Second round this afternoon during this second free practice session on the Valencia track. The forces present are united again to try to secure a place in Q2 while rain is predicted tomorrow Saturday, and which should therefore disrupt everyone in the assault on the best time for qualifying.
This morning it is Jorge Navarro who at home won in 1.34.855s ahead of two contenders for the world crown, Luca marini who ranked 2nd and Sam Lowes who finished in 4th. The leader of the world championship Enea Bastianini finished 9th.
The championship thus remains open, there are still three who can be titled: Enea Bastianini who is 6 points ahead of the Briton Sam Lowes and 22 points on the SKY VR46 driver, Luca Marini.
For now, a reminder of the facts…
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Moto2 ™ |
Valencia-1 2020 |
Valencia-2 2020 |
| FP1 |
1'48.975 Tom Lüthi |
1'34.855 Jorge Navarro |
| FP2 |
1'36.804 Enea Bastianini |
1'34.893 Fabio Di Giannantonio |
| FP3 |
1'46.668 Jorge Navarro |
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| Q1 |
1'46.456 Hafizh Syahrin |
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| Q2 |
1'38.936 Xavi Virgo |
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| Warm up |
1'35.944 Marco Bezzecchi |
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| Course |
Bezzecchi, Martin, Gardner |
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| All time lap record |
1'34.461 Jorge Navarro (2019) |
It's 21,6° in the air and 24,6° on the track. The sun finally made some breakthroughs.
Let's go for 40 minutes of driving.
The Speed Up duo were fast this morning! 💨
With the title contenders in the mix, who will end Friday as the fastest?! ⚔️# Moto2 | #ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/khG8wetXSi
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 13, 2020
It is Schrotter which sets the reference time in 1.35.175s. It is immediately taken over by Di Giannantonio in 1.35.143s and NAVARRO in 1.35.158s.
kick of bastianini in turn 6.
He tried but he couldn't save that one! ⚔️
Championship leader @eneabastianini tucks the front at Turn 6! 💥# Moto2 | #ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/VrlvdWEFQy
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 13, 2020
Lowes takes the lead in 1.35.050s ahead of the MV Agusta driver, Manzi in 1.35.087s. Schrotter comes to steal this 2nd position by also improving with a lap time of 1.35.075s.
The top5 is as follows 24 minutes from the end of the session: Lowes, Schrotter, Manzi, Di Giannantonio and Navarro. bastianini ranks 7rd, Marini is 22th.
Martin on the Kalex of the Red Bull KTM team Ajo made his effort and achieved the 4th best time of the session with a time of 1.35.094s.
Approaching 20 minutes to go, it seems @ 88jorgemartin is the first to click into fast lap mode! ✊
The Spaniard shoots up the leaderboard and into a Q2 qualification spot! 📈# Moto2 | #ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/UhqsC51pNs
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 13, 2020
There are 12 minutes left in this session where the positions for the moment are moving very little, the top10 looks like this: Lowes, Bendsneyder, Schrotter, Manzi, Martin, Di Giannantonio, Navarro, Bastianini, Garzo and Canet.
Marini is 14th.
That shows you how close it is in this session at the moment! ⚔️@ Luca_Marini_97 only 14th in FP2 but less than 4 tenths off! 🤯# Moto2 | #ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/CSk1aoDxdJ
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 13, 2020
By Giannantonio goes on the offensive and seizes the leadership of the session by passing the 1.35s mark. He sets a time of 1.34.893s.
kick of Open up in turn 2.
1 minute from the finish, things are moving at the front, Di Giannantonio holds the bar in 1.34.893 ahead Bastianini and Lowes. Bendsneyder and Schrotter bring up the rear of the top5. Lowes produces his effort and dethrones bastianini from 2nd position while also passing the 1.35s mark. It runs in 1.34.983s.
kick of Daniel in turn 10.
End of session and it's By Giannantonio who finished with the best time in 1.34.893s ahead Lowes and Bastianini. Marini finished in 8th place.
The Speed Up boys continue their charge! 👏
@FabioDiggia21 fastest in FP2 goal @Jorge_Navarro9 remains fastest on the combined times! 💨# Moto2 | #ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/LWV5PPCqSc
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 13, 2020
Complete FP1/FP2 results (combined):
