Jerez Moto2 Warm-Up: Baldassarri doesn't let himself be counted out

A Lorenzo Baldassarri in spirit, a bagnaia on the hunt and a Alex Marquez as defender of Spanish national honor, this is the setting for this Spanish Grand Prix at the end of the two days spent in Jerez. But it’s Sunday where everything is decided. It is therefore important to warm up well and the Moto2 riders will be able to gain momentum under a storm of blue skies and summer temperatures. To the delight of an already large audience!

Before enjoying the show, take a look at the table which summarizes the situation…

 

Jerez Moto2™	2017	2018
FP1	1'58.299 Alex Marquez	1'42.836 Francesco Bagnaia
FP2	1'43.121 Alex Marquez	1'42.537 Alex Marquez
FP3	1'42.434 Alex Marquez	1'41.890 Lorenzo Baldassarri
Qualification	1'42.080 Alex Marquez	1'41.925 Lorenzo Baldassarri
Warm Up	1'42.527 Franco Morbidelli
Course	Marquez, Bagnaia, Oliveira
All time lap record	1'42.080 Alex Marquez 2017

 

19° in the air and 16° on the track, the temperatures were mild at the start of the exercise. But for the race, the mercury should be much higher than that… Baldassarri will start from his first pole position, Alex Marquez of his third consecutive first row while NAVARRO fourth and Brad Binder fifth had never qualified so well since they entered Moto2. The beginner Mir is already on the second line…

Qualified 17th, Schrotter learned before setting off that he had just received a three-place penalty for hanging around the line when he was not on a fast lap.

In 1'43.076, the future Tech3 KTM rider in MotoGP Miguel Oliveira signs the first reference. A relief for the Portuguese, only qualified fourteenth. The teammate of Brad Binder even insists and consolidates his position as head of the timesheet in 1'42.568. That's a faster time than his qualification! NAVARRO, Marquez et Schrotter follow.

Baldassarri is sixth behind Lowes et bagnaia eighth point. Quarterly is tenth with the point Mir in front of him and his teammate Kent behind.

Three minutes from the end, the pole sitter clocked a 1'42.370 which leaves no doubt about his intentions for the rest of the events... NAVARRO takes second place and Olive tree remains in the top three where missing Marquez, fourth. Quarterly is eighth.

Jerez Moto2 Warm-Up: Chronos

1	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'42.370
2	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	1'42.472	0.102	0.102
3	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'42.548	0.178	0.076
4	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	1'42.573	0.203	0.025
5	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	1'42.745	0.375	0.172
6	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	1'42.807	0.437	0.062
7	22	Sam LOWES	KTM	1'42.810	0.440	0.003
8	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed ​​Up	1'42.859	0.489	0.049
9	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Kalex	1'42.996	0.626	0.137
10	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'43.014	0.644	0.018
11	40	Hector BARBERA	Kalex	1'43.023	0.653	0.009
12	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	1'43.030	0.660	0.007
13	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	1'43.054	0.684	0.024
14	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'43.102	0.732	0.048
15	52	Danny Kent	Speed ​​Up	1'43.103	0.733	0.001
16	13	Roman FENATI	Kalex	1'43.136	0.766	0.033
17	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'43.184	0.814	0.048
18	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	1'43.230	0.860	0.046
19	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'43.261	0.891	0.031
20	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'43.266	0.896	0.005
21	24	Simone COURSES	Kalex	1'43.373	1.003	0.107
22	16	Joe ROBERTS	NTS	1'43.496	1.126	0.123
23	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	1'43.555	1.185	0.059
24	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	1'43.595	1.225	0.040
25	51	Eric GRANADO	Suter	1'43.752	1.382	0.157
26	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'43.985	1.615	0.233
27	21	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	1'43.996	1.626	0.011
28	62	Stefano MANZI	Suter	1'44.325	1.955	0.329
29	95	Jules DANILO	Kalex	1'44.354	1.984	0.029
30	3	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	1'44.421	2.051	0.067
31	14	Hector GARZO	Tech 3	1'45.158	2.788	0.737
32	18	Xavi CARDELUS	Kalex	1'45.182	2.812	0.024
33	63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Kalex	1'45.649	3.279	0.467