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Motegi Moto2 FP1 Japanese Grand Prix: Binder steals the show at Nagashima

by | October 18, 2019

Moto2 arrives at Motegi as Luca marini won at the end of the last round in Thailand. A deadline where championship leader Álex Márquez recorded his worst result since his 24e in Jerez. And yet he finished fifth. He is 40 points ahead of Augusto Fernández and four more over a Brad Binder in full recovery on his KTM. However, whose brother you know loves Motegi…

Alex Marquez is thus the most successful rider on the current Moto2 grid at Motegi with three victories in all categories. The last achievement took place two years ago. Will the Marc VDS driver take the break on one of his favorite circuits? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts…

Motegi Moto2™

 2018

2019
FP1

1'56.507 Marcel Schrötter

 1'51.055 Brad Binder
FP2

1'52.159 Iker Lecuona
FP3

1'51.293 Fabio Quartararo
Q1

XXX
Q2

1'50.759 Francesco Bagnaia
warm up

1'51.477 Augusto Fernández
Course

Bagnaia, Baldassarri, Oliveira
All time lap record

1'49.961 Johann Zarco (2016)

17° in the air and 21° on the track like an overcast sky are the conditions offered to the pilots for the 40 minutes of exercise. The latest winner Luca marini waste no time getting started on the work.

In 1'57.349, Remy gardner signs the first reference in front Brad Binder who continues to show his form on the KTM. Manzi impresses with his MV Agusta by entering the leading trio. Nagashima already shows up at home and Sam Lowes closes the top 5. Alex Marquez is seventh.

After the first quarter of an hour, Nagashima takes the lead in 1'52.011. He is ahead of his teammate Gardner.

At halftime, Brad Binder turns into leader in 1'51.780. He is the only one under 1'52 per lap. Alex Marquez is tenth, Fernandez only 22nd and Marini third in front Open up, best beginner. Raffin surprises by closing the top 5. Almost everyone returns to the pits before setting off for the last fifteen minutes.

This last period begins with a Lüthi who climbs third. The Swiss continued his effort and achieved a 1'51.917. He is the second driver under 1'52 per lap. Bendsneyder puts his Japanese NTS sixth.

Alex Marquez is then fifteenth and therefore misses the potential entry into Q2. But he reacted in 1'51.679. Here he is second since Brad Binder improved to 1'51.303. Martin sits fourth with the second official KTM. He closes the list of drivers in 1'51. lecuona there is heat. He is 17th.

We're entering the last five minutes. Nagashima slams a 1'51.238. For 65 thousandths, he is in the lead. He improved to 1'51.107. Manzi shows itself again in a leading trio made up of three different chassis. Bezzecchi crash at turn 9. He was 28th. Lüthi heats up at turn 12.

Under the checkered flag, Brad Binder steals the show at home Nagashima in 1'51.055. Alex Marquez is third, Martin fourth and Gardner closes the top 5 ahead Manzi. Baldassarri fall at turn 1. Lüthi, Marini, Chantra et lecuona close the top 10. Fernandez, fifteenth, is outside the top 14 which qualifies for Q2.

Motegi Moto2 FP1 Japanese Grand Prix: times

FP1 Ranking Moto2 Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi:

Pos number Pile Motorcycle HIGHLIGHTS 1st gap
1 41 Brad BINDER KTM 1'51.055
2 45 Tetsuit NAGASHIMA Kalex 1'51.107 0.052
3 73 Alex MÁRQUEZ Kalex 1'51.343 0.288
4 88 Jorge MARTIN KTM 1'51.390 0.335
5 87 Remy GARDNER Kalex 1'51.481 0.426
6 62 Stefano MANZI MV Agusta 1'51.515 0.460
7 12 Thomas LÜTHI Kalex 1'51.523 0.468
8 10 Luca MARINI Kalex 1'51.549 0.494
9 35 Somkiat CHANTRA Kalex 1'51.577 0.522
10 27 Iker LECUONA KTM 1'51.584 0.529
11 77 Dominique AEGERTER MV Agusta 1'51.631 0.576
12 11 Nicolò BULEGA Kalex 1'51.635 0.580
13 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Kalex 1'51.652 0.597
14 9 Jorge NAVARRO Speed ​​Up 1'51.714 0.659
15 40 Augusto FERNÁNDEZ Kalex 1'51.719 0.664
16 54 Matthias PASINI Kalex 1'51.818 0.763
17 23 Marcel SCHRÖTTER Kalex 1'51.827 0.772
18 33 Enea BASTIANINI Kalex 1'51.846 0.791
19 22 Sam LOWES Kalex 1'51.858 0.803
20 21 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO Speed ​​Up 1'52.010 0.955
21 96 Jake DIXON KTM 1'52.079 1.024
22 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NTS 1'52.136 1.081
23 5 Andrea LOCATELLI Kalex 1'52.190 1.135
24 2 Jesko RAFFIN NTS 1'52.302 1.247
25 97 Xavi VIRGIN Kalex 1'52.419 1.364
26 16 Joe ROBERTS KTM 1'52.730 1.675
27 65 Philipp ÖTTL KTM 1'53.389 2.334
28 72 Marco BEZZECCHI KTM 1'53.665 2.610
29 3 Lukas TULOVIC KTM 1'54.461 3.406
30 20 Dimas EKKY PRATAMA Kalex 1'54.762 3.707
31 18 Xavi CARDELUS KTM 1'55.549 4.494
32 47 Adam NORRODIN Kalex 1'55.835 4.780

 

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