#CzechGP Moto2 FP1: Oliveira in front and Morbidelli on the ground

At the head of six victories in nine Grands Prix contested at this stage of the season, Franco Morbidelli begins this second part of the exercise with 34 lengths ahead of Tom Lüthi, his closest pursuer. However, nothing is done and, to continue the momentum, we will have to wet our swimsuits and get back into the swing of things. Which is a good thing since, since this morning, it has been raining on the Brno track, the scene of the resumption of the Grands Prix.

Moto3 and MotoGP did not escape this and Moto2 also tasted the Czech humidity at the start of the Grand Prix of the Republic of the same name. A discovery for Joe Roberts who took the place of Yonny Hernandjoin the AGR team.

#CzechGP Moto2	2016	2017
FP1	2'02.611 Alex Marquez
FP2	2'02.277 John Zarco
FP3	2'01.962 Lorenzo Baldassari
Qualification	2'01.581 John Zarco
Warm up	2'17.297 Jonas Folger
Course	Folger, Rins, Lowes (see here)
All time lap record	2'01.581 Johann Zarco 2016

This first part of the campaign revealed a particularly well-born beginner KTM with a Miguel Oliveira determined on his handlebars. It was precisely this duo who took command of the hierarchy from the start of hostilities, ahead of Alex Marquez, Simone Courses and Sandra Cortese who already knows that he needs to find another team for 2018.

Morbidely et Lüthi were then on the border of the top 10, behind the rookie but solid bagnaia. As for the new Roberts, he finished in a more than good sixteenth place. He even did much better afterwards, placing himself squarely in the top 5.

At the start of the last quarter of an hour, the hierarchy was still controlled by Olive tree before Alex Marquez, Courses, Morbidely et Syahrin. Joe Roberts was ninth in front Xavi Virgo and its Mistral610. fabio quartararo was nineteenth and Hang on had just fallen.

But it was not only the Czech guest who experienced the pangs of the fall. The championship leader Morbidely also got into it in turn 11, at the same time concluding his performance for good. Unharmed, he still saved a place in the top 10, in a ranking where Olive tree will never have given up.

Courses follows in front of a Virgin which confirms all the good things the paddock thinks of him. Syarhin et Alex Marquez complete the top 5. Quarterly is only thirty-first and the beginner Joe Roberts fourteenth.

#CzechGP Moto2 FP1: Ranking

1	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	2'15.724
2	24	Simone COURSES	Speed ​​Up	2'16.132	0.408	0.408
3	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Tech 3	2'16.228	0.504	0.096
4	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Kalex	2'16.357	0.633	0.129
5	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	2'16.479	0.755	0.122
6	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	2'16.834	1.110	0.355
7	12	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	2'16.853	1.129	0.019
8	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	2'17.068	1.344	0.215
9	11	Sandro CORTESE	Suter	2'17.084	1.360	0.016
10	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Kalex	2'17.109	1.385	0.025
11	19	Xavier SIMEON	Kalex	2'17.460	1.736	0.351
12	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	2'17.539	1.815	0.079
13	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	2'17.664	1.940	0.125
14	20	Joe ROBERTS	Kalex	2'17.670	1.946	0.006
15	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	2'17.750	2.026	0.080
16	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	2'17.757	2.033	0.007
17	2	Jesko RAFFIN	Kalex	2'17.805	2.081	0.048
18	37	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Speed ​​Up	2'17.860	2.136	0.055
19	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	2'17.981	2.257	0.121
20	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	2'18.058	2.334	0.077
21	77	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	2'18.066	2.342	0.008
22	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	2'18.120	2.396	0.054
23	49	Axel PONS	Kalex	2'18.446	2.722	0.326
24	57	Edgar PONS	Kalex	2'18.643	2.919	0.197
25	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	2'18.849	3.125	0.206
26	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	2'18.892	3.168	0.043
27	62	Stefano MANZI	Kalex	2'19.024	3.300	0.132
28	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Suter	2'19.102	3.378	0.078
29	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	2'19.285	3.561	0.183
30	40	Fabio QUARTARARO	Kalex	2'19.366	3.642	0.081
31	98	Karel HANIKA	Kalex	2'19.505	3.781	0.139
32	27	Iker LECUONA	Kalex	2'19.914	4.190	0.409
33	6	Tarran MACKENZIE	Suter	2'21.383	5.659	1.469