San Marino Misano Moto2 FP3 Grand Prix: Álex Márquez falls but takes the lead

A Nagashima in the morning who celebrated his contract renewal for 2020 and an Augusto Fernández who gradually asserts himself as the man of this second part of the season, these were the drivers who asserted themselves during a Friday which marked the first day of the San Marino Grand Prix. But their opponents do not intend to stop there and this Saturday could well reveal another hierarchy with, in particular, Alex Marquez who must establish his status as boss of this season. 

What will be the verdict of this Saturday morning at the end of which the starting grid for the category will be formed in Misano? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts…

Misano Moto2™	2018	2019
FP1	1'38.014 Francesco Bagnaia	1'38.504 Tetsuta Nagashima
FP2	1'37.763 Marcel Schrötter	1'38.325 Augusto Fernández
FP3	1'37.754 Miguel Oliveira	1'37.776 Alex Marquez
Q1	XXX
Q2	1'37.121 Francesco Bagnaia
warm up	1'37.764 Marcel Schrötter
Course	Bagnaia, Oliveira, Schrötter
All time lap record	1'36.754 Johann Zarco 2015

27° in the air and 35° on the track are the conditions offered to pilots on the track Misano bathed in the sun for the 40 minutes of exercise. At the outset, Cardelus fall at turn 10. Gardner as for him, he signs the first reference in 1'38.065 ahead of Alex Marquez, Lowes Nagashima et Lüthi.

Mattia Pasini falls at turn 10 and has difficulty getting up. It's full track. He leaves on a stretcher. Augusto Fernandez fall at turn 14 but without seriousness. He was sixth in the session which passed its first quarter of an hour.

The session enters its last quarter of an hour with a hierarchy frozen since the start of hostilities. Which is not to displease Remy gardner...

We note that the best KTM is that of Bezzecchi in the colors of Tech3. The Italian is eighth and therefore potentially in Q2 unlike Brad Binder, the official of the Austrian firm and fifteenth. By Giannantonio clocked a 1'37.802 which gave him control of the session with his Speed ​​Up. There are ten minutes left of the game.

George Martin falls violently at turn 6. The bike is full track and there are breaks on the asphalt. Alex Marquez signed a 1'37.776 which put him in the lead but he fell shortly after at turn 1. Nagashima takes third place from his teammate Gardner. the last five minutes are eventful! agitated falls at turn 8.

Tom Luthi crash at turn 5. He was tenth. His teammate Schrötter also goes ashore. Under the checkered flag, it is Álex Márquez who maintains his advantage in front By Giannantonio et Nagashima. Brad Binder is the only KTM rider to enter directly into Q2…

San Marino Misano Moto2 FP3 Grand Prix: times

1	73	Alex MÁRQUEZ	Kalex	1'37.776
2	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed ​​Up	1'37.802	0.026	0.026
3	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'37.955	0.179	0.153
4	87	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	1'38.065	0.289	0.110
5	40	Augusto FERNÁNDEZ	Kalex	1'38.151	0.375	0.086
6	22	Sam LOWES	Kalex	1'38.160	0.384	0.009
7	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'38.223	0.447	0.063
8	11	Nicolò BULEGA	Kalex	1'38.234	0.458	0.011
9	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'38.266	0.490	0.032
10	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	1'38.386	0.610	0.120
11	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed ​​Up	1'38.405	0.629	0.019
12	12	Thomas LÜTHI	Kalex	1'38.490	0.714	0.085
13	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Kalex	1'38.536	0.760	0.046
14	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'38.600	0.824	0.064
15	72	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	1'38.609	0.833	0.009
16	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'38.615	0.839	0.006
17	23	Marcel SCHRÖTTER	Kalex	1'38.668	0.892	0.053
18	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'38.754	0.978	0.086
19	35	Somkiat CHANTRA	Kalex	1'38.857	1.081	0.103
20	16	Joe ROBERTS	KTM	1'38.931	1.155	0.074
21	77	Dominique AEGERTER	MV Agusta	1'38.957	1.181	0.026
22	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NTS	1'39.101	1.325	0.144
23	62	Stefano MANZI	MV Agusta	1'39.126	1.350	0.025
24	96	Jake DIXON	KTM	1'39.225	1.449	0.099
25	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	1'39.237	1.461	0.012
26	24	Simone COURSES	NTS	1'39.360	1.584	0.123
27	88	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	1'39.688	1.912	0.328
28	65	Philipp ÖTTL	KTM	1'40.260	2.484	0.572
29	3	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	1'40.515	2.739	0.255
30	47	Adam NORRODIN	Kalex	1'40.733	2.957	0.218
31	36	Andi Farid IZDIHAR	Kalex	1'40.947	3.171	0.214
32	18	Xavi CARDELUS	KTM	1'41.488	3.712	0.541