#SpanishGP Moto2 FP1: Alex Marquez dominates at home

The Moto2s opened their hostilities for a Spanish Grand Prix which marks the fourth meeting of this 2017 season. An already historic start due to the rain which has not let go of the riders since the start of this morning in Jerez. And for good reason: of the thirty events completed on this track since it was included on the Grand Prix calendar, only three have had to deal with soggy tarmac. It was in 2000, in 2004 and in 2011. Will this year be the fourth?

Four is precisely the number of the moment in Moto2. Franco Morbidelli This weekend comes to collect its fourth success of the season in as many meetings honored. A great consistency which is starting to annoy his opponents. Before launching into the debates, here are the chronometric bases to take into account.

#SpanishGP Moto2	2016	2017
FP1	1'42.642 Takaaki Nakagami
FP2	1'42.667 Jonas Folger
FP3	1'42.673 Lorenzo Baldassarri
Qualification	1'42.408 Sam Lowes
Warm Up	1'42.906 Sam Lowes
Course	Lowes, Folger, Rins
All time lap record	1'42.408 Sam Lowes 2016

The first reference was initially the prerogative ofAlex Marquez who would like to stop the excellent series of his teammate within Marc VDS Racing in front of his audience. In 1'58.933, the brother of whom you know marked his ground for the wet shot while, at the same time, Yonny Hernandez was offered a beautiful caper, under the wheels of Cardus, again in contention on the KTM.

Halfway through the session, the same Alex Marquez pushed his advantage with a 1'58.714, ahead Morbidely almost two seconds and Simeon. fabio quartararo was seventeenth. Five minutes from time, Jorge Navarro increased the pace to join the leading trio. A short-lived joy because it was followed, shortly after, by a fall.

Alex Marquez gave the last push to put an end to hostilities with a 1'58.299 which pushed back Cardus on the KTM by more than a second. Nagashima played the surprise guests in the top3 in front Syahrin et Isaac Vinales who entered the top5.

Despite his fall, Yonny Hernandez is sixth ahead of the Mistral610 of Virgin. Olive tree is only eighth with the second KTM ahead NAVARRO et Raffin which closes a top 10 where missing Morbidely, twelfth and Lüthi, thirteenth. Pawi follows the two tenors while Quarterly is sixteenth.

#SpanishGP Moto2: Chronos

1. Alex Marquez SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 1m 58.299s
2. Ricard Cardus SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 59.339s
3. Tetsuta nagashima JPN Teluru SAG Team (Kalex) 1m 59.357s
4. Hafiz Syahrin MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia (Kalex) 1m 59.769s
5. Isaac Viñales SPA BE-A-VIP SAG Team (Kalex) 2m 0.011s

6. Yonny Hernandez COL AGR Team (Kalex) 2m 0.020s
7. Xavi Verge SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 2m 0.092s
8. Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 0.160s
9. Jorge Navarro SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) 2m 0.296s
10. Jesko Raffin SWI Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex) 2m 0.369s
11. Marcel schrotter GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Suter) 2m 0.427s
12. Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 2m 0.532s
13. Thomas luthi SWI CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex) 2m 0.572s
14. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 2m 0.640s
15. Xavier Simeon BEL Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 (Kalex) 2m 0.644s
16. fabio quartararo FRA Pons HP40 (Kalex) 2m 0.759s
17. Dominique Aegerter SWI Kiefer Racing (Suter) 2m 0.947s
18. Simone Courses ITA Speed ​​Up Racing (Speed ​​Up) 2m 1.009s
19. Mattia Pasini ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 2m 1.195s
20. Andrea Locatelli ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 2m 1.269s
21. Luca marini ITA Forward Racing Team (Kalex) 2m 1.310s
22. Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Forward Racing Team (Kalex) 2m 1.414s
23. Stefano manzi ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (Kalex) 2m 1.484s
24. Iker Lecuona SPA Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex) 2m 1.771s
25. Sandra Cortese GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Suter) 2m 1.848s
26. Takaaki Nakagami JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 2m 2.074s
27. Axel Pons SPA RW Racing GP (Kalex) 2m 2.150s
28. Frederick Fuligni ITA Kiefer Racing (Suter) 2m 2.209s
29. Edgar Pons SPA Pons HP40 (Kalex) 2m 2.231s
30. Francis Bagnaia ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (Kalex) 2m 2.282s
31. Remy gardner AUS Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 2m 3.384s
32. Axel Bassani ITA Speed ​​Up Racing (Speed ​​Up) 2m 3.728s