2014 Assen Moto2 FP3: Rookies Rule & Rain Returns

Submitted by Jacob Leech on Fri, 2014-06-27 09:51

Sam Lowes has continued his strong form and topped the third Moto2 free practice session for the Dutch TT at Assen. The rain that occurred in the MotoGP session previous and remaining thick cloud cover left the track cold and meant that Lowes' time of 1:38.897 was a full second slower than Rabat's benchmark lap from yesterday. Fellow Moto2 rookie Maverick Vinales ended up with the second fastest time after exchanging top spot with Lowes regularly.

Dominique Aegerter, Tito Rabat and Tom Luthi completed the top five while Simone Corsi took his Kalex machine to sixth position ahead of Johann Zarco and Mika Kallio. Jordi Torres and Belgian rider Xavier Simeon rounded out the top ten. In the final minutes of the session rain flags were shown as additional light showers fell, it promises to be a highly unpredictable and equally entertaining weekend ahead.

Full Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Diff Prev
1	22	Sam LOWES	Speed Up	1'38.339
2	40	Maverick VIÑALES	Kalex	1'39.003	0.664	0.664
3	77	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	1'39.186	0.847	0.183
4	53	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	1'39.202	0.863	0.016
5	12	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	1'39.254	0.915	0.052
6	3	Simone CORSI	Kalex	1'39.329	0.990	0.075
7	5	Johann ZARCO	Caterham Suter	1'39.413	1.074	0.084
8	36	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	1'39.449	1.110	0.036
9	81	Jordi TORRES	Suter	1'39.452	1.113	0.003
10	19	Xavier SIMEON	Suter	1'39.616	1.277	0.164
11	4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Suter	1'39.657	1.318	0.041
12	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	1'39.798	1.459	0.141
13	60	Julian SIMON	Kalex	1'39.868	1.529	0.070
14	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	Kalex	1'39.922	1.583	0.054
15	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	Suter	1'39.929	1.590	0.007
16	11	Sandro CORTESE	Kalex	1'40.002	1.663	0.073
17	39	Luis SALOM	Kalex	1'40.065	1.726	0.063
18	97	Roman RAMOS	Speed Up	1'40.123	1.784	0.058
19	2	Josh HERRIN	Caterham Suter	1'40.332	1.993	0.209
20	94	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex	1'40.457	2.118	0.125
21	95	Anthony WEST	Speed Up	1'40.462	2.123	0.005
22	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Suter	1'40.574	2.235	0.112
23	49	Axel PONS	Kalex	1'40.582	2.243	0.008
24	18	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	1'40.700	2.361	0.118
25	88	Ricard CARDUS	Tech 3	1'40.808	2.469	0.108
26	70	Robin MULHAUSER	Suter	1'40.822	2.483	0.014
27	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	Kalex	1'40.895	2.556	0.073
28	8	Gino REA	Suter	1'41.172	2.833	0.277
29	25	Azlan SHAH	Kalex	1'41.215	2.876	0.043
30	54	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	1'41.513	3.174	0.298
31	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Tech 3	1'41.651	3.312	0.138
32	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	TSR	1'41.659	3.320	0.008
33	96	Louis ROSSI	Kalex	1'43.684	5.345	2.025
34	10	Thitipong WAROKORN	Kalex	1'44.350	6.011	0.666