2023 Austria Moto2 Practice 3 Result: Acosta Steals Another Record

By Zara Daniela | Sat, 19/08/2023 - 08:06

Sun broke through the clouds at the Red Bull Ring for a front row seat to Pedro Acosta setting a new all time lap record in the intermediate class, the Spaniard leading the way on Friday and then only briefly handing over to Somkiat Chantra in P3, before claiming the record lap time. Chantra was left three tenths of a second back, as the only other rider to drop into the 1:33s, while teammate Ai Ogura was best of the rest, over half a second behind the leader. 

Albert Arenas and Celestino Vietti joined the top five ahead of Jake Dixon and Filip Salac. While rival Acosta was hunting for records, Tony Arbolino took a fast tumble at turn seven and was forced to sit out the final half of the session, but the Italian was helped in keeping a Q2 place by Friday’s benchmark, leaving him eighth on the combined timesheets. Aron Canet and Manuel Gonzalez completed the top 10, while the remaining tickets to Q2 were handed out to Zonta van den Goorbergh, Fermín Aldeguer, Sam Lowes and Alonso Lopez. Marcos Ramirez missed out by only seven thousandths of a second in his new American Racing colours and will be taking part in Q2 alongside the likes of Darryn Binder, Dennis Foggia and Joe Roberts, who took a late tumble at the turn two chicane. 

Results:

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev
1 37 Pedro Acosta Kalex 1:33.523    
2 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 1:33.816 0.293 0.293
3 79 Ai Ogura Kalex 1:34.095 0.572 0.279
4 75 Albert Arenas Kalex 1:34.163 0.640 0.068
5 13 Celestino Vietti Kalex 1:34.174 0.651 0.011
6 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 1:34.216 0.693 0.042
7 12 Filip Salac Kalex 1:34.308 0.785 0.092
8 40 Aron Canet Kalex 1:34.426 0.903 0.118
9 18 Manuel Gonzalez Kalex 1:34.494 0.971 0.068
10 84 Zonta Vd Goorbergh Kalex 1:34.549 1.026 0.055
11 54 Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 1:34.602 1.079 0.053
12 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 1:34.653 1.130 0.051
13 21 Alonso Lopez Boscoscuro 1:34.786 1.263 0.133
14 24 Marcos Ramirez Kalex 1:34.793 1.270 0.007
15 15 Darryn Binder Kalex 1:34.821 1.298 0.028
16 71 Dennis Foggia Kalex 1:34.821 1.298 0.000
17 14 Tony Arbolino Kalex 1:34.836 1.313 0.015
18 52 Jeremy Alcoba Kalex 1:34.939 1.416 0.103
19 17 Alex Escrig Forward 1:35.071 1.548 0.132
20 33 Rory Skinner Kalex 1:35.074 1.551 0.003
21 11 Sergio Garcia Kalex 1:35.083 1.560 0.009
22 3 Lukas Tulovic Kalex 1:35.183 1.660 0.100
23 64 Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 1:35.190 1.667 0.007
24 28 Izan Guevara Kalex 1:35.191 1.668 0.001
25 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 1:35.370 1.847 0.179
26 72 Borja Gomez Kalex 1:35.373 1.850 0.003
27 67 Alberto Surra Forward 1:35.799 2.276 0.426
28 73 Mattia Rato Kalex 1:35.932 2.409 0.133
29 5 Kohta Nozane Kalex 1:35.993 2.470 0.061
2023
10
Moto2
Spielberg, Austria
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