HJC French Grand Prix Moto3 FP2: Antonelli takes control

It is under an ever-present sun that the Moto3 relaunch this Friday Grand Prix of France after a lunch break. The morning, George Martin had once again displayed his talent to challenge the clock on a lap, positioning himself in front of KTMs who particularly like this Bugatti track. In warmer temperatures, what will be the hierarchy of this last exercise of the day?

Before answering this question, a quick reminder of the facts in the form of a table…

Le Mans Moto3™	2017	2018
FP1	1'51.468 Adam Norrodin	1'43.114 Jorge Martin
FP2	1'52.716 Jorge Martin
FP3	1'50.175 Nicolo Bulega
Qualification	1'42.813 Jorge Martin
Warm Up	1'42.453 Joan Mir
Course	Mir, Canet, Di Giannantonio
All time lap record	1'42.453 Joan Mir 2017

 

20° in the air, twice as much on the track, this time, summer has set in in Sarthe. From the first minutes, Migno fall at turn 3 and Arbolino in 1'42.852 shows that the times will fall during this exercise... Where we have a few scares!

bastianini joins his compatriot below the 1'43 mark which the rest of the peloton does not pass with a quarter of an hour to go. Tuff, farmhouse et Antonelli completes a top 5 where there is only one KTM.

Rodrigo fall at turn 7 as the last five minutes loom. Dallas Port falls heavily at turn 14. Antonelli signs a 1'42.596 which announces the final assault. Alonso Lopez fall at turn 7.

Antonelli will remain undefeated despite the efforts of Tuff who only failed by 48 thousandths despite a fall. bastianini et Arbolino follow. Bezzecchi is fifth and first KTM representative. Canet, sixth and George Martin only tenth. Note that last year's pole position time has already been beaten. Joan Mir's record in 2017 of 1'42.453 is not far away!

HJC French Grand Prix Moto3 FP2: Chronos

1	23	Niccolo ANTONELLI	Honda	1'42.596
2	27	Kaito TOBA	Honda	1'42.644	0.048	0.048
3	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Honda	1'42.773	0.177	0.129
4	14	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	1'42.852	0.256	0.079
5	12	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	1'42.861	0.265	0.009
6	44	Aaron CANET	Honda	1'42.980	0.384	0.119
7	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Honda	1'42.985	0.389	0.005
8	65	Philipp OETTL	KTM	1'43.158	0.562	0.173
9	88	Jorge MARTIN	Honda	1'43.198	0.602	0.040
10	16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	1'43.213	0.617	0.015
11	76	Makar YURCHENKO	KTM	1'43.269	0.673	0.056
12	8	Nicholas BULEGA	KTM	1'43.308	0.712	0.039
13	5	Jaume MASIA	KTM	1'43.316	0.720	0.008
14	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	1'43.331	0.735	0.015
15	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	KTM	1'43.348	0.752	0.017
16	11	Livio LOI	KTM	1'43.354	0.758	0.006
17	48	Lorenzo FROM THE DOOR	Honda	1'43.419	0.823	0.065
18	17	John MCPHEE	KTM	1'43.444	0.848	0.025
19	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	1'43.489	0.893	0.045
20	71	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	1'43.653	1.057	0.164
21	22	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	1'43.661	1.065	0.008
22	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	1'43.671	1.075	0.010
23	40	Darryn BINDER	KTM	1'43.689	1.093	0.018
24	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	KTM	1'43.719	1.123	0.030
25	10	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	1'43.806	1.210	0.087
26	41	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	Honda	1'43.850	1.254	0.044
27	7	Adam NORRODIN	Honda	1'43.916	1.320	0.066
28	72	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	1'44.295	1.699	0.379