2012 Sepang Moto2 FP3 Result: Nakagami Leads The Way In Rain-Hit Session
Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2012-10-20 06:29
Takaaki Nakagami has taken advantage of the weather window caused by the late morning rain at Sepang to top the final session of free practice for the Moto2 class. That window was large enough for him to be challenged, the rain only really starting to fall some twenty minutes in to the session, but no one could quite match Nakagami's pace. A lot of people came close, however: Johan Zarco, Scott Redding, Toni Elias and Pol Espargaro were all within a tenth of Nakagami.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
| 1 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | KALEX | 2'08.145 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | MOTOBI | 2'08.182 | 0.037 | 0.037 |
| 3 | 45 | Scott REDDING | KALEX | 2'08.186 | 0.041 | 0.004 |
| 4 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | KALEX | 2'08.240 | 0.095 | 0.054 |
| 5 | 40 | Pol ESPARGARO | KALEX | 2'08.245 | 0.100 | 0.005 |
| 6 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SUTER | 2'08.511 | 0.366 | 0.266 |
| 7 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | KALEX | 2'08.644 | 0.499 | 0.133 |
| 8 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SUTER | 2'08.789 | 0.644 | 0.145 |
| 9 | 80 | Esteve RABAT | KALEX | 2'08.838 | 0.693 | 0.049 |
| 10 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SUTER | 2'08.850 | 0.705 | 0.012 |
| 11 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | TECH 3 | 2'09.037 | 0.892 | 0.187 |
| 12 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | SUTER | 2'09.068 | 0.923 | 0.031 |
| 13 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | TECH 3 | 2'09.079 | 0.934 | 0.011 |
| 14 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SUTER | 2'09.085 | 0.940 | 0.006 |
| 15 | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | FTR | 2'09.296 | 1.151 | 0.211 |
| 16 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | SPEED UP | 2'09.310 | 1.165 | 0.014 |
| 17 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | FTR | 2'09.340 | 1.195 | 0.030 |
| 18 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | SUTER | 2'09.362 | 1.217 | 0.022 |
| 19 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | KALEX | 2'09.402 | 1.257 | 0.040 |
| 20 | 49 | Axel PONS | KALEX | 2'09.474 | 1.329 | 0.072 |
| 21 | 3 | Simone CORSI | FTR | 2'09.563 | 1.418 | 0.089 |
| 22 | 95 | Anthony WEST | SPEED UP | 2'09.587 | 1.442 | 0.024 |
| 23 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | BIMOTA | 2'09.738 | 1.593 | 0.151 |
| 24 | 8 | Gino REA | SUTER | 2'09.745 | 1.600 | 0.007 |
| 25 | 86 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | FTR | 2'10.333 | 2.188 | 0.588 |
| 26 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | SUTER | 2'10.536 | 2.391 | 0.203 |
| 27 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | AJR | 2'10.689 | 2.544 | 0.153 |
| 28 | 75 | Tomoyoshi KOYAMA | SUTER | 2'10.955 | 2.810 | 0.266 |
| 29 | 22 | Alessandro ANDREOZZI | SPEED UP | 2'11.230 | 3.085 | 0.275 |
| 30 | 10 | Marco COLANDREA | FTR | 2'11.737 | 3.592 | 0.507 |
| 31 | 82 | Elena ROSELL | SPEED UP | 2'12.384 | 4.239 | 0.647 |
| 32 | 20 | Jesko RAFFIN | KALEX | 2'12.982 | 4.837 | 0.598 |
| 33 | 57 | Eric GRANADO | MOTOBI | 2'13.445 | 5.300 | 0.463 |
Round Number:
16
2012




