The atmosphere has already gone up a notch in the Moto2 category at Le Mans during a warm-up session which heated up spirits. Particularly with Alex Rins who never stopped disrupting Tom Lüthi's work by following him closely.
The Swiss, who is the man in form this weekend and author of pole position, tried to get rid of the Spaniard by simulating a trajectory error, but it was to better find him in slow motion on next turn.
A war of nerves of which one was a stranger Nakagami who took the best time in front Lüthi et zarco. Baldassari follows but will not be able to start from his first line acquired on the track due to a penalty imposed following non-compliant tire pressure.
Le Mans, Moto2, WU: Chronos
1. Takaaki Nakagami JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)
1m 37.556s
2. Thomas luthi SWI Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 37.759s
3. Johann zarco FRA Ajo Motorsport (Kalex) 1m 37.823s
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Forward Team (Kalex) 1m 37.882s
5. Franco Morbidelli ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 1m 37.907s
6. Sam Lowes GBR Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) 1m 37.912s
7. Simone Courses ITA Speed Up Racing (Speed Up) 1m 38.155s
8. Jonas Folger GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) 1m 38.189s
9. Luca marini ITA Forward Team (Kalex) 1m 38.313s
10. Julian Simon SPA QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) 1m 38.340s
11. Miguel Oliveira POR Leopard Racing (Kalex) 1m 38.358s
12. alex rins SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (Kalex) 1m 38.410s
13. Marcel schrotter GER AGR Team (Kalex) 1m 38.439s
14. Xavier Simeon BEL QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) 1m 38.477s
15. Axel Pons SPA AGR Team (Kalex) 1m 38.538s
16. Hafiz Syahrin MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia (Kalex)
1m 38.640s
17. Mattia Pasini ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 38.741s
18. Danny Kent GBR Leopard Racing (Kalex) 1m 38.749s
19. Alex Marquez SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex)
1m 38.886s
20. louis salom SPA SAG Team (Kalex) 1m 38.908s
21. Dominique Aegerter SWI CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex)
1m 39.243s
22. Xavi Verge SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1m 39.411s
23. Isaac Viñales SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1m 39.625s
24. Jesko Raffin SWI Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG (Kalex) 1m 39.817s
25. Alessandro Tonucci ITA Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 (Kalex) 1m 39.888s
26. Rattha Park Wilairot THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)
1m 40.139s
27. Robin Mulhauser SWI CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 40.211s
28. Danny Eslick USA JPMoto Malaysia (Suter) 1m 40.993s