German Grand Prix Sachsenring Moto2 Qualifying: Pasini takes pole and record

Twelve drivers and five tenths, twenty-one furious in the same second, the battle is tough in Moto2 to find a place and this Sachsenring track confirms the trend. Until then, KTM and Kalex have passed the buck with protagonists that we weren't necessarily expecting. Dominique Aegerter, Xavier Vierge et Luca marini thus stood out in front of the usual leaders in the championship. Will this upheaval be confirmed at the end of qualifying for this German Grand Prix? 

Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the situation:

Sachsenring Moto2	2017	2018
FP1	1'24.976 Miguel Oliveira	1'25.172 Dominique Aegerter
FP2	1'24.848 Tom Lüthi	1'24.750 Xavier Virgo
FP3	1'24.130 Franco Morbidelli	1'24.245 Luca Marini
Qualification	1'32.159 Franco Morbidelli
Warm Up	1'26.014 Francesco Bagnaia
Course	Morbidelli, Oliveira, Bagnaia
All time lap record	1'24.044 Johann Zarco 2015

The first news for the category even before hitting the track is the renewal of the Brad Binder at Ajo KTM. The 3 vintage Moto2016 World Champion will therefore be making his third campaign in the intermediate category under the KTM banner and we will remind you that he will have as a teammate George Martin, who is currently fighting for the Moto3 title.

 

24° in the air, 47° on the track, summer is still here at the Sachsenring when the tumultuous Moto2 peloton sets off there. In 1'24.037, Mir announces the color and assures that the times will fall during this session. The proof, Pasini managed a 1'23.969, the first performance under 1'24 of the weekend... Which means a new track record! The Italian even improved it to 1'23.787, while Marini, bagnaia et Lowes are also in 1'23.

Quarterly crash at turn 3. He is sixteenth. A decidedly unwelcoming turn 3 since Pawi imitates the Frenchman as the last five minutes begin with a provisional Italian first line in the colors of the VR46 academy: Pasini, Marini et bagnaia !

Lowes, Baldassarri et Virgin are in the second row and the third is notably occupied by the two Marc VDS drivers Marquez and Mir, in front of the local hero Schrotter et Brad Binder which closes the top 10. Olive tree is only fifteenth while Quarterly point eighteenth.

German Grand Prix Sachsenring Moto2 Qualifying: Chronos

1	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	1'23.787
2	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'23.968	0.181	0.181
3	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	1'23.970	0.183	0.002
4	22	Sam LOWES	KTM	1'23.971	0.184	0.001
5	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'24.021	0.234	0.050
6	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Kalex	1'24.036	0.249	0.015
7	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	1'24.079	0.292	0.043
8	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	1'24.092	0.305	0.013
9	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	1'24.102	0.315	0.010
10	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'24.178	0.391	0.076
11	13	Roman FENATI	Kalex	1'24.280	0.493	0.102
12	52	Danny Kent	Speed ​​Up	1'24.312	0.525	0.032
13	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	1'24.333	0.546	0.021
14	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	1'24.341	0.554	0.008
15	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'24.360	0.573	0.019
16	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	1'24.366	0.579	0.006
17	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'24.386	0.599	0.020
18	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed ​​Up	1'24.495	0.708	0.109
19	24	Simone COURSES	Kalex	1'24.546	0.759	0.051
20	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	1'24.598	0.811	0.052
21	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	1'24.670	0.883	0.072
22	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'24.695	0.908	0.025
23	77	Dominique AEGERTER	KTM	1'24.710	0.923	0.015
24	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	1'24.737	0.950	0.027
25	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'24.801	1.014	0.064
26	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'24.834	1.047	0.033
27	62	Stefano MANZI	Suter	1'25.198	1.411	0.364
28	51	Eric GRANADO	Suter	1'25.416	1.629	0.218
29	95	Jules DANILO	Kalex	1'25.441	1.654	0.025
30	16	Joe ROBERTS	NTS	1'25.450	1.663	0.009
31	21	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	1'25.525	1.738	0.075
32	18	Xavi CARDELUS	Kalex	1'27.477	3.690	1.952
	66	Niki TUULI	Kalex