#MalaysianGP Moto2 Qualifying: Morbidelli in front, Lüthi down and Quartararo third!

It was a Sepang track heated to almost 50° which would decide the Moto2 starting grid for a Malaysian Grand Prix marking the penultimate of the season. A season where the World Champion of the category was to be determined between Morbidelli and Lüthi. As referee at the end of the game, we found Oliveira's KTM. What would this session of certain importance give?

Before answering, here is the traditional overview:

#MalaysianGP Moto2™ FP1	2016	2017
FP1	2'10.121 Tom Lüthi	2'06.856 Miguel Oliveira
FP2	2'08.816 Franco Morbidelli	2'06.605 Franco Morbidelli
FP3	2'07.283 Takaaki Nakagami
Qualification	2'18.621 Johann Zarco
Warm Up	2'09.750 Franco Morbidelli
Course	Zarco, Morbidelli, Folger (see here)
All time lap record	2'06.383 Tom Lüthi 2015

The exercise began with the fall of Pasini at turn 9. Pawi did the same at turn 2. On the track it's Morbidely which set the tone in 2'06.406. We had never turned so quickly since the start of this Malaysian meeting and the record of Lüthi dating from 2015 and of the order of 2'06.383 was clearly threatened.

Olive tree, Alex Marquez, Lüthi et Schrotter completed the first top 5. Binder followed with the other KTM and Quarterly was eighth after a quarter of an hour of play.

Returned to battle, Pasini crashed again at turn 7, destroying his only available bike. A troublemaker had just eliminated himself from the debates.

Entering the last five minutes, Morbidely went to the ground at turn 7 but managed to bring his bike back to the box.

 

More Tom Luthi did the same at turn 2! The Swiss received himself violently on the head, leaving doubt about his ability to resume the fight without going through the mobile clinic.

Baldassarri made a mistake at turn 13 in view of a checkered flag which nevertheless saluted the pole position of Morbidely, his first since the Sachsenring. Olive tree follows but also fabio quartararo which fits brilliantly on the first line. Marquez, Lüthi et bagnaia are in the second row Schrotter Nakagami Binder et Pasini close the top 10.

#MalaysianGP Moto2 Qualifying: Chronos

1	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Kalex	2'06.406
2	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	2'06.432	0.026 / 0.026
3	40	Fabio QUARTARARO	Kalex	2'06.478	0.072 / 0.046
4	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	2'06.511	0.105 / 0.033
5	12	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	2'06.593	0.187 / 0.082
6	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	2'06.793	0.387 / 0.200
7	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Suter	2'06.849	0.443 / 0.056
8	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	2'06.909	0.503 / 0.060
9	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	2'07.029	0.623 / 0.120
10	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	2'07.123	0.717 / 0.094
11	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Kalex	2'07.137	0.731 / 0.014
12	49	Axel PONS	Kalex	2'07.212	0.806 / 0.075
13	11	Sandro CORTESE	Suter	2'07.330	0.924 / 0.118
14	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Tech 3	2'07.370	0.964 / 0.040
15	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	2'07.513	1.107 / 0.143
16	37	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Speed ​​Up	2'07.514	1.108 / 0.001
17	24	Simone COURSES	Speed ​​Up	2'07.541	1.135 / 0.027
18	62	Stefano MANZI	Kalex	2'07.550	1.144 / 0.009
19	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	2'07.587	1.181 / 0.037
20	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	2'07.594	1.188 / 0.007
21	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	2'07.612	1.206 / 0.018
22	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	2'07.734	1.328 / 0.122
23	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	2'07.768	1.362 / 0.034
24	2	Jesko RAFFIN	Kalex	2'07.848	1.442 / 0.080
25	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	2'07.901	1.495 / 0.053
26	57	Edgar PONS	Kalex	2'08.089	1.683 / 0.188
27	27	Iker LECUONA	Kalex	2'08.096	1.690 / 0.007
28	26	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	Kalex	2'08.571	2.165 / 0.475
29	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	Kalex	2'09.016	2.610 / 0.445