Moto2 Misano 1 FP2: Marco Bezzecchi dominates his subject in the rain

The Moto2 started their San Marino Grand Prix in Misano with wet tires and the fastest in these conditions was Thomas Luthi, who, on Kalex of the SAG team stopped the clock with a time of 1'50.140. The No. 12 preceded Marco Bezzecchi (Sky Racing Team VR46) and Nicolò Bulega (Gresini), by 0,288s and 0,438s respectively.

Fourth beat for Jake dixon, who returns to Moto2 after two races in MotoGP. The Petronas driver precedes Sam Lowes, 31, who recently renewed his contract with the Marc VDS team and Somkiat Chantra of Thailand, Honda Team Asia. The Top Ten is completed by Augusto Fernandez (Marc VDS), Stefano Manzi (Pons), Jorge Navarro (Speed ​​Up) and Xavi Virgo (Petronas).

The first two in the world championship preferred not to take any risks on the wet track: Rémy Gardner and Raul Fernandez (Red Bull Ajo drivers) are in twenty-second and twenty-ninth position.

What will this FP2 have in store for us? Before knowing it, here is the table that refreshes the memory.

Misano-1 Moto2™	2020	2021
FP1	1'36.262 Enea Bastianini	1'50.140 Thomas Luthi
FP2	1'35.956 Luca Marini	1'50.168 Marco Bezzecchi
FP3	1'35.649 Enea Bastianini
Q1	1'36.129 Lorenzo Dalla Porta
Q2	1'35.271 Luca Marini
warm up	1'36.346 Tetsuta Nagashima
Course	Bastianini, Bezzecchi, Lowes
All time lap record	1'35.271 Luca Marini 2020

It's 23,9° in the air and 26,2° on the track. The sky is overcast, it has rained again on the route which is wet again.

It is Syarhin who takes the lead at the start of the session with a lap time of 1.54.798s. He is followed by Schrotter et Arbolino.

Luthi, in turn, like this morning, regains leadership with his time of 1.52.299s. He is imitated in the effort by Bezzecchi in 1.52.302, the latter took 2nd position. Syarhin, Bulega, Schrotter, Gardner, Chantra, Lowes, Baltus and Vietti bring up the rear of the provisional top10.

Bezzecchi very comfortable in the wet, takes the lead in 1.50.516s. He pushed again with 24 minutes to go, setting a lap time of 1.50.168s. A. Fernandez, Lowes, Dixon, Luthi follow in his footsteps.

Absolute concentration...for Sam Lowes

And during this time ...Jake dixon settle down and rest!

8 minutes from the finish, the times no longer change. However, the track is even wetter than this morning during FP1.

The top10 is as follows: Bezzecchi, A.Fernandez, Lowes, Dixon, Luthi, Syarhin, Montella, Bulega, Virginie and Schrotter. Gardner is 11th, R.Fernandez, barely positioned in 26th place.

kick of Chantra

End of session. Bezzecchi held on, he was the fastest with his time achieved in 1.50.168s. He is ahead A.Fernandez, Chantra, Virgin and Lowes. Gardner finished 22nd, R.Fernandez 24th.

            Moto2 Misano 1 FP2: times

 

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