Moto2 Austria FP2: Remy Gardner in front and crashes behind

It was the rookie Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia), who took an honorable fifth place last weekend, who made a perfect start this Friday. The Japanese saw himself propelled into the lead with his lap of 1'28.887 in FP1. But everything was decided by seven thousandths against Augusto Fernández (ELF Marc VDS Racing)!

Nice performance from Marcel Schrötter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) who moved up to third place, just ahead of the latest winner Marco Bezzecchi (Sky Racing Team VR46) and an astonishing Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Italtrans Racing Team).

Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing), in more difficulty on this track, inherited sixth place, whileAron Canet (Aspar Team Moto2) ranked seventh. Which will have come very close to a collision with Cameron Beaubier (American Racing). Fortunately, the Valencian managed to avoid the Kalex of the No. 6, which had fallen a few moments earlier at the exit of turn 1.

Raul Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) and Albert Arenas (Aspar Team Moto2) completed the Top 10. Remy Gardner (Red Bull KTM Ajo), current leader in the World Championship, had to be content with an 11th position.

What will this FP2 of the Austrian Grand Prix have in store for us? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

Moto2™ Red Bull Ring	Styria 2021	Austria 2021
FP1	1'29.115 Marco Bezzecchi	1'28.887 Ai Ogura
FP2	1'29.244 Remy Gardner	1'28.967 Remy Gardner
FP3	1'28.680 Remy Gardner
Q1	1'29.202 Fabio Di Giannantonio
Q2	1'28.668 Remy Gardner
Warm up	1'39.026 Sam Lowes
Course	Bezzecchi, Canet, A. Fernández
All time lap record	1'28.501 Jorge Martin 2020

26.1° in the air and 31.3° on the track with a clearer sky and a drying track are the conditions offered to the pilots for the 40 minutes of exercise. Montella sets the tone by falling from the start…

Raul fernandez signs the first reference in 1'29.776. He is ahead of his first name Augusto. The latter in the colors of Marc VDS accelerates in 1'29.275. Halfway through the session, the track can be considered completely dry.

Héctor Garzò fall at turn 3 while the soft tires were used for the last quarter of an hour. Sam Lowes passes in 1'29.161. But we are only at the beginning of the charge against the clock. Bezzecchi fall at turn 4 after a straight ahead. Gardner slams a 1'29.037.

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The Australian accelerates in 1'28.967 and fortunately because Ai Ogura is still there. Arenas fall in the last minute at turn 9. Under the checkered flag, we leave it there with Gardner, Ogura, Raul Fernandez, Sam Lowes et Augusto Fernandez for the top 5. Dallas Port leads the rest of the peloton, ahead Bezzecchi, Canet, Schrotter et Lüthi.

Moto2 Austria FP2: times

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