Moto3 Malaysia Sepang FP2: Toba leads the debates, three Japanese in the first four

The Moto3 version of the Malaysian Grand Prix got off to a timid start this morning at Sepang due to a track with still some damp spots. But the bitumen dries quickly in these latitudes and it is then the one who has switched to slick tires at the right time and who has taken advantage of them in the last moments who has taken the lead in a meeting which has thus experienced its beginnings. In this game, Migno did the best in front of Canet and the new World Champion Dalla Porta. Arbolino and Masiá, who is celebrating his 20th birthday, close the top 5 of this FP1.

What will this FP2 give us which will mark the end of this Friday day in Malaysia? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts…

Moto3 Sepang™	2018	2019
FP1	2'25.290 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	2'18.921s Andrea Migno
FP2	2'14.227 Tony Arbolino	2'12.466 Kaito Toba
FP3	2'22.010 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat
Q1	XXX
Q2	2'11.731 Jorge Martin
Warm-up	2'27.951 Arón Canet
Course	Martin, Dalla Porta, Bastianini
All time lap record	2'11.731 Jorge Martin (2018)

33° in the air and 59° on the track are the conditions offered to the pilots for 40 minutes of exercise which promises to be exhausting. Sasaki who fell this morning and who had been evacuated on a stretcher is operational.

The first reference is signed by Canet and 2'14.345 ahead Arbolino et Suzuki. Sasaki, Petronas driver, definitely reassures his state of form by passing in front thanks to a 2'13.331 after ten minutes of battle. Canet et Arenas follow under the 2'14 per lap mark.

McPhee, the second Petronas driver, the local colors, is seventh. The World Champion Dalla Porta is only 23rd at mid-session. But he puts things back in place by then taking the fourth beat by curling the mustache of Booth-Amos...

López He nevertheless takes the position for the last quarter of an hour despite a nice heat at turn 2.

We worry about Antonelli et Masia who are in the last two places while the leader this morning Migno is only 19th. But the latter reacted twelve minutes from time by finishing fifth. The signal for the opening of a time hunt that will have to be completed in the top 14 to be among the provisional qualifiers with a view to direct entry into Q2.

Drive took the opportunity to move to third. The Italian can be crowned this weekend as the best rookie of the season. Leopard pilots attempt concert work. Fernandez takes the lead in 2'13.297. The drivers are on their last fast lap. Who will come out of the hat? It will not be McPhee which falls at turn 10.

 

On the other hand, it will be a matter of Tuff in 2'12.466 ahead Suzuki, Binder, Sasaki et Cute. Canet leads the pack while Dalla Porta is only 13th. Red et Ramirez are the first losers behind Fernandez. Yurchenko fell and Antonelli is penultimate.

Moto3 Malaysia Sepang FP2: times

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