Moto2 Styria Warm Up: Sam Lowes dominates on a drying track

For this Styrian Grand Prix, Rémy Gardner qualified in pole position for the sixth time in Moto2 and the third time since the start of the season. He thus ties Francesco Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli in 10th place on the list of drivers with the most leading positions in the category.

Francis Bagnaia in 2018 is the last driver to win at the Red Bull Ring after qualifying on pole position. Ai Ogura qualified in second position for his best qualifying result as well as the first front row start of his Moto2 rookie season.

Marco Bezzecchi, who won the last Moto2 race held at the Red Bull Ring which was the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix, qualified in third position for his best qualifying result since his second place at the French Grand Prix earlier this year.

Raul fernandez, who qualified on pole position last year at Red Bull in Moto3 (Austrian GP), qualified fourth, the first time he has missed the front row of the grid since Spain this year, where he was fourth.

Aron canet, who qualified on pole for the only time in Moto2 last year in Styria, qualified in fifth position as the best non-Kalex. This is his second best qualifying of the season after Le Mans and Assen, where he was fourth.

Augusto Fernandez qualified in sixth position, which is the fourth time since the start of the year that he has started from the first two rows. He will attempt to reach the podium for the first time in two consecutive races since 2019, when he won at Silverstone and Misano.

What will this warm-up have in store for us in the category? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the fiats known so far.

Bull Ring 2	2020	2021
FP1	1'28.733 Sam Lowes	1'29.115 Marco Bezzecchi
FP2	1'29.092 Marco Bezzecchi	1'29.244 Remy Gardner
FP3	1'28.501 Jorge Martin	1'28.680 Remy Gardner
Q1	1'29.226 Somkiat Chantra	1'28.668 Remy Gardner
Q2	1'28.787 Arón Canet
Warm-up	1'28.666 Arón Canet	1'39.026 Sam Lowes
Course	Bezzecchi, Martin, Gardner
All time lap record	1'28.501 Jorge Martin 2020

It is 16,1° in the air and 16,8° on the track. The rain stopped falling.

Roberts signs the reference time in 1.44.614s.

He is taken by Lowes in 1.44.049s. Next Roberts, Bulega, Dixon et White.

Lowes pushes again and hangs on for a lap time 1.41.277s. Lowes, very comfortable. in the wet continued his effort and improved further in 1.40.158s. Chantra, Roberts, Dixon, Montella, Baltus, Canet, Luthi, Bulega and A.Fernandez complete this top10. There are 8 minutes left in this session.

Lowes in action...the look!

Lowes passes the 1.40 mark and signs a lap time of 1.39.026s. Chantra sticks to him with his time of 1.39.862s.

2 minutes from the finish, Syarhin takes 2nd position behind Lowes, with his time in 1.39.760s. Canet, Roberts and Chantra complete this top5.

kick of Canet in turn 3.

At the end of the session, the positions of the first 5 evolve: Lowes remains at the forefront ahead of Chantra, Bezzecchi, Di Giannantonio and Syarhin. 

End of session dominated by Lowes ahead of Chantra and Bezzecchi 

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