Moto2 Austin Warm Up: Everything is under control for Raúl Fernandez who dominates his subject

For this Moto2 version of the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Raul Fernandez qualified in pole position for the sixth time in Moto2, becoming the first rookie to achieve six or more pole positions in the category since Marc Marquez in 2011, who has one 2. Of the seven Moto2016 races that have taken place in Austin so far, only Alex Rins (2017) and Franco Morbidelli (XNUMX) have won the race after qualifying from pole position.

Remy gardner qualified in second position for his ninth front row since the start of the season. He finished 11th at the Grand Prix of the Americas in 2019, his best result on this circuit in Moto2. Fabio Di Giannantonio qualified in third position for his third front row start since the start of the season. The other two times were in Spain, where he took his first Moto2 victory, and in Germany.

Marco Bezzecchi qualified in fourth position for his best qualifying result since his pole position at the British Grand Prix. Cameron Beaubier qualified in fifth position for his best qualification of his rookie season in Moto2. He will attempt to become the first American driver to win in the intermediate category since John Kocinski at Phillip Island in 1990 and the second American driver to reach the podium since Joe Roberts in the Czech Republic in 2020.

What will this warm-up session have in store for us, which sets us up for the big game at the start of the Texas afternoon? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

Moto2 ™	2019	2021
FP1	2'10.853 Marcel Schrötter	2'13.589 Raul Fernandez
FP2	2'09.982 Marcel Schrötter	2'09.880 Raúl Fernandez
FP3	Canceled due to thunderstorms	2'09.258 Raúl Fernandez
Q1	2'11.712 Jorge Martin	2'09.652 Marcos Ramirez
Q2	2'10.875 Marcel Schrötter	2'08.979 Raúl Fernandez
Warm up	2'11.016 Alex Marquez	2'09.577 Raúl Fernandez
Course	Lüthi, Schrötter, Navarro
All time lap record	2'08.850 Alex Rins 2016

It is 25,5° in the air and 28,8° on the track. The weather is nice.

It is By Giannantonio who turned out to be the fastest at the start of the session with his time of 2.11.378s.

More R. Fernandez the poleman recovers the precious sesame by achieving a lap time of 2.11.246s.

Gardner in turn signs the best time in 2.10.316s. Lowes, Canet, A. Fernandez and Navarro complete this top5.

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Gardner pushes and improves further with a lap time of 2.09.957s. But R. Fernandez responds by recovering this best time in 2.09.678s. A. Fernandez, Canet and Lowes, Arbolino, Dixon, Ogura, Navarro and Virgo bring up the rear of the top10 5 minutes from the finish.

R. Fernandez improves again at the end of the session, he puts on the rubber and sets a time in 2.09.577s. Gardner, imitates his teammate he also improves in 2.09.714s. Behind, Bezzecchi returned to 3rd place ahead A.Fernandez and Arbolino.

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