 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | JPMoto Malaysia | Suter |