Moto2 Barcelona Qualifying: Pole and record for Luca Marini

Qualifying opens for a Moto2 category which has until now been dominated by one driver: Sam Lowes. Driver Marc VDS was thus credited with the best time at the end of the first day, and he once again set a benchmark during the morning FP3, as evidenced by his lap in 1'43.523. The Briton thus stuck the equivalent of a quarter of a second to his closest opponent in the person of Marcos Ramírez who nevertheless managed to move up 19 positions…

Luca marini had to be satisfied with the third time, ahead of Fabio DiGiannantonio on Speed ​​Up and Jorge Martín. Marcel Schrötter fell back to sixth place, despite the fact that he had improved like most of his opponents. Marco Bezzecchi retained seventh place. Remy gardner, Xavi Virgo et Augusto Fernandez completed the Top 10.

Enea Bastianini, Edgar Pons, Tom Luthi who will join the Onexox TKKR SAG Team in 2021 and Tetsuta nagashima, made a mistake in turn 2 in the very last minutes just like Enea Bastianini, were the last automatically qualified in Q2…

What will these qualifications hold for us? Before we know it, here is the table that always refreshes our memory:

Catalunya-Barcelona Moto2	2019	2020
FP1	1'44.673 Tom Lüthi	1'44.122 Sam Lowes
FP2	1'44.782 Augusto Fernandez	1'44.531 Marcel Schrotter
FP3	1'44.214 Jorge Navarro	1'43.523 Sam Lowes
Q1	1'44.662 Bo Bendsneyder	1'43.595 Joe Roberts
Q2	1'44.170 Augusto Fernandez	1'43.355 Luca Marini
Warm Up	1'43.764 Alex Marquez
Course	Marquez, Lüthi, Navarro
All time lap record	1'43.474 Fabio Quartararo	1'43.355 Luca Marini

We will recall that we now know who Tony Arbolino will replace within the Intact team in 2021…

Q1 session:

It's gone for 15 minutes. There will be 4 of them to enter Q2 at the end.

It is Roberts who quickly took the lead with a time of 1.44.459s ahead Syarhin et Baldassari. Navarro improves and takes the lead of the session in 1.43.942.

It is taken over by Roberts who took the best time in 1.43.595s. Dixon, Navarro and Canet provisionally make up the quartet for Q2.

Last minute and the top4 is as follows: Roberts, Dixon, Navarro and Bulega.

Full results: 

It's 20° in the air and 32° on the track

Q2 session:

It's gone for 15 minutes, there are 18 of them on the track to battle it out and get pole.

Marini takes the lead at the start of the session in 1.43.959s. Virgin, Lowes, Roberts and Fernandez make up the top5. Bezzecchi releases the big attack and positions itself in 2nd place, Dixon does the same and comes in 3rd position.

But counterattack from Lowes which unfolds and comes interposed between Marini and Bezzecchi, in 2nd place.

Marini made the effort and broke the track record with a time of 1.43.355s.

There are 5 minutes left and the positions at the front are still moving with the exception of Marini who is holding on and who for the moment is the poleman of the session. Navarro, Dixon, Lowes and Bezzecchi bring up the rear of the top5.

It feels like we're already racing...Bastia is charging!

Last minute and the top3 is as follows: Marini, Navarro and Lowes. Di Giannantonio, Dixon, Bezzecchi, Roberts, Ramirez, Virgo and Gardner make up the top10.

End of session and it's Luca marini will start in pole position this Sunday ahead of Navarro and Lowes.

Full results: