#JapaneseGP Moto2 Warm-Up: Syahrin starts his day well

It is with great interest that the Japanese public will watch the Moto2 race which will take place this afternoon on the stubbornly wet Motegi track. Japanese times of course. And for good reason. It is one of them, Takaaki Nakagami, who will start from pole position. Hiroshi Aoyama is the last Japanese to have climbed onto the podium of a site which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It was during the 2009 edition during which he finished second in 250cc, which was succeeded by Moto2. The future LCR rider in MotoGP therefore has a heavy responsibility. How is he feeling this morning, for the last test gallop before the big jump in the Grand Prix?

Before going any further, here is the table serving as an inventory.

#JapaneseGP Moto2™	2016	2017
FP1	1'51.816 Takaaki Nakagami	2'05.460 Alex Marquez
FP2	1'50.625 Tom Lüthi	2'05.282 Tom Lüthi
FP3	1'50.373 Tom Lüthi	2'06.163 Hafizh Syahrin
Qualification	1'49.961 Johann Zarco	1'53.776 Takaaki Nakagami
Warm Up	1'50.695 Tom Lüthi
Course	Lüthi, Zarco, Morbidelli (see here)
All time lap record	1'49.961 Johann Zarco 2016

 

We will recall that the other issue, and not the least, of this deadline, is the continuation of the duel for the title between Lüthi et Morbidely, the first being the challenger for 21 points of the second. However, the two protagonists will start thirteenth and fifteenth respectively. They will have to take risks to get out of the always hot pack.

Hostilities were delayed by a little over an hour due to the mechanical incident experienced by Migno in Moto3, a fact which stained a Motegi track with oil which had to be cleaned diligently. As a result, the exercise was reduced to fifteen minutes, or half the time usually allotted. Incidentally, given the deadlines, the Grand Prix of the category will be reduced to 15 laps.

In 2'09.140, Syahrin signed the first reference while NAVARRO suffered his third fall of the weekend. This time at turn 5, after falling at 14 and 7. Quarterly fell at turn 3 while the Malaysian took his advantage to 2408.103, ahead Morbidely, bagnaia, Olive tree et Alex Marquez. Lüthi was a careful fourteenth.

In view of the arrival, Cortese posted a good 2'07.042 but Syharin stole the show in 2'06.905, the only performance under 2'07 per lap. CortesesOliveira, Bagnaia, Alex Marquez and Morbidelli follow. Lüthi is tenth, Nakagami thirteenth.

#JapaneseGP Moto2 Warm-Up: Chronos

1	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Kalex	2'06.905
2	11	Sandro CORTESE	Suter	2'07.042	0.137 / 0.137
3	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	2'07.129	0.224 / 0.087
4	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	2'07.404	0.499 / 0.275
5	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	2'07.538	0.633 / 0.134
6	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Kalex	2'07.732	0.827 / 0.194
7	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	2'07.811	0.906 / 0.079
8	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	2'07.844	0.939 / 0.033
9	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	2'08.155	1.250 / 0.311
10	12	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	2'08.164	1.259 / 0.009
11	19	Xavier SIMEON	Kalex	2'08.278	1.373 / 0.114
12	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Tech 3	2'08.336	1.431 / 0.058
13	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	2'08.768	1.863 / 0.432
14	77	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	2'09.041	2.136 / 0.273
15	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	2'09.126	2.221 / 0.085
16	37	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Speed ​​Up	2'09.135	2.230 / 0.009
17	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	2'09.286	2.381 / 0.151
18	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	2'09.315	2.410 / 0.029
19	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	2'09.338	2.433 / 0.023
20	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	2'09.715	2.810 / 0.377
21	24	Simone COURSES	Speed ​​Up	2'09.761	2.856 / 0.046
22	62	Stefano MANZI	Kalex	2'09.767	2.862 / 0.006
23	34	Ryo MIZUNO	Kalex	2'09.845	2.940 / 0.078
24	49	Axel PONS	Kalex	2'09.902	2.997 / 0.057
25	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Suter	2'09.986	3.081 / 0.084
26	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	2'10.051	3.146 / 0.065
27	6	Tarran MACKENZIE	Suter	2'10.227	3.322 / 0.176
28	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	2'10.320	3.415 / 0.093
29	2	Jesko RAFFIN	Kalex	2'10.964	4.059 / 0.644
30	33	Ikuhiro ENOKIDO	Kalex	2'11.094	4.189 / 0.130
31	57	Edgar PONS	Kalex	2'11.223	4.318 / 0.129
32	40	Fabio QUARTARARO	Kalex	2'11.473	4.568 / 0.250
33	27	Iker LECUONA	Kalex	2'12.869	5.964 / 1.396