Grand Prix of the Czech Republic Brno Moto2 Qualifying: Luca Marini following in the footsteps of his brother Rossi…

51° on the track, 32° in the air, the atmosphere is white hot in Brno for the Moto2 qualifying. In the morning, the pilots of the VR46 did their boss proud by achieving the double. But the dominator of the day before, Friday, Marcel schrotter has not said his last word. Like the KTMs who are keen to cut corners from the Kalex. We will also have an interested look at a fabio quartararo announced as the second Frenchman in MotoGP in 2019…

Before plunging into the furnace, here is the table which, alas, 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	2'03.118 Marcel SCHROTTER
FP3	2'02.747 Alex Marquez	2-02.643 Francesco BAGNAIA
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

 

Granado begins his exercise like the previous ones, with a fall... In 2'02.417, Pasini signs the first reference in front of the KTM official Olive tree. Alex Marquez in 2'02.359 then takes the lead before Marini don't miss his politeness in 2'02.244. The fruit of a series of laps led together with his teammate bagnaia who benefited less from it since the championship leader is sixth.

After a quarter of an hour, the two VR46 drivers remain inseparable on the track. A parade which will still end before a mid-session which reveals a Marini in front Alex Marquez, Pasini, Olive tree, Schrotter et bagnaia. Quarterly is 14th.  Pawi crash at turn 3. He was 20th. Baldassarri falls in the same place. He was 10th.

The track is at 53° for the last five minutes… Too hot for the tires so we will leave it there. Brad Binder, Virgin, agitated et Baldassarri complete the top 10. And if Marini won his first victory after this first pole position on this Brno track which saluted the first success of his half-brother Valentino Rossi 22 years ago?

Czech Republic Grand Prix Brno Moto2 Qualifying: Chronos

1	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	2'02.244
2	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	2'02.359	0.115	0.115
3	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	2'02.417	0.173	0.058
4	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	2'02.446	0.202	0.029
5	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	2'02.449	0.205	0.003
6	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	2'02.451	0.207	0.002
7	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	2'02.493	0.249	0.042
8	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Kalex	2'02.505	0.261	0.012
9	77	Dominique AEGERTER	KTM	2'02.520	0.276	0.015
10	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	2'02.649	0.405	0.129
11	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	2'02.653	0.409	0.004
12	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	2'02.748	0.504	0.095
13	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	2'02.749	0.505	0.001
14	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed ​​Up	2'02.760	0.516	0.011
15	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	2'02.824	0.580	0.064
16	24	Simone COURSES	Kalex	2'02.905	0.661	0.081
17	13	Roman FENATI	Kalex	2'03.106	0.862	0.201
18	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	2'03.235	0.991	0.129
19	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	2'03.273	1.029	0.038
20	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	2'03.301	1.057	0.028
21	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	2'03.363	1.119	0.062
22	22	Sam LOWES	KTM	2'03.385	1.141	0.022
23	16	Joe ROBERTS	NTS	2'03.540	1.296	0.155
24	52	Danny Kent	Speed ​​Up	2'03.548	1.304	0.008
25	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	2'03.569	1.325	0.021
26	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	2'03.594	1.350	0.025
27	62	Stefano MANZI	Suter	2'03.613	1.369	0.019
28	66	Niki TUULI	Kalex	2'03.873	1.629	0.260
29	12	Sheridan MORAIS	Kalex	2'04.126	1.882	0.253
30	95	Jules DANILO	Kalex	2'04.281	2.037	0.155
31	18	Xavi CARDELUS	Kalex	2'04.659	2.415	0.378
32	55	Alejandro MEDINA	Kalex	2'04.869	2.625	0.210
	51	Eric GRANADO	Suter

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