At the end of the morning, Moto2 made no return with a Marcel schrotter who kept his cool in the heat. But this afternoon, it is downright heatwave which is raging in Czech Republic whose route of Brno is raised to more than 50° while in the stands, it is close to 33°. Who will be left to finish this Friday in the lead and thus approach Saturday fresh and ready?
Before answering this question, here is the table which unfortunately only refreshes the memory…
Brno Moto2™ |
2017 |
2018 |
FP1 | 2'15.724 Miguel Oliveira | 2'03.854 Marcel SCHROTTER |
FP2 | 2'02.975 Mattia Pasini | |
FP3 | 2'02.747 Alex Marquez | |
Qualification | 2'02.611 Mattia Pasini | |
Warm Up | 2'05.839 Jorge Navarro | |
Race 2 | Lüthi, Marquez, Oliveira | |
All time lap record | 2'01.581 Johann Zarco 2016 |
In 2'03.118, Schrotter shows that his form shown during the first session was not an accident. An Italian trio composed of bagnaia, Pasini, Fenati. Mir closes the top 5 and Quarterly is fifteenth. The first KTM, that ofOlive tree is tenth. But Austrian motorcycles are suffering. lecuona is fifteenth, agitated seventeenth, Binder twenty-second and Sam LowI'm still three places behind...
They make it look easy, don't they? 🙌@MarcelSchrotter rocks # Moto2 FP2 #CzechGP pic.twitter.com/Eat69410ju
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) August 3
Five minutes from time, Lowes is eleventh and best of the KTMs, just ahead Olive tree. The feeling comes from Roberts which places its NTS tenth! But the honors will not last at the moment of the final excitement which will not disturb the first three but will see Alex Marquez and NAVARRO enter the top 5. Marini closes the top 10 and Quarterly is an excellent fifth.
Grand Prix of the Czech Republic Brno Moto2 FP2: Chronos.
1 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Kalex | 2'03.118 | ||
2 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 2'03.319 | 0.201 | 0.201 |
3 | 54 | Matthias PASINI | Kalex | 2'03.359 | 0.241 | 0.040 |
4 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | Kalex | 2'03.411 | 0.293 | 0.052 |
5 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Speed Up | 2'03.501 | 0.383 | 0.090 |
6 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | Kalex | 2'03.508 | 0.390 | 0.007 |
7 | 13 | Roman FENATI | Kalex | 2'03.530 | 0.412 | 0.022 |
8 | 36 | Joan Mir | Kalex | 2'03.567 | 0.449 | 0.037 |
9 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Kalex | 2'03.601 | 0.483 | 0.034 |
10 | 24 | Simone COURSES | Kalex | 2'03.611 | 0.493 | 0.010 |
11 | 10 | Luca MARINI | Kalex | 2'03.658 | 0.540 | 0.047 |
12 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 2'03.694 | 0.576 | 0.036 |
13 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Kalex | 2'03.795 | 0.677 | 0.101 |
14 | 40 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | Kalex | 2'03.842 | 0.724 | 0.047 |
15 | 22 | Sam LOWES | KTM | 2'03.956 | 0.838 | 0.114 |
16 | 16 | Joe ROBERTS | NTS | 2'03.970 | 0.852 | 0.014 |
17 | 97 | Xavi VIRGIN | Kalex | 2'04.000 | 0.882 | 0.030 |
18 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | 2'04.049 | 0.931 | 0.049 |
19 | 89 | Khairul Idham PAWI | Kalex | 2'04.063 | 0.945 | 0.014 |
20 | 62 | Stefano MANZI | Suter | 2'04.112 | 0.994 | 0.049 |
21 | 41 | Brad BINDER | KTM | 2'04.278 | 1.160 | 0.166 |
22 | 4 | Steven ODENDAAL | NTS | 2'04.336 | 1.218 | 0.058 |
23 | 52 | Danny Kent | Speed Up | 2'04.342 | 1.224 | 0.006 |
24 | 45 | Tetsuit NAGASHIMA | Kalex | 2'04.355 | 1.237 | 0.013 |
25 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | KTM | 2'04.375 | 1.257 | 0.020 |
26 | 64 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | Tech 3 | 2'04.478 | 1.360 | 0.103 |
27 | 87 | Remy GARDNER | Tech 3 | 2'04.553 | 1.435 | 0.075 |
28 | 95 | Jules DANILO | Kalex | 2'05.087 | 1.969 | 0.534 |
29 | 66 | Niki TUULI | Kalex | 2'05.189 | 2.071 | 0.102 |
30 | 12 | Sheridan MORAIS | Kalex | 2'05.581 | 2.463 | 0.392 |
31 | 51 | Eric GRANADO | Suter | 2'05.977 | 2.859 | 0.396 |
32 | 18 | Xavi CARDELUS | Kalex | 2'06.464 | 3.346 | 0.487 |
33 | 55 | Alejandro MEDINA | Kalex | 2'07.091 | 3.973 | 0.627 |
# Moto2 FP2 🏁@MarcelSchrotter stay on top in Brno! He's fastest again in the second and final session of the day 💪#CzechGP pic.twitter.com/5CgzXs1SeI
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) August 3