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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

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