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San Marino Misano Moto2 Grand Prix Qualifying: Bagnaia on pole, Quartararo at the forefront

by | Sep 8, 2018

The tests for this Misano Grand Prix are among the tightest of the season. Indeed, the top ten are within five tenths, and above all no driver has really gained the upper hand over the others. If Francis Bagnaia finished first in FP1, then Marcel Schrötter and Miguel Oliveira who led FP2 and FP3 respectively. It is therefore difficult to make a prediction for the qualifications, each of them being able to win, in the same way as the other drivers in the top 10. However, we will have to pay attention to the Italian drivers, who are particularly determined to win on their home soil. and therefore numerous at the forefront. Who will take the thirteenth pole position of the season? Response from 15:05 p.m.

Here is the table of results compared on the Misano circuit between 2017 and 2018:

Misano Moto2™

 2017

2018
FP1 1'38.205 Alex Marquez 1'38.014 Francesco Bagnaia
FP2 1'38.061 Mattia Pasini 1'37.763 Marcel Schrötter
FP3 1'37.941 Franco Morbidelli 1'37.754 Miguel Oliveira
Qualification 1'37.390 Mattia Pasini 1'37.121 Francesco Bagnaia
Warm Up 1'54.372 Lorenzo Baldassarri
Course Lüthi, Syahrin, Bagnaia
All time lap record 1'36.754 Johann Zarco 2015

Before the start of this session, the NTS RW Racing GP team formalized the signing of the youngster for two years Will Bendsneyder who is currently racing at Tech 3. The two parties had already signed a pre-contract binding them, and it is now official. The only Dutch team will therefore run the only Dutch driver on the grid in 2019 and 2020.

Moto2 qualifying begins under the sun with a temperature of 25 degrees in the air and 30 degrees on the track. Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) sets the reference time in 1'37.632, just three tenths less than last year's pole. During this time, Simone Courses (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) then Joe Roberts (NTS RW Racing GP) and Danny Kent (Beta Tools – Speed ​​Up Racing) each fall in a different corner.

After ten minutes, Francis Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) took provisional pole ahead of Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP), Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team), Fabio Quartararo (Beta Tools – Speed ​​Up Racing) and Jorge Navarro.

At mid-session, the first five places are unchanged, bagnaia always leading ahead Schrötter, Pasini, Quarterly et NAVARRO. Behind, Luca marini (SKY Racing Team VR46), Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS), Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Xavi Verge (Dynavolt Intact GP) and Joan mir (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) complete the top 10.

Five minutes later, the second in the Championship, Miguel Oliveira, made a mistake while in eighth position.

Ten minutes from the end, Lorenzo Baldassarri (Pons HP 40) lost the lead, and relapsed a few minutes later. At the end of the session, Niki Tuuli (SIC Racing Team) then Remy Gardner (Tech 3 Racing) and Dominique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing) also made mistakes.

In terms of times, this qualification remains calm and the first ones do not improve their time, each finishing in the same places as at the start of the session. Francis Bagnaia thus offers himself his fourth pole of the season in front of his home crowd. Quartararo qualifies fourth.

Qualification ranking:

1 42 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 241.0 1'37.121
2 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex 240.9 1'37.331 0.210 / 0.210
3 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 239.4 1'37.416 0.295 / 0.085
4 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA + Ego Speed ​​Up Racing Speed ​​Up 237.9 1'37.540 0.419 / 0.124
5 41 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 241.4 1'37.621 0.500 / 0.081
6 9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 241.1 1'37.632 0.511 / 0.011
7 10 Luca MARINI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 240.7 1'37.645 0.524 / 0.013
8 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 239.2 1'37.661 0.540 / 0.016
9 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 241.3 1'37.678 0.557 / 0.017
10 36 Joan MIR SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 238.8 1'37.714 0.593 / 0.036
11 97 Xavi VIRGIN SPA Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex 241.6 1'37.774 0.653 / 0.060
12 40 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Pons HP40 Kalex 238.5 1'37.826 0.705 / 0.052
13 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA Pons HP40 Kalex 236.8 1'37.834 0.713 / 0.008
14 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Kiefer Racing KTM 237.1 1'37.954 0.833 / 0.120
15 22 Sam LOWES GBR Swiss Innovative Investors KTM 236.1 1'37.970 0.849 / 0.016
16 45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 239.7 1'37.974 0.853 / 0.004
17 2 Jesko RAFFIN SWI Temporary Lavorint SAG Team Kalex 236.9 1'37.982 0.861 / 0.008
18 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Swiss Innovative Investors KTM 238.7 1'38.010 0.889 / 0.028
19 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 239.4 1'38.050 0.929 / 0.040
20 5 Andrea LOCATELLI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 240.2 1'38.053 0.932 / 0.003
21 24 Simone CORSI ITA Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex 239.5 1'38.156 1.035 / 0.103
22 13 Romano FENATI ITA Marinelli Snipers Team Kalex 239.8 1'38.160 1.039 / 0.004
23 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 237.4 1'38.317 1.196 / 0.157
24 62 Stefano MANZI ITA Forward Racing Team Suter 236.7 1'38.505 1.384 / 0.188
25 4 Steven ODENDAAL RSA NTS RW Racing GP NTS 238.2 1'38.671 1.550 / 0.166
26 16 Joe ROBERTS USA NTS RW Racing GP NTS 236.2 1'38.732 1.611 / 0.061
27 89 Khairul Idham PAWI MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 238.6 1'38.766 1.645 / 0.034
28 66 Niki TUULI FIN Petronas Sprinta Racing Kalex 237.9 1'39.128 2.007 / 0.362
29 95 Jules DANILO FRA Nashi Argan SAG Team Kalex 238.9 1'39.496 2.375 / 0.368
30 21 Federico FULIGNI ITA Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex 234.7 1'39.626 2.505 / 0.130
31 52 Danny KENT GBR + Ego Speed ​​Up Racing Speed ​​Up 236.1 1'39.685 2.564 / 0.059
32 32 Isaac VIÑALES SPA Forward Racing Team Suter 234.5 1'40.591 3.470 / 0.906
33 12 Sheridan MORAIS POR Willi Race Racing Team Kalex 236.9 1'40.600 3.479 / 0.009
34 18 Xavi CARDELUS AND Team Stylobike Kalex 237.5 1'40.647 3.526 / 0.047