The Friday warm-up of this Italian Grand Prix revealed the return to the forefront of Luca marini, brother of Valentino Rossi. A wake-up call that comes at the right time for a team Sky VR46 who plays at home and who was all the more in the news as his other driver Bulega achieved an exploit. The beginner was in fact the first in the history of the intermediate category to cross the 300 km/h top speed mark. The Mugello route lent itself to this type of feat which highlights the health of the new Triumph engine...
Friday also revealed high-performance Speed Up chassis while the KTMs still have work to do. Furthermore, we expect that Baldassarri reassures about his level of form for his leadership in the championship as both Lüthi thatAlex Marquez are able to challenge him.
What trends will this FP3 reveal to us, the last free practice session before the big jump in qualifying this afternoon? Before answering this question, here is the table which reminds us of the facts…
|
Mugello Moto2™ |
2018 |
2019 |
| FP1 |
1'52.515 Alex Marquez |
1'52.514 Luca Marini |
| FP2 |
1'52.124 Joan Mir |
1'51.986 Luca Marini |
| FP3 |
1'52.068 Mattia Pasini |
|
| Q1 |
XXX |
|
| Q2 |
1'51.575 Mattia Pasini |
|
| warm up |
1'52.316 Francesco Bagnaia |
|
| Course | Oliveira, Baldassarri, Mir | |
| All time lap record |
1'51.514 Sam Lowes 2015 |
24° in the air and 36° on the track and a benevolent sun are the conditions offered to the pilots.
# Moto2 FP3 is next on the agenda! ✊@ Luca_Marini_97 gets in the zone as he prepares to battle for one of the 14 places straight through to Q2! ⚔️#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/FK9CphGLlA
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lecuona entry fall at turn 4 while the first reference goes to the KTM of Binder in 1'52.686. By Giannantonio responds in 1'52.151 with his Speed Up. He is followed by Locatelli, Schrötter and the beginner bastianini.
Fernandez enters the top 10 for the Pons team which is still in despair over the poor form of its leader Baldassarri, for the moment 22nd as the first quarter of an hour ends.
Current championship leader @7balda is staring down the barrel of heading into Q1! 👀
The top 14 are covered by less than 7 tenths of a second so Balda has some work to do! ✊#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/yAbE0oMRTg
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George Martin crash at turn 1 with the official KTM. Baldassarri as for him, he is betrayed by his mechanics while there are a little more than 20 minutes left before the end of hostilities...
https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1134749936661204993
Alex Marquez slams a 1'52.061 which puts him in command of operations. Baldassarri took over the track while Sam Lowes crash at turn 9. He was seventh. We begin the last fifteen minutes.
A fast crash for @SamLowes22 as he loses the front between Arrabbiata 1 and 2! 💥
Rider OK, if a little dejected #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/FDGnba5q3v
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In 1'51.851, Tom Luthi takes the lead. By Giannantonio falls with his Speed Up. He was fourth. His teammate NAVARRO As for him, he came second in 1'51.996. Pasini comes third. Fernandez invites himself to the party in 1'51.625. The record of Sam Lowes which dates from 2015 is starting to shake... His teammate Baldassarri However, he is still not in the mix, he is 20th.
We've hit that time of the session! ⏱️
Let the mini qualifying session begin! @Afernandez37 go to the top! 🔝#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/d2EGRPRGCf
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At this stage of the session, no KTM is in Q2… There are five minutes left. Joe Roberts fall. He was 26th. Finally, Fernandez maintains the advantage over Lüthi for 9 thousandths. Alex Marquez, bastianini et Gardner follow. NAVARRO mastery Marini, While Pasini, Schrötter et By Giannantonio close the top 10. Nagashima is the last qualified for Q2 while in Q1, we will find the championship leader Baldassarri and all KTMs…
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