2019 Assen Moto2 Qualifying Result: Out Of Nowhere But Not Unexpected

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2019-06-29 13:57

As the last session of the day, the intermediate class got the warmest / worst of the conditions, causing a rather acrobatic session for the pole contenders. Not one to object to some slipping and sliding, Remy Gardner stole everyone’s thunder in the final two minutes, the Australian jumping from 14th to first and staying there to the checkered flag. Gardner snatched a career first pole position and did so in fine form, by a tenth of a second from Brad Binder and after dominating FP3. The KTM was another fairly unusual presence on the front row this year, Binder leading for much of the session and looking competitive in second position, ahead of a relieved Xavi Vierge.

Alex Marquez was unusually second best in the Estrella Galicia garage and opens row two from Q1 escapee Sam Lowes and top rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio. Jorge Navarro in seventh position was half a second off pole after passing through Q1 and will have Tom Luthi and rookie Enea Bastianini for company on row three. Andrea Locatelli and compatriot Luca Marini posted identical times on their way to the fourth row, where they are joined by Marcel Schrotter.

After cruising through Q1, Lorenzo Baldassarri took a fairly innocent early tumble in Q2 and struggled to do any better than 16th place. The Italian was the final rider within a second of pole.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap 1st	Prev.
1	87	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	1'36.572
2	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'36.682	0.110	0.110
3	97	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	1'36.716	0.144	0.034
4	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	1'36.771	0.199	0.055
5	22	Sam LOWES	Kalex	1'36.855	0.283	0.084
6	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed Up	1'36.979	0.407	0.124
7	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed Up	1'37.076	0.504	0.097
8	12	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	1'37.078	0.506	0.002
9	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	1'37.084	0.512	0.006
10	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'37.171	0.599	0.087
11	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'37.171	0.599
12	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	1'37.233	0.661	0.062
13	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	1'37.340	0.768	0.107
14	88	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	1'37.405	0.833	0.065
15	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'37.413	0.841	0.008
16	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'37.456	0.884	0.043
17	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'37.592	1.020	0.136
18	11	Nicolo BULEGA	Kalex	1'37.604	1.032	0.012
		Q1 Results:
Q2	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'37.030
Q2	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed Up	1'37.143	0.113	0.113
Q2	22	Sam LOWES	Kalex	1'37.358	0.328	0.215
Q2	11	Nicolo BULEGA	Kalex	1'37.505	0.475	0.147
19	77	Dominique AEGERTER	MV Agusta	1'37.529	0.499	0.024
20	35	Somkiat CHANTRA	Kalex	1'37.626	0.596	0.097
21	62	Stefano MANZI	MV Agusta	1'37.789	0.759	0.163
22	72	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	1'37.805	0.775	0.016
23	94	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex	1'38.063	1.033	0.258
24	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NTS	1'38.103	1.073	0.040
25	96	Jake DIXON	KTM	1'38.118	1.088	0.015
26	24	Simone CORSI	Kalex	1'38.121	1.091	0.003
27	3	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	1'38.462	1.432	0.341
28	16	Joe ROBERTS	KTM	1'38.510	1.480	0.048
29	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'38.967	1.937	0.457
30	18	Xavi CARDELUS	KTM	1'39.474	2.444	0.507
	65	Philipp OETTL	KTM