Submitted by David Emmett on
Tom Luthi has topped the final session of free practice for the Moto2 class. The Swiss rider took over at the top early, then held on to his advantage all the way to the end of the session. Johann Zarco got close to Luthi, but the Frenchman could never quite find the final three hundredths of a second to beat the Interwetten man, having to settle for second spot.
Jonas Folger took third, a tenth of a second off the pace of Luthi, while Sam Lowes made positive progress at last, moving up to take fourth behind Folger, though still nearly a third of a second slower than Luthi. Alex Rins, currently second in the championship standings, struggled badly, ending the session way down in eleventh.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
| 1 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Kalex | 1'37.358 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 1'37.388 | 0.030 | 0.030 |
| 3 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 1'37.526 | 0.168 | 0.138 |
| 4 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1'37.678 | 0.320 | 0.152 |
| 5 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'37.695 | 0.337 | 0.017 |
| 6 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 1'37.760 | 0.402 | 0.065 |
| 7 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 1'37.774 | 0.416 | 0.014 |
| 8 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 1'37.829 | 0.471 | 0.055 |
| 9 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 1'37.836 | 0.478 | 0.007 |
| 10 | 60 | Julian Simon | Speed Up | 1'37.849 | 0.491 | 0.013 |
| 11 | 40 | Alex Rins | Kalex | 1'37.909 | 0.551 | 0.060 |
| 12 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Kalex | 1'37.948 | 0.590 | 0.039 |
| 13 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 1'38.092 | 0.734 | 0.144 |
| 14 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 1'38.217 | 0.859 | 0.125 |
| 15 | 73 | Alex Marquez | Kalex | 1'38.218 | 0.860 | 0.001 |
| 16 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 1'38.231 | 0.873 | 0.013 |
| 17 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Kalex | 1'38.421 | 1.063 | 0.190 |
| 18 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 1'38.482 | 1.124 | 0.061 |
| 19 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 1'38.492 | 1.134 | 0.010 |
| 20 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 1'38.514 | 1.156 | 0.022 |
| 21 | 52 | Danny Kent | Kalex | 1'38.563 | 1.205 | 0.049 |
| 22 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 1'38.645 | 1.287 | 0.082 |
| 23 | 19 | Xavier Simeon | Speed Up | 1'38.745 | 1.387 | 0.100 |
| 24 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 1'39.224 | 1.866 | 0.479 |
| 25 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Kalex | 1'39.538 | 2.180 | 0.314 |
| 26 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | 1'39.605 | 2.247 | 0.067 |
| 27 | 69 | Danny Eslick | Suter | 1'39.991 | 2.633 | 0.386 |
| 28 | 33 | Alessandro Tonucci | Kalex | 1'40.210 | 2.852 | 0.219 |
| 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex |
Round Number:
5
2016
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