Submitted by David Emmett on
With the wind having died down since yesterday, the times are starting to drop. And drop fast: the fastest three riders in the second session of Moto2 practice at Qatar were under Jonas Folger's pole record lap from 2016, with more possibly to come if conditions hold.
Sam Lowes ended the first two sessions as quickest, the Gresini rider well into the 1'58s, a previously unbreachable barrier on the old Honda-engined Moto2 machines. Remy Gardner as been impressive on Saturday, setting the second fastest time in the second session, just shy of Lowes, and the fastest time in the first session of practice.
Rookie Jorge Martin is the fastest KTM, third fastest and just coming up short of a 1'58, but finishing ahead of title favorites Alex Marquez and Luca Marini. Jorge Navarro is sixth quickest on the Speed Up.
Times from the first two sessions:
Session 2
Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1:58.824 | ||
2 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 1:58.879 | 0.055 | 0.055 |
3 | 88 | Jorge Martin | KTM | 1:59.039 | 0.215 | 0.160 |
4 | 73 | Alex Marquez | Kalex | 1:59.119 | 0.295 | 0.080 |
5 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 1:59.260 | 0.436 | 0.141 |
6 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 1:59.369 | 0.545 | 0.109 |
7 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1:59.370 | 0.546 | 0.001 |
8 | 12 | Tom Luthi | Kalex | 1:59.386 | 0.562 | 0.016 |
9 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 1:59.407 | 0.583 | 0.021 |
10 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:59.452 | 0.628 | 0.045 |
11 | 40 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1:59.522 | 0.698 | 0.070 |
12 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:59.663 | 0.839 | 0.141 |
13 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 1:59.717 | 0.893 | 0.054 |
14 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 1:59.799 | 0.975 | 0.082 |
15 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 1:59.880 | 1.056 | 0.081 |
16 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 1:59.884 | 1.060 | 0.004 |
17 | 11 | Nicolo Bulega | Kalex | 1:59.985 | 1.161 | 0.101 |
18 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 2:00.215 | 1.391 | 0.230 |
19 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 2:00.411 | 1.587 | 0.196 |
20 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 2:00.450 | 1.626 | 0.039 |
21 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | MV Agusta | 2:00.546 | 1.722 | 0.096 |
22 | 16 | Joe Roberts | KTM | 2:00.629 | 1.805 | 0.083 |
23 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 2:00.777 | 1.953 | 0.148 |
24 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 2:00.872 | 2.048 | 0.095 |
25 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | NTS | 2:00.976 | 2.152 | 0.104 |
26 | 96 | Jake Dixon | KTM | 2:01.194 | 2.370 | 0.218 |
27 | 3 | Lukas Tulovic | KTM | 2:01.302 | 2.478 | 0.108 |
28 | 65 | Philipp Oettl | KTM | 2:01.350 | 2.526 | 0.048 |
29 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 2:01.687 | 2.863 | 0.337 |
30 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | KTM | 2:02.256 | 3.432 | 0.569 |
31 | 20 | Dimas Ekky Pratama | Kalex | 2:02.932 | 4.108 | 0.676 |
Session 1
Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 1:59.381 | ||
2 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 1:59.474 | 0.093 | 0.093 |
3 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1:59.487 | 0.106 | 0.013 |
4 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 1:59.528 | 0.147 | 0.041 |
5 | 40 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1:59.554 | 0.173 | 0.026 |
6 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:59.710 | 0.329 | 0.156 |
7 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1:59.771 | 0.390 | 0.061 |
8 | 73 | Alex Marquez | Kalex | 1:59.847 | 0.466 | 0.076 |
9 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 1:59.998 | 0.617 | 0.151 |
10 | 88 | Jorge Martin | KTM | 2:00.023 | 0.642 | 0.025 |
11 | 12 | Tom Luthi | Kalex | 2:00.034 | 0.653 | 0.011 |
12 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 2:00.282 | 0.901 | 0.248 |
13 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 2:00.303 | 0.922 | 0.021 |
14 | 11 | Nicolo Bulega | Kalex | 2:00.338 | 0.957 | 0.035 |
15 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 2:00.380 | 0.999 | 0.042 |
16 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 2:00.385 | 1.004 | 0.005 |
17 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 2:00.405 | 1.024 | 0.020 |
18 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 2:00.415 | 1.034 | 0.010 |
19 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 2:00.564 | 1.183 | 0.149 |
20 | 96 | Jake Dixon | KTM | 2:00.715 | 1.334 | 0.151 |
21 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 2:00.774 | 1.393 | 0.059 |
22 | 16 | Joe Roberts | KTM | 2:01.184 | 1.803 | 0.410 |
23 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 2:01.334 | 1.953 | 0.150 |
24 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | MV Agusta | 2:01.500 | 2.119 | 0.166 |
25 | 65 | Philipp Oettl | KTM | 2:01.598 | 2.217 | 0.098 |
26 | 3 | Lukas Tulovic | KTM | 2:01.622 | 2.241 | 0.024 |
27 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 2:01.907 | 2.526 | 0.285 |
28 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 2:01.919 | 2.538 | 0.012 |
29 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | KTM | 2:02.022 | 2.641 | 0.103 |
30 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | NTS | 2:02.124 | 2.743 | 0.102 |
31 | 18 | Xavier Cardelus | KTM | 2:02.476 | 3.095 | 0.352 |
32 | 20 | Dimas Ekky Pratama | Kalex | 2:03.314 | 3.933 | 0.838 |
Records | ||||
Pole Lap: | 2018 | Alex Márquez | 2:00.299 | 156.2 Km/h |
Fastest Lap: | 2018 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 2:00.303 | 155.3 Km/h |
Circuit Record Lap: | 2016 | Sam Lowes | 1:59.421 | 155.3 Km/h |
Best Lap: | 2016 | Jonas Folger | 1:59.052 | 156.2 Km/h |
Comments
Where to find past MOTOGP races on the MOTOGP.COM SITE
I used to watch past races on the MOTOGP.com site but that site seems to have removed them and instead shows senseless videos of God knows what. So can anybody lead me to the past years videos and I don't mean highlights?