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Published on September 17, 2022 • 15:50 AM by Oléna Champlain

Moto2 Aragon Qualifications: Augusto Fernandez honors his MotoGP promotion

The Moto2 qualifying sessions have begun on the Aragon circuit, which hosts the fifteenth round of the championship.

Augusto Fernandez

Alonso Lopez was the fastest during the third and final free practice session of the Aragon Moto2 Grand Prix scheduled for Sunday at Motorland. The young Speed ​​Up driver, who had won his first career success in Misano, stopped the clock in a time of 1'52.180s, placing only 87 thousandths as a gap with Augusto Fernandez, in turn only 2 thousandths ahead Aron Canet (Pons), with rookie Pedro Acosta (Red Bull Ajo) just 7 thousandths behind the Team Pons driver.

Four drivers follow in less than a tenth, with Tony Arbolino (Marc VDS) fifth in front Jake Dixon (Aspar) and Fermin Aldeguer (Speed ​​Up). Close the Top Ten Joe Roberts (Italtrans), Jorge Navarro (Pons) and Albert Arenas (Aspar). Also qualified directly in Q2: Bo Bendsneyder (SAG), Somkiat Chantra (Team Asia), Manuel Gonzalez (VR46 Master Camp) and Filip Salac (Gresini).

But we will find the two other candidates for the title who are Ai Ogura (Team Asia) and Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) in Q1. What will these category qualifications have in store for us? Aragon ? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

Aragon Moto2™

 2021

2022
FP1

1'53.100 Jorge Navarro

 1'52.925 Augusto Fernandez
FP2

1'52.743 Remy Gardner

 1'52.852 Aron Canet
FP3

1'51.859 Raúl Fernández

 1'52.180 Alonso Lopez
Q1

1'52.249 Héctor Garzó

 1'52.480 Cameron Beaubier
Q2

1'51.778 Sam Lowes

 1'51.888 Augsto Fernandez
Warm up

1'52.880 Augusto Fernández
Course

R. Fernández, Gardner, A. Fernández
All time lap record

1'51.296 Sam Lowes

23° in the air, 42° on the track and a wind of 14 km/h are the conditions proposed to the pilots for this exercise which will have two halves. A Q1 from which the four best drivers will emerge and a Q2 as the final.

The first reference of Q1 is signed by Beaubier in 1'52.480. Ogura, Vietti et White follow.

The last minute has begun and Zaccone invites himself to the third row.

Q1 ends with Beaubier, Ogura, Zaccone et Drive who leave their friends behind to continue the adventure in Q2.

Here we go for Q2!

This time the hunt for pole position is on.

Drive entry crash at turn 1. NAVARRO does the same at turn 5. The reference is signed by Ogura in 1'52.402. In front Dixon, Arenas et Lopez. The last five minutes approach and Dixon then Canet join the provisional first line alongside Ogura. Augusto Fernandez is only 9th. But in the last minute the Ajo driver brought the mark to 1'51.888.

Under the checkered flag, it is the future MotoGP Tech3 rider GASGAS who takes the leading position in front Arenas, Dixon, Alonso Lopez, Canet et Acosta which loops the first two lines. Ogura is eighth. Drive 17th

Moto2 Aragon Qualifications: times

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