Red Bull Ring Moto2 FP1 Austrian Grand Prix: Bagnaia sets the record straight

Le Red Bull Ring, it is the KTM garden which will evolve this weekend on its Austrian lands. This is good since it is the official driver of Mattighofen, Miguel Oliveira, who arrives as category leader in the championship. This is thanks to his second success of the year, last week in Brno. Pecco Bagnaia, finishing third and behind his teammate Luca marini who is gaining strength, was the victim of the escapade in Moravia and will want to regain control of the general classification in Styria... Controls that he held since Jerez!

It will also be noted thatAlex Marquez will be keen to restore his image after his fall in the Czech Republic which seriously damaged his hopes of a world crown for this year. On his side Lorenzo Baldassarri will play spoilsport.

While waiting for the first verdict of the track, here is the table which refreshes our memory:

Red Bull Ring Moto2	2017	2018
FP1	1'31.203 Miguel Oliveira
FP2	1'30.211 Franco Morbidelli
FP3	1'29.738 Tom Lüthi
Qualification	1'29.394 Mattia Pasini
Warm Up	1'29.769 Franco Morbidelli
Course	Morbidelli, Marquez, Lüthi
All time lap record	1'29.255 Johann Zarco 2016

 

A cloudy sky, 23° in the air and 34° on the track, these are the conditions proposed for this FP1 in Styria. It will be recalled that the field no longer includes any Brazilians since Granado lost his place at Forward toIsaac Viñales…Itself replaced by Medina. In 1'31.970, lecuona signed the first reference with his KTM. In 1'31.379, Alex Marquez answers him followed by Marini who turns 21 this Friday!

In 1'31.219, Marini takes orders but Olive tree does better for 8 thousandths after ten minutes of exercise. Quarterly passes fifth when the teammate of bagnaia signs the first performance under 1'31 per lap, which gives him the lead. Not for long since Pasini sets the bar at 1'30.688.

Brad Binder crash at turn 4. he was seventh. Pasini, Marini et Alex Marquez is a leading trio in 1'30 while bagnaia is the first to stay in 1'31 with a Quarterly which closes the top 5 to the championship leader Olive tree.

A quarter of an hour from the end, Bagnaia, Navarro et lecuona follow in the wake of Pasini. Note that the last of the trio cited is the teammate of a Sam Lowes only 18th…behind Mir et Baldassarri that we expected a better party.

Moreover, the Italian went third ten minutes from the goal, just when Quarterly signs a 1'30.568 which puts him leader in front NAVARRO. bagnaia reacts in 1'30.441 as the epilogue approaches. A signal well taken by Schrotter who goes back to second whileAlex Marquez comes fourth, then third with the same performance as Quarterly !

Sam Lowes wakes up in sight of the checkered flag and arrives sixth. Baldassarri sits second. But bagnaia, he held on, and got off to a good start to his Austrian Grand Prix. Quarterly also since he is finally fifth. The first KTM is eighth with Sam Lowes. Pasini fall at turn 6 at the very end of the session…

Red Bull Ring Moto2 FP1 Austrian Grand Prix: Chronos

1	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	1'30.441
2	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'30.504	0.063	0.063
3	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	1'30.522	0.081	0.018
4	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	1'30.568	0.127	0.046
5	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed ​​Up	1'30.568	0.127
6	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'30.629	0.188	0.061
7	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'30.658	0.217	0.029
8	22	Sam LOWES	KTM	1'30.659	0.218	0.001
9	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	1'30.682	0.241	0.023
10	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	1'30.688	0.247	0.006
11	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	1'30.702	0.261	0.014
12	13	Roman FENATI	Kalex	1'30.720	0.279	0.018
13	24	Simone COURSES	Kalex	1'30.760	0.319	0.040
14	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'30.874	0.433	0.114
15	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	1'30.920	0.479	0.046
16	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'30.920	0.479
17	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'30.964	0.523	0.044
18	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'31.077	0.636	0.113
19	52	Danny Kent	Speed ​​Up	1'31.080	0.639	0.003
20	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Kalex	1'31.095	0.654	0.015
21	77	Dominique AEGERTER	KTM	1'31.197	0.756	0.102
22	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	1'31.221	0.780	0.024
23	62	Stefano MANZI	Suter	1'31.456	1.015	0.235
24	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	1'31.475	1.034	0.019
25	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'31.615	1.174	0.140
26	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Suter	1'31.701	1.260	0.086
27	16	Joe ROBERTS	NTS	1'31.752	1.311	0.051
28	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	1'32.022	1.581	0.270
29	95	Jules DANILO	Kalex	1'32.131	1.690	0.109
30	18	Xavi CARDELUS	Kalex	1'32.573	2.132	0.442
31	66	Niki TUULI	Kalex	1'32.645	2.204	0.072
32	55	Alejandro MEDINA	Kalex	1'32.763	2.322	0.118
33	21	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	1'35.200	4.759	2.437