Submitted by Jacob Leech on
Tito Rabat has continued his strong 2014 form to head the opening Moto2 Free Practice session at Jerez despite taking a relatively low speed tumble late in proceedings. He posted a benchmark time of 1:43.486, a mere three tenths shy of the current circuit race lap record. Rabat also made sure it a clean sweep of Spanish front-runners across the classes for the Friday morning sessions. It was a Marc VDS Racing 1-2 as Rabat's team mate Mika Kallio snared second place and looked the only rider able to match the Championship leader's pace consistently throughout.
Increasingly impressive youngster Jonas Folger posted the third fastest time ahead of Xavier Simeon and fellow German youngster Sandro Cortese. Nico Terol managed to find some pace after a difficult start to the season thus far registering the sixth quickest lap ahead of Thomas Luthi, rookie sensation Maverick Vinales, his team mate Luis Salom and Takaaki Nakagami rounded out the top ten.
The brilliant, evenly-matched nature of the Moto2 class was highlighted the top 20 riders being separated by a meager nine tenths of a second. It could indicate a fabulously close race come Sunday.
Full Results:
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Prev |
1 | 53 | Esteve RABAT | Kalex | 1'43.486 | ||
2 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | Kalex | 1'43.564 | 0.078 | 0.078 |
3 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | Kalex | 1'43.666 | 0.180 | 0.102 |
4 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | Suter | 1'43.668 | 0.182 | 0.002 |
5 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | Kalex | 1'43.744 | 0.258 | 0.076 |
6 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | Suter | 1'43.813 | 0.327 | 0.069 |
7 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Suter | 1'43.814 | 0.328 | 0.001 |
8 | 40 | Maverick VIÑALES | Kalex | 1'43.930 | 0.444 | 0.116 |
9 | 39 | Luis SALOM | Kalex | 1'43.937 | 0.451 | 0.007 |
10 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Kalex | 1'43.984 | 0.498 | 0.047 |
11 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | Caterham Suter | 1'44.000 | 0.514 | 0.016 |
12 | 95 | Anthony WEST | Speed Up | 1'44.025 | 0.539 | 0.025 |
13 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | Suter | 1'44.064 | 0.578 | 0.039 |
14 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Tech 3 | 1'44.105 | 0.619 | 0.041 |
15 | 3 | Simone CORSI | Forward KLX | 1'44.129 | 0.643 | 0.024 |
16 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | Caterham Suter | 1'44.198 | 0.712 | 0.069 |
17 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Speed Up | 1'44.201 | 0.715 | 0.003 |
18 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Suter | 1'44.359 | 0.873 | 0.158 |
19 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | Tech 3 | 1'44.387 | 0.901 | 0.028 |
20 | 60 | Julian SIMON | Kalex | 1'44.440 | 0.954 | 0.053 |
21 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | Suter | 1'44.631 | 1.145 | 0.191 |
22 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | Suter | 1'44.634 | 1.148 | 0.003 |
23 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | Suter | 1'44.745 | 1.259 | 0.111 |
24 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | Forward KLX | 1'45.086 | 1.600 | 0.341 |
25 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | Kalex | 1'45.286 | 1.800 | 0.200 |
26 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Kalex | 1'45.367 | 1.881 | 0.081 |
27 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Kalex | 1'45.392 | 1.906 | 0.025 |
28 | 25 | Azlan SHAH | Kalex | 1'45.468 | 1.982 | 0.076 |
29 | 8 | Gino REA | Suter | 1'45.553 | 2.067 | 0.085 |
30 | 45 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | TSR | 1'45.855 | 2.369 | 0.302 |
31 | 97 | Roman RAMOS | Speed Up | 1'46.032 | 2.546 | 0.177 |
32 | 49 | Axel PONS | Kalex | 1'46.597 | 3.111 | 0.565 |
33 | 10 | Thitipong WAROKORN | Kalex | 1'46.658 | 3.172 | 0.061 |
34 | 70 | Robin MULHAUSER | Suter | 1'47.458 | 3.972 | 0.800 |
35 | 57 | Edgar PONS | Kalex | 1'48.054 | 4.568 | 0.596 |
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Wilairot
Oh, so Wilairot is back? Good news..
And does anybody know why is Nakagami lost the Qatar form? Was the illegal air filter really give him advantages?