Moto2 Assen FP3: Augusto Fernandez comes back strong

Joe Roberts was the fastest during the first day of testing in the Moto2 category of the Dutch Grand Prix, 11th stage of the 2022 World Championship, the last before the summer break. The Italtrans Team rider who finished in 1'37.393 got the better of Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull Ajo + 0.136s) and Albert Arenas (Aspar + 0.176s), who preceded Ai Ogura (Team Asia).

Fermin Aldeguer (Speed ​​Up) is fifth, ahead of his teammate Alonso lopez et Aron Canet (Pons). The Pons team driver had problems due to wicks being put in his nose to manage his repeated bleeding. He is in provisional Q2 with Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), his teammate Jorge Navarro, Filip Salac (Gresini), Marcos Ramirez (MV Agusta Forward), Somkiat Chantra (Team Asia), Tony Arbolino (Marc VDS) and Alessandro Zaccone (Gresini).

What will this FP3 of the Dutch Grand Prix Moto2 version have in store for us? Before knowing it, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

Assen Moto2™	2021 (New asphalt)	2022
FP1	1'36.744 Augusto Fernández	1'46.877 Aron Canet
FP2	1'47.617 Héctor Garzó	1'37.393 Joe Roberts
FP3	1'36.511 Raúl Fernández	1'37.115 Augusto Fernandez
QP1	1'36.775 Bo Bendsneyder
QP2	1'36.356 Raúl Fernández
Warm up	1'36.858 Raúl Fernández
Course	R. Fernández, Gardner, A. Fernández
All time lap record	1'36.346 Johann Zarco (2015)

A blue sky and a dry track are offered to the pilots for the 40 minutes of exercise.

Attention is still focused on Aron canet, flanked by Doctor Charter in his box but still fit for combat. The Spaniard does a launch lap, then returns to the stand while the first reference is signed by Marcel Schrotter in 1'37.661.

Augusto Fernandez raise your voice in 1'37.142 ahead Arenas, Arbolino, local Bendsneyder et Alonso lopez.

The 14 drivers who would join Q2 with the session only ending in 20 minutes would be: Fernandez, Arenas, Ogura, Arbolino, Salac, Bendsneyder, Lowes, Lopez, Roberts, Chantra, Aldeguer, Vietti and Beaubier.

Ogura comes back strong, 3rd in 1.37.247s

Fernandez pushes and improves further, he achieves a lap time of 1.37.115s.

Aldeguer, 12th, in rescue mode….

We enter the last 6 minutes and the drivers return to the track to chase the time...the goal being for everyone to avoid going through Q1..

In the image, Aron Canet in his box who has put on the suit and put on civilian clothes..End of weekend: start of vacation for the Team Pons driver, the question is asked???

kick of Lowes in sector 4.

Salac also goes into the gravel trap...he loses the front of his machine

At the front, the positions of the leaders are unchanged: Fernandez holds the line in 1.37.115s ahead of Arenas, Bendsneyder, Ogura and Arbolino.

End of session dominated by Fernandez. The other 13 drivers qualified for Q2 are: Arenas, Bendsneyder, Ogura, Arbolino, Dixon, Roberts, Salac, Schrotter, Lopez, Vietti, Lowes, Chantra and Beaubier.

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