Lap records have tumbled on the second day of the Moto2 test at Portimão, with four riders diving under the all-time record held by Raul Fernandez during qualifying for the race in October last year. Aron Canet ended the day as fastest, the Pons HP40 rider the first person on a Moto2 bike to dive into the 1'41s. Canet was soon followed by Pedro Acosta, the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider continuing to impress in his rookie Moto2 season.
Acosta's Ajo teammate Augusto Fernandez came up just shy of the 1'41s, ending the day a tenth of a second behind Canet, and a few hundredths ahead of Yesterday's fastest man Jake Dixon. American Joe Roberts is fifth on the Italtrans Kalex, while Marcel Schrotter ended sixth, ahead of the other impressive youngster Fermin Aldeguer.
Combined times:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 40 | Aron Canet | Kalex | 1'41.892 | ||
2 | 51 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 1'41.929 | 0.037 | 0.037 |
3 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1'42.003 | 0.111 | 0.074 |
4 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1'42.040 | 0.148 | 0.037 |
5 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1'42.187 | 0.295 | 0.147 |
6 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'42.453 | 0.561 | 0.266 |
7 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 1'42.549 | 0.657 | 0.096 |
8 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 1'42.688 | 0.796 | 0.139 |
9 | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 1'42.801 | 0.909 | 0.113 |
10 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 1'42.818 | 0.926 | 0.017 |
11 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 1'42.863 | 0.971 | 0.045 |
12 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1'42.967 | 1.075 | 0.104 |
13 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1'42.992 | 1.100 | 0.025 |
14 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 1'43.004 | 1.112 | 0.012 |
15 | 12 | Filip Salac | Kalex | 1'43.011 | 1.119 | 0.007 |
16 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 1'43.031 | 1.139 | 0.020 |
17 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | MV Agusta | 1'43.033 | 1.141 | 0.002 |
18 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 1'43.131 | 1.239 | 0.098 |
19 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 1'43.256 | 1.364 | 0.125 |
20 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1'43.330 | 1.438 | 0.074 |
21 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 1'43.409 | 1.517 | 0.079 |
22 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1'43.464 | 1.572 | 0.055 |
23 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Boscoscuro | 1'43.581 | 1.689 | 0.117 |
24 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Kalex | 1'43.659 | 1.767 | 0.078 |
25 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | Kalex | 1'43.770 | 1.878 | 0.111 |
26 | 18 | Manuel Gonzalez | Kalex | 1'43.830 | 1.938 | 0.060 |
27 | 28 | Niccolò Antonelli | Kalex | 1'44.146 | 2.254 | 0.316 |
28 | 4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | Kalex | 1'44.234 | 2.342 | 0.088 |
29 | 84 | Zonta v.d. Goorbergh | Kalex | 1'44.356 | 2.464 | 0.122 |
30 | 81 | Keminth Kubo | Kalex | 1'44.481 | 2.589 | 0.125 |
FP6:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 51 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 1'41.929 | ||
2 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1'42.003 | 0.074 | 0.074 |
3 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1'42.040 | 0.111 | 0.037 |
4 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1'42.187 | 0.258 | 0.147 |
5 | 40 | Aron Canet | Kalex | 1'42.206 | 0.277 | 0.019 |
6 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'42.453 | 0.524 | 0.247 |
7 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 1'42.549 | 0.620 | 0.096 |
8 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 1'42.688 | 0.759 | 0.139 |
9 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 1'42.818 | 0.889 | 0.130 |
10 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 1'42.863 | 0.934 | 0.045 |
11 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1'42.967 | 1.038 | 0.104 |
12 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 1'43.004 | 1.075 | 0.037 |
13 | 12 | Filip Salac | Kalex | 1'43.011 | 1.082 | 0.007 |
14 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | MV Agusta | 1'43.033 | 1.104 | 0.022 |
15 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1'43.096 | 1.167 | 0.063 |
16 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 1'43.297 | 1.368 | 0.201 |
17 | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 1'43.378 | 1.449 | 0.081 |
18 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 1'43.409 | 1.480 | 0.031 |
19 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Boscoscuro | 1'43.581 | 1.652 | 0.172 |
20 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 1'43.589 | 1.660 | 0.008 |
21 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 1'43.664 | 1.735 | 0.075 |
22 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | Kalex | 1'43.770 | 1.841 | 0.106 |
23 | 18 | Manuel Gonzalez | Kalex | 1'43.985 | 2.056 | 0.215 |
24 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1'44.090 | 2.161 | 0.105 |
25 | 81 | Keminth Kubo | Kalex | 1'44.481 | 2.552 | 0.391 |
26 | 28 | Niccolò Antonelli | Kalex | 1'44.513 | 2.584 | 0.032 |
27 | 84 | Zonta v.d. Goorbergh | Kalex | 1'44.745 | 2.816 | 0.232 |
28 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Kalex | 1'44.893 | 2.964 | 0.148 |
29 | 4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | Kalex | 1'45.222 | 3.293 | 0.329 |
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22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex |
FP5:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 40 | Aron Canet | Kalex | 1'41.892 | ||
2 | 51 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 1'41.995 | 0.103 | 0.103 |
3 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1'42.255 | 0.363 | 0.260 |
4 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'42.698 | 0.806 | 0.443 |
5 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1'42.718 | 0.826 | 0.020 |
6 | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 1'42.801 | 0.909 | 0.083 |
7 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 1'42.936 | 1.044 | 0.135 |
8 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 1'42.985 | 1.093 | 0.049 |
9 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1'42.992 | 1.100 | 0.007 |
10 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 1'43.031 | 1.139 | 0.039 |
11 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | MV Agusta | 1'43.067 | 1.175 | 0.036 |
12 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 1'43.085 | 1.193 | 0.018 |
13 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 1'43.131 | 1.239 | 0.046 |
14 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 1'43.256 | 1.364 | 0.125 |
15 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1'43.330 | 1.438 | 0.074 |
16 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 1'43.442 | 1.550 | 0.112 |
17 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1'43.464 | 1.572 | 0.022 |
18 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 1'43.506 | 1.614 | 0.042 |
19 | 12 | Filip Salac | Kalex | 1'43.539 | 1.647 | 0.033 |
20 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Boscoscuro | 1'43.650 | 1.758 | 0.111 |
21 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Kalex | 1'43.659 | 1.767 | 0.009 |
22 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1'43.704 | 1.812 | 0.045 |
23 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1'43.775 | 1.883 | 0.071 |
24 | 18 | Manuel Gonzalez | Kalex | 1'43.830 | 1.938 | 0.055 |
25 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 1'43.838 | 1.946 | 0.008 |
26 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | Kalex | 1'44.080 | 2.188 | 0.242 |
27 | 28 | Niccolò Antonelli | Kalex | 1'44.146 | 2.254 | 0.066 |
28 | 4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | Kalex | 1'44.234 | 2.342 | 0.088 |
29 | 84 | Zonta v.d. Goorbergh | Kalex | 1'44.356 | 2.464 | 0.122 |
30 | 81 | Keminth Kubo | Kalex | 1'44.584 | 2.692 | 0.228 |
FP4:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 40 | Aron Canet | Kalex | 1'42.554 | ||
2 | 51 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 1'42.813 | 0.259 | 0.259 |
3 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1'42.939 | 0.385 | 0.126 |
4 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1'43.175 | 0.621 | 0.236 |
5 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'43.325 | 0.771 | 0.150 |
6 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 1'43.404 | 0.850 | 0.079 |
7 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1'43.409 | 0.855 | 0.005 |
8 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | MV Agusta | 1'43.747 | 1.193 | 0.338 |
9 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 1'43.815 | 1.261 | 0.068 |
10 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1'43.856 | 1.302 | 0.041 |
11 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 1'43.921 | 1.367 | 0.065 |
12 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 1'43.955 | 1.401 | 0.034 |
13 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 1'44.037 | 1.483 | 0.082 |
14 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 1'44.052 | 1.498 | 0.015 |
15 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 1'44.081 | 1.527 | 0.029 |
16 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Boscoscuro | 1'44.277 | 1.723 | 0.196 |
17 | 18 | Manuel Gonzalez | Kalex | 1'44.305 | 1.751 | 0.028 |
18 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1'44.337 | 1.783 | 0.032 |
19 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1'44.341 | 1.787 | 0.004 |
20 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Kalex | 1'44.376 | 1.822 | 0.035 |
21 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 1'44.527 | 1.973 | 0.151 |
22 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 1'44.614 | 2.060 | 0.087 |
23 | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 1'44.657 | 2.103 | 0.043 |
24 | 84 | Zonta v.d. Goorbergh | Kalex | 1'44.721 | 2.167 | 0.064 |
25 | 81 | Keminth Kubo | Kalex | 1'44.883 | 2.329 | 0.162 |
26 | 28 | Niccolò Antonelli | Kalex | 1'45.001 | 2.447 | 0.118 |
27 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1'45.019 | 2.465 | 0.018 |
28 | 12 | Filip Salac | Kalex | 1'45.112 | 2.558 | 0.093 |
29 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | Kalex | 1'45.836 | 3.282 | 0.724 |
30 | 4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | Kalex | 1'46.456 | 3.902 | 0.620 |
Comments
Pedro Acosta
Is going to make for some exciting races this season. Again.
Second comings
The last ‘second coming’ I clearly remember was Quarty going to Moto2, in which he was so lacklustre that hardly anyone thought he deserved the MotoGP ride, and look how that worked out. And to be honest I didn’t see him as that stellar in Moto3, though the results book might show I’m mistaken. Acosta looks to be in a different league. I haven’t followed the contract stuff very closely but, if he starts well in Moto2 wouldn’t you think one of the big teams will look to buy him out for MotoGP in 23? Especially Honda if MM doesn’t return to form this year. Acosta for Pol, then a Lorenzo/Rossi thing for a year or two? But as we all know, Moto2 is a hard class, a lot of talented people there, so we’ll have to wait and see how it pans out over the first few races.