The morning in Moto2 ended with a refreshing first place for a Suter with an Aegerter on the handlebars. The competition therefore had to take its revenge against this duo from Switzerland and the track heated to a little over 38° could draw a new hierarchy in this last battle on Friday at Silverstone.
Before that, here is a reminder of the facts in table
#BritishGP Moto2™ |
2016 |
2017 |
FP1 |
2'09.346 Sam Lowes (see here) |
2'08.191 Dominique Aegerter |
FP2ic |
2'08.428 Sam Lowes (see here) |
|
FP3 |
2'07.564 Sam Lowes (see here) |
|
Qualification |
2'26.740 Sam Lowes (see here) |
|
Warm Up |
2'16.695 Sam Lowes (see here) |
|
Course |
Lüthi, Morbidelli, Nakagami (see here) |
|
All time lap record |
2'06.345 Lowes 2015 |
Alex Marquez didn't waste a second to bring the benchmark below 2'08. His 2'07.891 was the fastest performance seen until then while Pasini, Marini et Lüthi followed by the brother of whom you know who even pushed the envelope a little more in 2'07.491. Cortese fell at turn 16. And Nagashima broke out in a cold sweat…
Hold onnnnn! 😮#BritishGP pic.twitter.com/YBCgfJeCvD
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) August 25
Between Pasini et Nakagami, it wasn't bad either...
Guys, it's only FP2, steady on! 🙈#BritishGP pic.twitter.com/csFvEmOlPC
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) August 25
A quarter of an hour from the goal, Alex Marquez always held his case in front Olive tree, Pasini, Nakagami et Lüthi. Morbidely was seventh and our fabio quartararo who will be recalled injured twenty-second. Alex De Angelis celebrated his reunion with the category in twenty-eighth place.
Jake Dixon, then thirtieth, replacement of Schrotter, fell at turn 6 and Marini at turn 16. But these were the only notable events before the checkered flag since, on the hierarchy side, nothing changed.
#BritishGP Moto2 FP2: Chronos
1 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | Kalex | 2'07.491 | ||
2 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 2'07.763 | 0.272 | 0.272 |
3 | 54 | Matthias PASINI | Kalex | 2'07.774 | 0.283 | 0.011 |
4 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | Suter | 2'08.139 | 0.648 | 0.365 |
5 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Kalex | 2'08.139 | 0.648 | |
6 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Kalex | 2'08.228 | 0.737 | 0.089 |
7 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Kalex | 2'08.287 | 0.796 | 0.059 |
8 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Kalex | 2'08.347 | 0.856 | 0.060 |
9 | 24 | Simone COURSES | Speed Up | 2'08.390 | 0.899 | 0.043 |
10 | 10 | Luca MARINI | Kalex | 2'08.441 | 0.950 | 0.051 |
11 | 97 | Xavi VIRGIN | Tech 3 | 2'08.447 | 0.956 | 0.006 |
12 | 49 | Axel PONS | Kalex | 2'08.535 | 1.044 | 0.088 |
13 | 62 | Stefano MANZI | Kalex | 2'08.572 | 1.081 | 0.037 |
14 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Kalex | 2'08.589 | 1.098 | 0.017 |
15 | 41 | Brad BINDER | KTM | 2'08.600 | 1.109 | 0.011 |
16 | 87 | Remy GARDNER | Tech 3 | 2'08.649 | 1.158 | 0.049 |
17 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | Kalex | 2'08.712 | 1.221 | 0.063 |
18 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 2'08.792 | 1.301 | 0.080 |
19 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | Kalex | 2'09.069 | 1.578 | 0.277 |
20 | 37 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | Speed Up | 2'09.226 | 1.735 | 0.157 |
21 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | Kalex | 2'09.290 | 1.799 | 0.064 |
22 | 20 | Joe ROBERTS | Kalex | 2'09.603 | 2.112 | 0.313 |
23 | 40 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Kalex | 2'09.634 | 2.143 | 0.031 |
24 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Kalex | 2'09.733 | 2.242 | 0.099 |
25 | 57 | Edgar PONS | Kalex | 2'09.804 | 2.313 | 0.071 |
26 | 45 | Tetsuit NAGASHIMA | Kalex | 2'09.832 | 2.341 | 0.028 |
27 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | Kalex | 2'09.840 | 2.349 | 0.008 |
28 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | Suter | 2'09.969 | 2.478 | 0.129 |
29 | 6 | Tarran MACKENZIE | Suter | 2'10.004 | 2.513 | 0.035 |
30 | 94 | Jake DIXON | Suter | 2'10.309 | 2.818 | 0.305 |
31 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | Kalex | 2'10.492 | 3.001 | 0.183 |
32 | 89 | Khairul Idham PAWI | Kalex | 2'11.563 | 4.072 | 1.071 |
🏁 # Moto2 FP2@ alexmarquez73 goes quickest on the first day in Silverstone. He leads from @OliveiraMoto2 and @MattiaPasini #BritishGP pic.twitter.com/EI6qAuuIgg
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) August 25