2019 Mugello Moto2 Qualifying Result: When You Least Expect It

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2019-06-01 14:09

The final qualifying action of the day looked like the opposite of the premier class session, Tom Luthi setting camp at the top of the timesheets halfway through proceedings and the occasional red and orange lights on the timing screens seemed to have the sole purpose of keeping us awake. And lucky they did, as Marcel Schrotter gave a late twist to the tale to snatch pole position from his teammate on his very last lap by four hundredths of a second.

Luthi would have been disappointed but the rest of the Dynavolt squad had plenty of reasons to smile after an impressive one-two. Alex Marquez had a decent claim at pole too but came across Tetsuta Nagashima at the wrong time and had to slow down his charge. However, the Spaniard scored his fourth consecutive front row start and will hope to repeat the outcome of the last time that happened in Le Mans.

Nicolo Bulega won’t complain too much about being bumped off the front row after escaping Q1 and generally enduring a tough start to his season. The Italian will be happy to be right in the mix on row two, with some familiar faces in Jorge Navarro and Luca Marini. Nagashima opens row three ahead of Sam Lowes and FP3 fast man Augusto Fernandez, who once again had a better showing than his teammate and championship leader.

Remy Gardner shared fourth row with the rookie duo of Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martin, while Lorenzo Baldassarri and Xavi Vierge could not convert their speed in Q1 in a decent Q2 result. The Italian qualified 15th, with the Spaniard two places back.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap 1st	Prev.
1	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	1'51.129
2	12	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	1'51.169	0.040	0.040
3	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	1'51.346	0.217	0.177
4	11	Nicolo BULEGA	Kalex	1'51.401	0.272	0.055
5	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed Up	1'51.470	0.341	0.069
6	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'51.484	0.355	0.014
7	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'51.640	0.511	0.156
8	22	Sam LOWES	Kalex	1'51.692	0.563	0.052
9	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	1'51.697	0.568	0.005
10	87	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	1'51.724	0.595	0.027
11	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	1'51.728	0.599	0.004
12	88	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	1'51.776	0.647	0.048
13	24	Simone CORSI	Kalex	1'51.798	0.669	0.022
14	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed Up	1'51.920	0.791	0.122
15	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'51.976	0.847	0.056
16	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'52.015	0.886	0.039
17	97	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	1'52.055	0.926	0.040
18	54	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	1'52.416	1.287	0.361
		Q1 Results:
Q2	97	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	1'51.659
Q2	88	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	1'51.749	0.090	0.090
Q2	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'51.904	0.245	0.155
Q2	11	Nicolo BULEGA	Kalex	1'52.005	0.346	0.101
19	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'52.025	0.366	0.020
20	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NTS	1'52.062	0.403	0.037
21	77	Dominique AEGERTER	MV Agusta	1'52.325	0.666	0.263
22	62	Stefano MANZI	MV Agusta	1'52.438	0.779	0.113
23	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'52.541	0.882	0.103
24	3	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	1'52.770	1.111	0.229
25	72	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	1'53.510	1.851	0.740
26	16	Joe ROBERTS	KTM	1'53.652	1.993	0.142
27	65	Philipp OETTL	KTM	1'53.714	2.055	0.062
28	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'53.806	2.147	0.092
29	20	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	Kalex	1'54.478	2.819	0.672
30	96	Jake DIXON	KTM	1'54.682	3.023	0.204
31	18	Xavi CARDELUS	KTM	1'55.774	4.115	1.092
32	19	Teppei NAGOE	Kalex	1'55.822	4.163	0.048