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It was under a still mild sky that the Moto3 began their second exercise on the first day of their Japanese Grand Prix. A meeting which gave wings to the premises of the Ono plateau. But he still had the spotlight stolen in the final seconds by Bastianini.

 

Motegi Moto3

2015

2016

FP1 1'57.500 Niccolo Antonelli  1'57.523 Nicolo Bulega
FP22 1'57.609 Niccolo Antonelli
FP3 1'56.572 Niccolo Antonelli
QP 1'56.484 Romano Fenati
WU (wet) 2'11.540 Jorge Martin
All time lap record 1'56.484 Romano Fenati
Running (wet) Antonelli, Oliveira, Navarro

 

The first game of the morning had dedicated a Open up in great shape and was quickly marked by the fall of the brand new World Champion Brad Binder. An incident that the South African repeated at the start of a session which will be ruined for the disappointed KTM official. Nailed to his box after his accident, he will have to resign himself to an anonymous 27rd position like any assessment of this Friday at Motegi.

A route that Ono recalled being in his country. The Japanese led the charge to claim the best performance with a quarter of an hour to go, delighting his compatriots in the stands. However ; the teammate of Pawi will end up falling when giving the last push of the collar, leaving free bastianini to raise your voice.

 

The Italian did what was necessary to show his intention to continue his subscription on a first row of the starting grid never let go since Assen. With his performance of 1'56.982, he is the only one below the 1'57 lap mark. He is ahead of Ono, Loi, Navarro and Mir which closes the top 5. Oettl does the same for a top 10 missed by Quarterly and the fastest in the morning Open up. Danilo is 24rd.

Motego Moto3 FP2: Chronos compiled by our friends at crash.net

1. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 56.982s
2. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 57.103s
3. Livio Law BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 1m 57.391s
4. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 57.447s
5. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 57.565s
6. Francis Bagnaia ITA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 57.576s
7. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.580s
8. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 57.649s
9. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 57.668s
10. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 57.670s
11. fabio quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 57.696s
12. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.778s
13. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 57.810s
14. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 57.885s
15. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 58.071s
16. Albert Arenas SPA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 58.107s
17. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Team (KTM) 1m 58.290s
18. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.309s
19. John mcphee GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 58.378s
20. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra) 1m 58.385s
21. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 58.418s
22. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 58.444s
23. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 58.446s
24. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 58.495s
25. George Martin SPA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 58.513s
26. Tatsuki suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 58.595s
27. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.612s
28. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 58.694s
29. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra) 1m 58.831s
30. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 59.031s
31. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 59.524s
32. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 59.803s
33. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 0.008s
34. Shizuka Okazaki JPN UQ & TELURU KOHARA RT (Honda) 2m 3.328s
Rei Sato JPN 41 Planning IodaRacing Japan (Honda) No time

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