The conditions being ideal, attention is focused on the Zarco/Rins duel which turned to the Frenchman's advantage yesterday. But we know the Spaniard is tough and tenacious, so it wouldn't be surprising to see him show up this morning, after qualifying only 22nd yesterday...
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Motegi Moto2 |
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2016 |
| FP1 | 1'51.556 Tom Lüthi | 1'51.816 Takaaki Nakagami |
| FP2 | 1'51.158 Johann Zarco | 1'50.625 Tom Lüthi |
| FP3 | 1'50.909 Alex Rins | 1'50.373 Tom Lüthi |
| QP | 1'50.339 Johann Zarco | 1'49.961 Johann Zarco |
| WU | 2'03.645 Alex Rins (wet) | |
| All time lap record | 1'50.339 Johann Zarco | |
| Course | Zarco, Folger, Cortese (wet) | |
The first part of the session saw a great fight for leadership between Folger, Luthi and Morbidelli.
The Swiss driver nevertheless dropped to 1'50.695 mid-session, creating a gap of 4 tenths on the head of the peloton led by
Folger, Nakagami, Lowes, Morbidelli and Zarco.
alex rins then points at 1,2 seconds, in 11th position.
The second part of this warm up sees Morbidelli and Lowes improve slightly, but the hierarchy remains under Swiss domination.
zarco concludes in extremis 6th, half a second away, Kidneys 14th at 1,1 seconds.
🏁 # Moto2 WU@ThomasLUTHI making a major statement, he's quickest this morning!#JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/8lxudV443u
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 16, 2016
| Pos | Pile | Country | Team | Motorcycle | HIGHLIGHTS | deviations | ||
| 1 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Garage Plus Interwetten | Kalex | 1'50.695 | |||
| 2 | Jonas Folger | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 1'50.955 | 0.260 | ||
| 3 | Frank MORBIDELLI | ITA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 1'51.034 | 0.339 | ||
| 4 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 1'51.128 | 0.433 | ||
| 5 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 1'51.227 | 0.532 | ||
| 6 | johann zarco | FRA | Ajo Motorsport | Kalex | 1'51.249 | 0.554 | ||
| 7 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 1'51.265 | 0.570 | ||
| 8 | Julian SIMON | SPA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 1'51.274 | 0.579 | ||
| 9 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | Forward Team | Kalex | 1'51.285 | 0.590 | ||
| 10 | Simone COURSES | ITA | Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 1'51.292 | 0.597 | ||
| 11 | Axel PONS | SPA | AGR Team | Kalex | 1'51.340 | 0.645 | ||
| 12 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 1'51.487 | 0.792 | ||
| 13 | Danny Kent | GBR | Leopard Racing | Kalex | 1'51.765 | 1.070 | ||
| 14 | Alex Rins | SPA | Pages Yellow HP 40 | Kalex | 1'51.829 | 1.134 | ||
| 15 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | AGR Team | Kalex | 1'51.933 | 1.238 | ||
| 16 | Matthias PASINI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 1'51.946 | 1.251 | ||
| 17 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 1'52.007 | 1.312 | ||
| 18 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 1'52.010 | 1.315 | ||
| 19 | Tetsuit NAGASHIMA | JPN | Ajo Motorsport Academy | Kalex | 1'52.043 | 1.348 | ||
| 20 | Luca MARINI | ITA | Forward Team | Kalex | 1'52.156 | 1.461 | ||
| 21 | Jesko RAFFIN | SWI | Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG | Kalex | 1'52.192 | 1.497 | ||
| 22 | Edgar PONS | SPA | Pages Yellow HP 40 | Kalex | 1'52.194 | 1.499 | ||
| 23 | Hafiz Syahrin | MAL | Petronas Raceline Malaysia | Kalex | 1'52.198 | 1.503 | ||
| 24 | Xavi VIRGIN | SPA | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 1'52.262 | 1.567 | ||
| 25 | Iker LECUONA | SPA | Technomag Racing Interwetten | Kalex | 1'52.578 | 1.883 | ||
| 26 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 1'52.823 | 2.128 | ||
| 27 | Robin MULHAUSER | SWI | CarXpert Interwetten | Kalex | 1'53.090 | 2.395 | ||
| 28 | Naomichi URAMOTO | JPN | Japan-GP2 | Kalex | 1'53.475 | 2.780 | ||
| 29 | Taro SEKIGUCHI | JPN | Team Taro Plus One | TSR | 1'54.484 | 3.789 | ||
| Remy GARDNER | AUS | Moto2 Scuderia Racing pocket | Kalex |
