#SpanishGP Moto2 Qualifying: Alex Marquez punctures the screen and his rear tire

As we approach Moto2 qualifying, Alex Marquez presented himself as the man to beat on a Jerez track dominated by driver Marc VDS since the start of the meeting. The last free practice session was almost a record time. Would he be beaten this afternoon in Andalusia?

To put the issues in mind, here are the results to follow. Note that, for the first time this season, the Moto2 leaders are able to get seriously close to last year's performances. A trend that had not been observed from Qatar to Austin via Argentina, where the field was slower than a year ago. Is Dunlop the cause of this inertia when both in Moto3 and MotoGP the pace has increased?

 

#SpanishGP Moto2	2016	2017
FP1	1'42.642 Takaaki Nakagami	1'58.299 Alex Marquez
FP2	1'42.667 Jonas Folger	1'43.121 Alex Marquez
FP3	1'42.673 Lorenzo Baldassarri	1'42.434 Alex Marquez
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

 

We don't know but from the first minutes, Oliveira, with his KTM, signed a 1'42.409 which was only one thousandth of the track record of Sam Lowes in 2016. agitated managed to do better but did not hold the new benchmark for long since, in the process, Alex Marquez asserted its authority in 1'42.080. Hostilities began without an observation round! Isaac Viñales fell, imitated shortly after by Syahrin.

Morbidely stood in second place in front Aegerter decidedly determined on his Suter whileOlive tree et Pasini closed the top 5. Virgin, seventh with the Mistral610 and Quarterly twelfth seemed to have regained color after a FP3 depressing. The slack this time was Swiss, with a Lüthi twentieth. Meanwhile, turn 6 was the misfortune of Pawi thenEdgar Pons. But above all he hurt one agitated overexcited, brought back harshly to reality, but fortunately without problems for the pilot Kiefer ejected from its Swiss chassis.

Before the start of the last quarter of an hour, the falls continued with NAVARRO who left his scalp at turn 6, just like Remy Gardneras Schrotter preferred the gravel of turn 2. Baldassari had for his part a problem with Cardus et Courses was angry with himself for not doing better than thirteenth. So many twists and turns that brought us to the fateful last five minutes.

A final missed by Alex Marquez who after having found Axel Pons on his trajectory suffered a puncture of his rear tire after an impact with Remy gardner.

But these incidents will not spoil the pleasure of the brother of whom you know to obtain his first leading position in the category. Morbidely et agitated complete the first line in front Olive tree, Pasini et bagnaia.

Virgin is seventh on the Tech3 machine and Quarterly points fourteenth. Lüthi is just a decent twelfth and will have a lot to do tomorrow in the race to avoid losing too many points in the title race.

 #SpanishGP Moto2 Qualifications: Chronos

1. Alex Marquez SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 1m 42.080s
2. Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 1m 42.126s
3. Dominique Aegerter SWI Kiefer Racing (Suter) 1m 42.312s
4. Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 42.409s
5. Mattia Pasini ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 42.598s

6. Francis Bagnaia ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (Kalex) 1m 42.704s
7. Xavi Verge SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1m 42.763s
8. Takaaki Nakagami JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 1m 42.834s
9. Marcel schrotter GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Suter) 1m 42.870s
10. Axel Pons SPA RW Racing GP (Kalex) 1m 42.903s
11. Luca marini ITA Forward Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 42.956s
12. Thomas luthi SWI CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 43.065s
13. Simone Courses ITA Speed ​​Up Racing (Speed ​​Up) 1m 43.179s
14. fabio quartararo FRA Pons HP40 (Kalex) 1m 43.220s
15. Hafiz Syahrin MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia (Kalex) 1m 43.258s
16. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 1m 43.271s
17. Xavier Simeon BEL Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 (Kalex) 1m 43.314s
18. Ricard Cardus SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 43.323s
19. Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Forward Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 43.325s
20. Sandra Cortese GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Suter) 1m 43.349s
21. Jorge Navarro SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) 1m 43.353s
22. Yonny Hernandez COL AGR Team (Kalex) 1m 43.490s
23. Edgar Pons SPA Pons HP40 (Kalex) 1m 43.673s
24. Tetsuta nagashima JPN Teluru SAG Team (Kalex) 1m 43.707s
25. Andrea Locatelli ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 43.765s
26. Jesko Raffin SWI Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 43.792s
27. Isaac Viñales SPA BE-A-VIP SAG Team (Kalex) 1m 44.007s
28. Remy gardner AUS Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1m 44.107s
29. Stefano manzi ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (Kalex) 1m 44.112s
30. Iker Lecuona SPA Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 44.195s
31. Axel Bassani ITA Speed ​​Up Racing (Speed ​​Up) 1m 44.605s
32. Frederick Fuligni ITA Kiefer Racing (Suter) 1m 45.848s