Marcel Schrötter qualified on pole position for the third time in his Grand Prix career, following Qatar and the Americas this year, which was his last front row start. He is now in second place on the list of German riders with the most pole positions in Moto2 behind Stefan Bradl (7 pole positions). Tom Lüthi qualified in second place. He has been on the category podium twice at Mugello, third in 2012 and second in 2017.
Does this mean that this Italian Grand Prix will be under the domination of the Dynavolt team drivers? This warm-up will give an indication and before knowing the verdict, here is a reminder of the facts with the traditional table…
|
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 |
1'51.625 Augusto Fernández |
| Q1 |
XXX |
1'51.659 Xavi Virgo |
| Q2 |
1'51.575 Mattia Pasini |
1'51.129 Marcel Schrötter |
| warm up |
1'52.316 Francesco Bagnaia |
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| Course | Oliveira, Baldassarri, Mir | |
| All time lap record |
1'51.129 Marcel Schrötter (2019) |
The winner of the French Grand Prix, Alex Marquez, completes the first row of the grid. This is the first time he has qualified on the front row at least four times in a row since 2017. Nicholas Bulega leads the second row, his best qualifying result of his rookie year in Moto2.
On the podium of the last three races, Jorge Navarro qualified in fifth place, which is the fourth consecutive time he has managed to qualify in the top six. Luca marini completes his second row by signing his best performance in qualifying since his pole position in Valencia last year.
The leader of the championship, Lorenzo Baldassarri, who twice stood on the podium in Moto2 at Mugello in 2016 and 2018, qualified in 15th place, matching his worst Americas qualifying performance this year.
20° in the air and 25° on the track and a storm of blue sky are the conditions proposed to the pilots. The Italians reveal their colors in honor of the national meeting like the VR46 team or Forward MV Agusta.
Sunday morning session also for the # Moto2 riders: the #ItalianGP Warm Up begins now ✊ #SkyVR46Ita pic.twitter.com/zMjUVyzh2r
- Mooney VR46 Racing Team (@ VR46RacingTeam) June 2, 2019
Lüthi signs the first reference in 1'52.899, not without effort, ahead of Pasini et gravel. Fernandez et bastianini close the provisional top 5.
That's one way to get the heart rate up @ThomasLUTHI! 😅
All in a day's work for the # Moto2 veteran 👊#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/iBuzKL0P6Q
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) June 2, 2019
Pasini attacks and puts the cursor at 1'52.320. Marini answers in 1'52.178. Lowes et Alex Marquez are placed second to the younger brother of whom you know as the last five minutes have begun. The moment thatAlex Marquez chosen to get closer to 60 thousandths of the VR46 driver. Lowes the like then for 57 thousandths…
bastianini clocked a 1'52.158 in the last minute, 5 thousandths faster than Fernandez et Nagashima who has the same time as the Spaniard! Marini is fourth in front Lowes et Alex Marquez. Schrötter is sixth, Lüthi eighth ahead of Speed Up NAVARRO. The best KTM is twelfth with Binder.
Italian Grand Prix, Mugello, Moto2 Warmup: times
