Moto2 Assen Qualifying: Jake Dixon takes pole position

Augusto Fernandez was the fastest in the third and final session of the Moto2 category in Assen, scene of the Dutch Grand Prix, 11th stage of the 2022 World Championship, the last before the summer break. The Red Bull Ajo Team driver set the best lap in 1'37.115, a time which allowed him to beat Albert Arenas (Aspar) by only 65 thousandths, who is ahead of Bo Bendsneyder by 46 thousandths.

Ai Ogura (Team Asia) who hunts Celestine Vietti at 8 points in the championship is fourth, ahead  Tony Arbolino (Marc VDS), Jake dixon (Aspar), Joe Roberts (Italtrans) and Filip Salac (Gresini). Marcel schrotter (Intact GP) and Alonso Lopez (Speed ​​​​Up) close the Top Ten.

Celestine Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), Sam Lowes (Marc VDS), Somkiat Chantra (Team Asia) and Cameron Beaubier (American Racing) also qualify directly for Q2. They will have to go through Q1, among others: Alessandro Zaccone (Gresini), Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Italtrans), Niccolò Antonelli (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) and Simone Corsi (MV Agusta Forward).

Aron canet will miss the race, struggling with a constantly bleeding nose that doesn't allow him to breathe. The Team Pons rider should have surgery next week in Barcelona…

What will these Qualifications for the Moto2 version of the Dutch Grand Prix 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	1'36.912 Jorge Navarro
QP2	1'36.356 Raúl Fernández	1'36.736 Jake Dixon
Warm up	1'36.858 Raúl Fernández
Course	R. Fernández, Gardner, A. Fernández
All time lap record	1'36.346 Johann Zarco (2015)

 

Canet is out for the rest of the weekend, the doctors not having managed to stop his repetitive nosebleeds.

A few drops of rain appear again as the Q1 session begins:

Aldeguer in slow motion, he returns to his box, technical problem? He leaves immediately.

NAVARRO signs the reference time in 1.37.670s. He is ahead Ramirez, Dalla Porta and Gonzalez.

The FlexBox HP40 driver improves and remains in 1st position, he sets a lap time of 1.37.285s. Zaccone, Gonzalez et White complete this provisional top4. There are 5 minutes left in this session.

Aldeguer pulls away and takes 2nd position but in the process, his time is canceled, he bit into the green part. He achieved it the following lap in 1.37.389s, but he only took 4th position.

The top4 is as follows with 45s to go: Navarro in 1.36.912s, Zaccone, Gonzalez and Dalla Porta: Aldeguer is out of the top4

It's a battle in the last seconds and in the end, the 4 drivers who will enter Q2 are: Navarro, Zaccone, Gonzalez and Baltus.

Full Moto2 Q1 results:

Q2 session:

NAVARRO on its momentum in Q1 signs the reference time in 1.36.860s. They put the wheel on him, Bendsneyder, Lopez, Dixon and Arenas.

High speed drop for Vietti, this is not doing his business in view of the championship, his main opponent (Ogura) has just taken the 3rd best time in 1.36.963s)

Lowes takes control in 1.36.767s, the drivers still have 5min30 to catch the British driver.

Top5: Lowes, Navarro, Roberts, Bendsneyder and Ogura.

Arenas takes the lead in 1.36.747s. This would be the first pole for the GASGAS rider in Moto2: Lowes, Ogura, Navarro, Roberts, Bendsneyder, Fernandez, Lopez, Schrotter and Dixon bring up the rear of this top10 with 15 seconds to go.

It is finally Dixon who took pole position, in 1.36.736s. His teammate, Arenas is 2nd, Lowes finished 3th. Ogura and Lopez complete this top5

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Credit classification motogp.com