Japanese Grand Prix Motegi Moto2 Warm Up: Augusto Fernandez always surprising!

Despite the late hour of the night at which this 20-minute Moto2 Warm Up takes place for French enthusiasts, there is no doubt that you are behind your screen to follow the performance of Fabio Quartararo (Speed ​​Up, Beta Tools – Speed ​​Up Racing) after an FP3 and qualification at the highest level.

Another center of interest will be the rhythm shown by Miguel Oliveira (KTM, Red Bull KTM Ajo) facing the strong man of the moment, and the leader of the championship, Francis Bagnaia (Kalex, SKY Racing Team VR46).

The conditions are excellent with magnificent sunshine and temperatures of 17° and 23° on the ground.

Here are the available chronometric references:

Motegi Moto2™	2017	2018
FP1	2'05.460 Alex Marquez	1'56.507 Marcel Schrotter
FP2	2'05.282 Tom Lüthi	1'52.159 Iker lecuona
FP3	2'06.163 Hafizh Syahrin	1'36.670 Fabio Quartararo
Qualification	1'53.776 Takaaki Nakagami	1'51.293 Francesco Bagnaia
Warm Up	2'06.905 Hafizh Syahrin	1'51.477 Augusto Fernandez
Course	Marquez, Virgo, Syahrin
All time lap record	1'49.961 Johann Zarco 2016

When the red lights go out, the young Iker Lecuona (KTM, Swiss Innovative Investors) is the only rider not to take to the track. Whatever the reason, the Spanish driver who shone during testing lost 5 minutes before joining his opponents.

Meanwhile, Miguel Oliveira registered a reference in 1'51.856 in front fabio quartararo.

Marcel Schrötter (Kalex, Dynavolt Intact GP) then regained the command he had during the first laps, then improved further with a time of 1'51.525.

The only driver who can follow is then Miguel Oliveira, the others being more than 3 tenths away.

Simone Courses (Kalex, Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) fell without gravity 3 minutes from the checkered flag, a period of time during which Remy gardner (Mistral M610, Tech 3 Racing) will also start on the ground.

Despite the many personal improvements, the leading positions will no longer change.

Despite the many personal improvements, thinks that the leading positions will no longer change when the always surprising Augusto Fernandez (Kalex, Pons HP 40) achieved the best time of the session in 1'51.477.

Alex Marquez (Kalex, EG 0,0 Marc VDS) also improves, as does the local Tetsuta nagashima (Kalex, IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia).

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Classification credit: MotoGP.com