Moto2 Argentina Warm Up: Marini under full sail

It's a time to put a Virgin and a Mistral 610 outside as the Moto2s begin their warm-up session. A wet Sunday start for a Grand Prix in Argentina which promises to be indecisive. A little over 20°, both in the air and on the track, will be the temperature for this start, spared by a rain which seems to want to take a break after having worked all night.

Before launching into hostilities, here is our summary table which helps with the duty of memory...

 

#ArgentinaGP Moto2	2017	2018
FP1	1'44.943 Lorenzo Baldassarri	1'44.461 Mattia Pasini
FP2	1'44.188 Franco Morbidelli	1'44.802 Alex Marquez
FP3	1'46.100 Lorenzo Baldassarri	1'57.379 Remy Gardner
Qualification	1'45.616 Miguel Oliveira	1'56.137 Xavier Virgo
Warm Up	1'43.154 Miguel Oliveira
Course	Morbidelli, Oliveira, Lüthi
All time lap record	1'42.809 Johann Zarco 2015

 

By the way, since Jack Miller, Xavi Virgo (Dynavolt Intact GP) and Tony Arbolino (Marinelli Snipers) each obtained their first pole in the category, this Argentine Grand Prix equals in singularity the Qatar meeting in 2017 where Maverick Vinales, Franco Morbidelli et Jorge Martín also opened their peak position counter.

In 1'57.539, Sam Lowes makes the first reference in front Marini who gets scared and Nagashima, Corn Quarterly, wide awake, answers him before Marini does a 1'57.153. Barbera remembers everyone fondly by taking second place. Gardner, for its part, shows that the Mistral 610 likes these conditions by landing in fourth place.

Roberts and its NTS surprise by taking second place behind a Marini which pushes its advantage to 1'56.597. He lasted until five minutes from the goal, when Barbera takes the lead in 1'55.652, a time which betrays a rapid improvement of the track.

Marini take the opportunity to take control of the session. Barbera will not answer him, having joined his stand while the last minute has started. Baldassarri is third in front Virgin, the pole man, and a Roberts clashing with its NTS chassis. The championship leader bagnaia follows, as well asAlex Marquez. Schrotter, Lowes, best of KTM, et Olive tree close the top 10. Quarterly is fifteenth, just behind his teammate Kent. Danilo is penultimate. The best beginner is fenati, twelfth.

Moto2 Argentina Warm-Up: Chronos

1	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'55.481
2	40	Hector BARBERA	Kalex	1'55.652	0.171 / 0.171
3	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'55.843	0.362 / 0.191
4	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Kalex	1'55.940	0.459 / 0.097
5	16	Joe ROBERTS	NTS	1'55.946	0.465 / 0.006
6	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	1'56.039	0.558 / 0.093
7	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	1'56.080	0.599 / 0.041
8	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	1'56.309	0.828 / 0.229
9	22	Sam LOWES	KTM	1'56.363	0.882 / 0.054
10	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'56.419	0.938 / 0.056
11	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	1'56.439	0.958 / 0.020
12	13	Roman FENATI	Kalex	1'56.498	1.017 / 0.059
13	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'56.589	1.108 / 0.091
14	52	Danny Kent	Speed ​​Up	1'56.594	1.113 / 0.005
15	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed ​​Up	1'56.626	1.145 / 0.032
16	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	1'56.670	1.189 / 0.044
17	24	Simone COURSES	Kalex	1'56.731	1.250 / 0.061
18	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'56.975	1.494 / 0.244
19	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	1'57.139	1.658 / 0.164
20	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	1'57.181	1.700 / 0.042
21	77	Dominique AEGERTER	KTM	1'57.193	1.712 / 0.012
22	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	1'57.473	1.992 / 0.280
23	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'57.481	2.000 / 0.008
24	51	Eric GRANADO	Suter	1'57.657	2.176 / 0.176
25	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	1'57.697	2.216 / 0.040
26	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'57.766	2.285 / 0.069
27	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	1'57.884	2.403 / 0.118
28	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'57.928	2.447 / 0.044
29	21	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	1'58.882	3.401 / 0.954
30	63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Kalex	1'59.928	4.447 / 1.046
31	95	Jules DANILO	Kalex	2'00.158	4.677 / 0.230
32	62	Stefano MANZI	Suter	2'05.003	9.522 / 4.845