#ItalianGP Moto2 FP2: Alex Marquez knocks everyone out

The start of this Italian Moto2 Grand Prix this morning was the prerogative of a Franco Morbidelli in full confidence. We would be less so with four victories in five possible occasions, even on a Mugello track which has never done him any favors. However, the Italian from Marc VDS Racing had to work hard to bring his compatriot Pasini into line before lunchtime. For what verdict as snack time approaches?

To fully understand this last game on Friday, it is important to keep the chronometric references in mind:

#ItalianGP Mugello Moto2	2016	2017
FP1	1'53.592 Johann Zarco	1'52.568 Franco Morbidelli
FP2	1'52.944 Johann Zarco
FP3	1'52.382 Sam Lowes
Qualification	1'51.965 Sam Lowes
Warm up	1'52.458 Takaaki Nakagami
Race 1	Lowes, Luthi, Nakagami
Race 2	Zarco, Baldassarri, Lowes (see here)
All time lap record	1'51.514 Sam Lowes 2015

 

input, Alex Marquez showed the muscles in 1'52.229. The benchmark established in the morning by his teammate Morbidely was beaten without warning on a track at 55°. A time that will never be beaten during an exercise taken by the ambient torpor. Nakagami will be the one who did his best to upset the brother of whom you know in front of a transalpine trio composed of Courses, Pasini et bagnaia, has definitely become essential.

Morbidely is out of the top 5 and precedes a Brad Binder all the more surprising as he allows himself to beat his teammate and leader at KTM Olive tree. Lüthi et Baldassarri close the top 10 Marini but also to Fabio Quartararo good twelfth. Xavier Viege is seventeenth with the Mistral610.

#ItalianGP Moto2 FP2: Chronos

1. Alex Marquez SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 1m 52.229s
2. Takaaki Nakagami JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 1m 52.329s
3. Simone Courses ITA Speed ​​Up Racing (Speed ​​Up) 1m 52.627s
4. Mattia Pasini ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 52.753s
5. Francis Bagnaia ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (Kalex) 1m 52.852s
6. Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 1m 52.899s
7. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 52.932s

8. Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 52.978s
9. Thomas luthi SWI CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 53.013s
10. Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Forward Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 53.033s
11. Luca marini ITA Forward Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 53.071s
12. fabio quartararo FRA Pons HP40 (Kalex) 1m 53.101s
13. Yonny Hernandez COL AGR Team (Kalex) 1m 53.147s
14. Remy gardner AUS Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1m 53.339s
15. Marcel schrotter GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Suter) 1m 53.374s
16. Axel Pons SPA RW Racing GP (Kalex) 1m 53.417s
17. Xavi Verge SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1m 53.467s
18. Isaac Viñales SPA BE-A-VIP SAG Team (Kalex) 1m 53.491s
19. Hafiz Syahrin MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia (Kalex) 1m 53.527s
20. Jorge Navarro SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) 1m 53.597s
21. Sandra Cortese GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Suter) 1m 53.702s
22. Danny Kent GBR Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 53.767s
23. Xavier Simeon BEL Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 (Kalex) 1m 53.825s
24. Dominique Aegerter SWI Kiefer Racing (Suter) 1m 53.851s
25. Stefano manzi ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (Kalex) 1m 54.022s
26. Edgar Pons SPA Pons HP40 (Kalex) 1m 54.046s
27. Andrea Locatelli ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 54.143s
28. Jesko Raffin SWI Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 54.343s
29. Tetsuta nagashima JPN Teluru SAG Team (Kalex) 1m 54.378s
30. Augusto Fernandez SPA Speed ​​Up Racing (Speed ​​Up) 1m 54.608s
31. Frederick Fuligni ITA Forward Junior Team (Kalex) 1m 55.081s
32. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 1m 55.101s
33. Tarran Mackenzie GBR Kiefer Racing (Suter) 1m 55.570s