Moto2 Misano-2 Qualifying: Sam Lowes emerges from the chaos marked by a festival of falls

It was Tony Arbolino who came out on top in the last Moto2 free practice session at Misano. But it was on a wet track, so he is not the fastest of a troop who will find drying conditions for his qualifications for Made in Italy and Emilia-Romagna Moto2, 16th stage of the World Championship .

The Intact GP rookie achieved the best performance with a time of 1'47,902, beating his compatriot Bezzechi of Sky Racing Team VR46 at the end of the session and by only 3 thousandths. However, this was not enough for both to enter Q2 and they will have to go through Q1, given the combined standings of the three sessions. Third beat for Augusto Fernandez (Marc VDS), who was ahead of Fermín Aldeguer (Speed ​​Up) and Raul Fernandez (Red Bull Ajo).

Jorge Navarro (Speed ​​Up) is sixth (but outside direct access in Q2), ahead Aron canet (Boscoscuro Aspar), Somkiat Chantra (Team Asia) and Hector Garzo who like Navarro is out of direct access in Q2. Tenth beat for Celestine Vietti (Sky Racing Team VR46), followed by the leader of the World Championship Remy gardner (Red Bull Ajo) and Jake Dixon (Petronas). Xavi Verge (Petronas), Ai Ogura (rookie Team Asia), Stefano manzi (Pons) and Sam Lowes (Marc VDS) also enter directly into Q2.

What will these Moto2 qualifications in Misano have in store for us? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

Misano-2 Moto2™	09/2021	10/2021
FP1	1'50.140 Thomas Lüthi	1'48.322 Augusto Fernandez
FP2	1'50.168 Marco Bezzecchi	1'40.930 Augusto Fernandez
FP3	1'37.012 Raúl Fernández	1'47.902 Tony Arbolino
Q1	1'38.062 Celestino Vietti	1'37.198 Jorge Navarro
Q2	1'36.264 Raúl Fernández	1'36.510 Sam Lowes
Warm Up	1'36.886 Augusto Fernández
Course	R. Fernández, Gardner, Canet
All time lap record	1'35.271 Luca Marini 2020

17.7° on a drying track and 18° in the air under an overcast sky which should retain its drops are the conditions proposed to the pilots for this exercise.

This begins with Q1 where Bezzecchi et Open up ruin their chances in a fall. Arbolino does the same and his teammate Schrotter limit. Marcon says to himself that he must also show his face and White agrees with him. In short, it is a slaughter that Simone Corsi et Casadei feed.

We are therefore at eight falls but there are also times to progress to Q2. Navarro, Arenas, Garzo, Bendsneyder are the first four who continue this adventure with twists and turns...

Moto2 Misano-2 Q1: times

The Moto2 qualifying finals begin with a track at 17.7° and 18°2 in the air. The track remains just as full of traps as in Q1… NAVARRO continues its momentum in 1'36.683 in front Raul et Augusto Fernandez. Canet et Lowes close the first top 5.

We avoid disaster in turn 15 with marshals reporting Virgin who has just fallen and almost gets hit by the sinking motorcycle Dixon coming straight towards them... Drive crashed at turn 1 and Ogura also got into it at turn 15. Manzi also falls. Raul Fernandez makes a mistake at turn 2.

Under the checkered flag, it's Sam Lowes who takes pole position in a battle where there were 13 falls. NAVARRO et Augusto Fernandez are on the first line. Canet, Vietti et Ramirez are on the second. On the championship side, Raul fernandez is tenth despite his fall but consoles himself by seeing his teammate and rival for the title Remy gardner only 14th.

But there will be investigations...

Moto2 Misano-2 Qualifying: times

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