2017 Silverstone Moto2 FP1 Result: Aegerter Steals It From Marquez

After the topsy-turvy premier class session, the Moto2 boys basked in the sunny twenty degrees and took it steady. Alex Marquez grabbed an early lead in FP1, ahead of the usual suspects, everyone then setting to work and no longer troubling the timesheets until the final ten minutes of the session.

Even with the late improvements reducing the gaps in the top ten, there were few changes in the ranking, Marquez sneaking in some late red sectors but eventually being dethroned by Dominique Aegerter on the softer rear tyre. The EG0,0 Marc VDS rider remained second, almost two tenths down, with Miguel Oliveira only two hundredths of a second behind him.

Lorenzo Baldassarri was a very pleasant surprise, the Italian consistently in the top four and ahead of some usual podium contenders. Case in point, championship leader Franco Morbidelli was fifth, less than a tenth of a second behind his fellow VR46 Academy rider.

Takaaki Nakagami’s newly announced contract with LCR Honda proved motivational, the Japanese rider starting his weekend a little more positively than of late in sixth position. Two hundredths of a second back was Simone Corsi, with future MotoGP graduate Tom Luthi in eighth spot, nearly four tenths down on the leader.

Mattia Pasini was the final rider within half a second of Aegerter, with Isaac Viñales completing the top ten.

Lower down the order, it proved a tricky morning for the likes of Pecco Bagnaia in eighteenth position, Luca Marini in twentieth and still-convalescent Fabio Quartararo in thirtieth spot.

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