2012 Phillip Island Moto3 FP2 Result: Folger Leads Cortese and Viñales
Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2012-10-26 04:09
Jonas Folger has topped the second session of free practice for the Moto3 class at Phillip Island, taking over from Sandro Cortese at the very end of the session. The Mapfre Aspar rider went just under a quarter of a second quicker than Cortese on his very last flying lap on Friday afternoon. Maverick Viñales grabbed 3rd behind Cortese, the Spaniard very close to the German's time, ending just five hundredths behind Cortese. Danny Kent took 4th, the Red Bull KTM man the last rider to get within a second of Folger's time, but still half a second slower than Viñales.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
| 1 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | KALEX KTM | 1'39.213 | ||
| 2 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | KTM | 1'39.445 | 0.232 | 0.232 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | FTR HONDA | 1'39.495 | 0.282 | 0.050 |
| 4 | 52 | Danny KENT | KTM | 1'40.046 | 0.833 | 0.551 |
| 5 | 5 | Romano FENATI | FTR HONDA | 1'40.267 | 1.054 | 0.221 |
| 6 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | KTM | 1'40.325 | 1.112 | 0.058 |
| 7 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | FTR HONDA | 1'40.369 | 1.156 | 0.044 |
| 8 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | FTR HONDA | 1'40.379 | 1.166 | 0.010 |
| 9 | 23 | Alberto MONCAYO | FTR HONDA | 1'40.411 | 1.198 | 0.032 |
| 10 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FTR HONDA | 1'40.462 | 1.249 | 0.051 |
| 11 | 39 | Luis SALOM | KALEX KTM | 1'40.465 | 1.252 | 0.003 |
| 12 | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | FTR HONDA | 1'40.625 | 1.412 | 0.160 |
| 13 | 26 | Adrian MARTIN | FTR HONDA | 1'40.626 | 1.413 | 0.001 |
| 14 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | FTR HONDA | 1'40.680 | 1.467 | 0.054 |
| 15 | 42 | Alex RINS | SUTER HONDA | 1'40.740 | 1.527 | 0.060 |
| 16 | 31 | Niklas AJO | KTM | 1'40.858 | 1.645 | 0.118 |
| 17 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | SUTER HONDA | 1'40.921 | 1.708 | 0.063 |
| 18 | 8 | Jack MILLER | HONDA | 1'40.966 | 1.753 | 0.045 |
| 19 | 27 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | FTR HONDA | 1'41.362 | 2.149 | 0.396 |
| 20 | 89 | Alan TECHER | TSR HONDA | 1'41.501 | 2.288 | 0.139 |
| 21 | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | KTM | 1'41.513 | 2.300 | 0.012 |
| 22 | 41 | Brad BINDER | KALEX KTM | 1'42.241 | 3.028 | 0.728 |
| 23 | 80 | Armando PONTONE | IODA | 1'42.406 | 3.193 | 0.165 |
| 24 | 17 | John McPHEE | HONDA | 1'42.539 | 3.326 | 0.133 |
| 25 | 28 | Josep RODRIGUEZ | FGR HONDA | 1'42.750 | 3.537 | 0.211 |
| 26 | 51 | Kenta FUJII | TSR HONDA | 1'42.921 | 3.708 | 0.171 |
| 27 | 30 | Giulian PEDONE | SUTER HONDA | 1'43.202 | 3.989 | 0.281 |
| 28 | 29 | Luca AMATO | KALEX KTM | 1'43.753 | 4.540 | 0.551 |
| 29 | 75 | Lincoln GILDING | HONDA | 1'44.071 | 4.858 | 0.318 |
| 30 | 36 | Sam CLARKE | HONDA | 1'45.780 | 6.567 | 1.709 |
| Not qualified (Out 107%) 1'46.157 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | Alex MARQUEZ | SUTER HONDA | 1'46.739 | 7.526 | 0.959 |
| 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | HONDA | 1'53.744 | 14.531 | 7.005 | |
| 2 | 0 | Riccardo MORETTI | MAHINDRA | 2'01.197 | 21.984 | 7.453 |
| Not Classified | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | Danny WEBB | MAHINDRA | |||
Round Number:
17
2012




