Day 1 starts with Moto3 FP1
This time the order is back to normal on race day, with Moto3 ahead of Moto2 and MotoGP. Nevertheless, the sequence is reversed in practice and qualifying for the weekend of the Spanish Grand Prix. As before in Portugal, the premier class drives on the first two days after Moto3. The reference times on the Circuito de Jerez for the individual classes are:
MotoGP: 1’36,584 for the lap record (Viñales, 2020) / 1’36,705 best poles (Quartararo, 2020).
Moto2: 1’41.109 for the lap record (Schrötter, 2020) / 1’41.182 best pole (Navarro, 2019).
Moto3: 1’45.165 for the lap record (Migno, 2020) / 1’45.410 best pole (Suzuki, 2020).
The result of the first free practice of Moto3 on Friday morning
P, No, Rider, Nat, Team, Bike, Km/h, Time, Gap 1st/Prev.
1, 23, Niccolò ANTONELLI, 214.7, 1’46.319,
2, 2, Gabriel RODRIGO, 211.3, 1’46.488, 0.169 / 0.169
3, 50, Jason DUPASQUIER, 215.5, 1’46.531, 0.212 / 0.043
4, 5, Jaume MASIA, 210.5, 1’46.548, 0.229 / 0.017
5, 53, Deniz ÖNCÜ, 211.7, 1’46.568, 0.249 / 0.020
6, 7, Dennis FOGGIA, 214.2, 1’46.595, 0.276 / 0.027
7, 16, Andrea MIGNO, 216.4, 1’46.621, 0.302 / 0.026
8, 40, Darryn BINDER, 210.1, 1’46.651, 0.332 / 0.030
9, 82, Stefano NEPA, 212.1, 1’46.662, 0.343 / 0.011
10, 55, Romano FENATI, 212.5, 1’46.716, 0.397 / 0.054
11, 54, Riccardo ROSSI, 209.7, 1’46.841, 0.522 / 0.125
12, 6, Ryusei YAMANAKA, 214.7, 1’46.854, 0.535 / 0.013
13, 37, Pedro ACOSTA, 210.9, 1’46.901, 0.582 / 0.047
14, 43, Xavier ARTIGAS, 213.8, 1’47.005, 0.686 / 0.104
15, 99, Carlos TATAY, 212.1, 1’47.200, 0.881 / 0.195
16, 92, Yuki KUNII, 211.3, 1’47.313, 0.994 / 0.113
17, 31, Adrian FERNANDEZ, 212.1, 1’47.340, 1.021 / 0.027
18, 11, Sergio GARCIA, 212.5, 1’47.393, 1.074 / 0.053
19, 12, Filip SALAC, 211.3, 1’47.397, 1.078 / 0.004
20, 52, Jeremy ALCOBA, 213.4, 1’47.565, 1.246 / 0.168
21, 19, Andi Farid IZDIHAR, 208.0, 1’47.605, 1.286 / 0.040
22, 17, John MCPHEE, 206.1, 1’47.898, 1.579 / 0.293
23, 28, Izan GUEVARA, 211.7, 1’47.942, 1.623 / 0.044
24, 24, Tatsuki SUZUKI, 213.4, 1’47.965, 1.646 / 0.023
25, 20, Lorenzo FELLON, 211.7, 1’48.296, 1.977 / 0.331
26, 27, Kaito TOBA, 211.7, 1’48.503, 2.184 / 0.207
27, 71, Ayumu SASAKI, 210.9, 1’48.910, 2.591 / 0.407
28, 73, Maximilian KOFLER, 210.1, 1’49.297, 2.978 / 0.387
MotoGP FP1 – Binder on top
From the start, it was Aleix Espargaró who, not unexpectedly, caught the eye with the fastest time. With ten minutes to go, Quartararo is on P2 ahead of Zarco, Maverick, Morbido, Nakagami and Marc Marquez. When only a few minutes remain, Binder is the best KTM in 14th position and the Suzukis of Rins and Mir are in the midfield. KTM seems to have found part of their problem when Binder and Oliveira finish in the top ten just before the end. A little later, Marc Marquez followed suit with the second-best time to date. In the end, Binder set the fastest time ahead of Aleix and Marc Marquez, but that was only FP1. The positions become really important in the final minutes of the second free practice. The time has now expired and then the result of FP1.
P, No, Rider, Nat, Team, Bike, Km/h, Time, Gap 1st/Prev.
1, 33, Brad BINDER, 288.7, 1’38.013,
2, 41, Aleix ESPARGARO, 289.5, 1’38.204, 0.191 / 0.191
3, 93, Marc MARQUEZ, 288.0, 1’38.291, 0.278 / 0.087
4, 63, Francesco BAGNAIA, 295.0, 1’38.301, 0.288 / 0.010
5, 20, Fabio QUARTARARO, 284.9, 1’38.344, 0.331 / 0.043
6, 5, Johann ZARCO, 295.0, 1’38.397, 0.384 / 0.053
7, 88, Miguel OLIVEIRA, 289.5, 1’38.398, 0.385 / 0.001
8, 44, Pol ESPARGARO, 293.4, 1’38.433, 0.420 / 0.035
9, 12, Maverick VIÑALES, 285.7, 1’38.434, 0.421 / 0.001
10, 36, Joan MIR, 286.4, 1’38.484, 0.471 / 0.050
11, 30, Takaaki NAKAGAMI, 288.7, 1’38.484, 0.471
12, 21, Franco MORBIDELLI, 283.4, 1’38.492, 0.479 / 0.008
13, 32, Lorenzo SAVADORI, 286.4, 1’38.630, 0.617 / 0.138
14, 42, Alex RINS, 289.5, 1’38.706, 0.693 / 0.076
15, 6, Stefan BRADL, 293.4, 1’38.764, 0.751 / 0.058
16, 73, Alex MARQUEZ, 291.8, 1’38.819, 0.806 / 0.055
17, 43, Jack MILLER, 297.5, 1’38.871, 0.858 / 0.052
18, 9, Danilo PETRUCCI, 286.4, 1’39.054, 1.041 / 0.183
19, 23, Enea BASTIANINI, 288.7, 1’39.110, 1.097 / 0.056
20, 46, Valentino ROSSI, 283.4, 1’39.299, 1.286 / 0.189
21, 53, Tito RABAT, 290.3, 1’39.502, 1.489 / 0.203
22, 10, Luca MARINI, 288.7, 1’39.531, 1.518 / 0.029
23, 27, Iker LECUONA, 292.6, 1’39.825, 1.812 / 0.294
Moto2 FP1: Gardner in front ahead of Bezzecchi and Lowes
English is spoken at the top after half-time. Remy Gardner leads in front of Joe Roberts, Raul Fernandez and Jorge Navarro. Meanwhile, Alex Lowes is in 6th position and Jake Dixon in 20th place. In the German-speaking countries, the picture is, as usual, with Schrötter on P12 and Lüthi only on 20. As the last 10 minutes began, Lowes was ahead of Gardner and Bezzecchi. Behind Canet, “Di Gia”, Roberts, Raul Fernandez and Navarro. A little later Vietti slipped in turn 2, but the Sky VR46 Italian did not injure himself. Shortly before the end, Sam Lowes is still in the gravel bed and a little later Aron Canet is also in the gravel bed instead of on the track. Nothing seems to have happened to either driver, even if Lowes was under his Kalex at first. The time of FP2 is up and Gardner was fastest, below the complete result of the second free practice.
P, No, Rider, Nat, Team, Bike, Km/h, Time, Gap 1st/Prev.
1, 87, Remy GARDNER, 250.0, 1’41.675,
2, 72, Marco BEZZECCHI, 251.7, 1’41.797, 0.122 / 0.122
3, 22, Sam LOWES, 248.2, 1’41.909, 0.234 / 0.112
4, 25, Raul FERNANDEZ, 251.1, 1’41.910, 0.235 / 0.001
5, 9, Jorge NAVARRO, 250.0, 1’41.918, 0.243 / 0.008
6, 21, Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO, 249.4, 1’41.924, 0.249 / 0.006
7, 37, Augusto FERNANDEZ, 248.2, 1’41.954, 0.279 / 0.030
8, 35, Somkiat CHANTRA, 251.1, 1’42.094, 0.419 / 0.140
9, 16, Joe ROBERTS, 247.1, 1’42.172, 0.497 / 0.078
10, 96, Jake DIXON, 247.1, 1’42.209, 0.534 / 0.037
11, 11, Nicolò BULEGA, 248.2, 1’42.218, 0.543 / 0.009
12, 23, Marcel SCHROTTER, 248.2, 1’42.229, 0.554 / 0.011
13, 44, Aron CANET, 246.0, 1’42.263, 0.588 / 0.034
14, 75, Albert ARENAS, 247.7, 1’42.299, 0.624 / 0.036
15, 97, Xavi VIERGE, 249.4, 1’42.354, 0.679 / 0.055
16, 64, Bo BENDSNEYDER, 246.5, 1’42.531, 0.856 / 0.177
17, 7, Lorenzo BALDASSARRI, 243.2, 1’42.540, 0.865 / 0.009
18, 40, Hector GARZO, 248.8, 1’42.559, 0.884 / 0.019
19, 12, Thomas LUTHI, 247.1, 1’42.601, 0.926 / 0.042
20, 5, Yari MONTELLA, 247.1, 1’42.633, 0.958 / 0.032
21, 62, Stefano MANZI, 247.1, 1’42.662, 0.987 / 0.029
22, 19, Lorenzo DALLA PORTA, 250.5, 1’42.828, 1.153 / 0.166
23, 6, Cameron BEAUBIER, 248.2, 1’42.953, 1.278 / 0.125
24, 42, Marcos RAMIREZ, 249.4, 1’42.964, 1.289 / 0.011
25, 24, Simone CORSI, 244.8, 1’43.007, 1.332 / 0.043
26, 14, Tony ARBOLINO, 248.8, 1’43.047, 1.372 / 0.040
27, 13, Celestino VIETTI, 247.1, 1’43.086, 1.411 / 0.039
28, 55, Hafizh SYAHRIN, 246.5, 1’43.476, 1.801 / 0.390
29, 79, Ai OGURA, 248.8, 1’43.513, 1.838 / 0.037
30, 10, Tommaso MARCON, 244.8, 1’43.899, 2.224 / 0.386
31, 32, Taiga HADA, 246.0, 1’45.377, 3.702 / 1.478
FP2 of Moto3: Binder on P5 – McPhee only on P16
Darryn Binder started with a fall on Turn 2, but then apparently can drive back towards the pit on Service Road. The next rider with a crash is Niccolò Antonelli in Turn 1. With 25 minutes left on the clock, Tatsuki Suzuki is in the lead with 1’46.600 ahead of Migno and Rodrigo. When the last 5 minutes began, Rodrigo was leading in front of Antonelli, Acosta and Suzuki. Binder as 18th is still provisionally qualified for Q2 with his time from FP1, but shortly afterwards he drives the third-best time and should be safe in this regard. Shortly thereafter, Dupasquier set the second-best time, the Swiss finally seems to be among the top drivers. McPhee, on the other hand, is currently still on P16, while Suzuki is in the gravel shortly before the end. The following is the official result with the drivers who have not yet qualified for Q2 in italics.
P, No, Rider, Nat, Team, Bike, Km/h, Time, Gap 1st/Prev.
1, 2, Gabriel RODRIGO, 213.0, 1’45.651,
2, 23, Niccolò ANTONELLI, 213.0, 1’45.907, 0.256 / 0.256
3, 55, Romano FENATI, 210.5, 1’46.060, 0.409 / 0.153
4, 50, Jason DUPASQUIER, 212.1, 1’46.072, 0.421 / 0.012
5, 40, Darryn BINDER, 210.1, 1’46.188, 0.537 / 0.116
6, 6, Ryusei YAMANAKA, 213.0, 1’46.226, 0.575 / 0.038
7, 16, Andrea MIGNO, 209.3, 1’46.418, 0.767 / 0.192
8, 37, Pedro ACOSTA, 209.7, 1’46.451, 0.800 / 0.033
9, 53, Deniz ÖNCÜ, 209.3, 1’46.464, 0.813 / 0.013
10, 5, Jaume MASIA, 213.4, 1’46.498, 0.847 / 0.034
11, 71, Ayumu SASAKI, 213.0, 1’46.528, 0.877 / 0.030
12, 12, Filip SALAC, 207.6, 1’46.598, 0.947 / 0.070
13, 52, Jeremy ALCOBA, 208.0, 1’46.600, 0.949 / 0.002
14, 24, Tatsuki SUZUKI, 211.3, 1’46.600, 0.949
15, 82, Stefano NEPA, 212.5, 1’46.621, 0.970 / 0.021
16, 17, John MCPHEE, 212.1, 1’46.674, 1.023 / 0.053
17, 28, Izan GUEVARA, 209.7, 1’46.696, 1.045 / 0.022
18, 11, Sergio GARCIA, 210.5, 1’46.766, 1.115 / 0.070
19, 43, Xavier ARTIGAS, 208.8, 1’46.783, 1.132 / 0.017
20, 31, Adrian FERNANDEZ, 210.9, 1’46.856, 1.205 / 0.073
21, 92, Yuki KUNII, 209.7, 1’46.957, 1.306 / 0.101
22, 7, Dennis FOGGIA, 210.5, 1’46.963, 1.312 / 0.006 (twelfth best time in FP1 with 1’46.595)
23, 73, Maximilian KOFLER, 206.8, 1’47.144, 1.493 / 0.181
24, 27, Kaito TOBA, 211.3, 1’47.493, 1.842 / 0.349
25, 20, Lorenzo FELLON, 208.4, 1’47.568, 1.917 / 0.075
26, 54, Riccardo ROSSI, 209.7, 1’48.016, 2.365 / 0.448
27, 19, Andi Farid IZDIHAR, 208.0, 1’48.122, 2.471 / 0.106
28, 99, Carlos TATAY, 204.5, 1’48.366, 2.715 / 0.244
The FP2 of MotoGP: Bagnaia ahead of Quartararo – Marc Marquez outside the top ten
At the beginning Quartararo was the fastest, until Aleix Espargaró topped his time and 30 minutes before the end Franco Morbidelli was also a tad faster. Unsurprisingly, the Yamaha riders look very strong here, although Valentino Rossi had held back in FP1. Usually this initially focuses on a good set-up for the race instead of chasing time. When the clock is still 26 minutes, the old master is at least on P13. At the beginning of the last quarter of an hour, Takaaki Nakagami was in second place behind Morbidelli and Tito Rabat was in the gravel. The Pramac Ducati substitute driver for Jorge Martin hadn’t injured himself and sprinted back to the pits on foot.
Showdown in FP2 – Preliminary decision about the provisional move into Q2
The last 10 minutes have begun and soon, with the final attack of most pilots, it will be a top ten time. Some changes are still to be expected, and it is quite possible that Stefan Bradl will not be able to maintain his fourth position after Aleix and in front of Quartararo, Vinales, Rins and Marc Marquez. Oliveira is the first to speak up with the third-best time. Then Quartararo struck and shortly after him Aleix Espargaró and a little later Bagnaia is at the top. Marc Marquez, like Rossi, did without a time attack and is not at the front, which still means little for on Saturday. The time has expired and below the official and unexpected result of FP2.
P, No, Rider, Nat, Team, Bike, Km/h, Time, Gap 1st/Prev.
1, 63, Francesco BAGNAIA, 294.2, 1’37.209,
2, 20, Fabio QUARTARARO, 286.4, 1’37.387, 0.178 / 0.178
3, 41, Aleix ESPARGARO, 291.1, 1’37.646, 0.437 / 0.259
4, 21, Franco MORBIDELLI, 285.7, 1’37.704, 0.495 / 0.058
5, 12, Maverick VIÑALES, 287.2, 1’37.726, 0.517 / 0.022
6, 30, Takaaki NAKAGAMI, 288.7, 1’37.775, 0.566 / 0.049
7, 88, Miguel OLIVEIRA, 294.2, 1’37.816, 0.607 / 0.041
8, 42, Alex RINS, 289.5, 1’37.847, 0.638 / 0.031
9, 5, Johann ZARCO, 294.2, 1’37.888, 0.679 / 0.041
10, 33, Brad BINDER, 289.5, 1’37.896, 0.687 / 0.008
11, 6, Stefan BRADL, 295.0, 1’37.939, 0.730 / 0.043
12, 43, Jack MILLER, 295.0, 1’37.965, 0.756 / 0.026
13, 36, Joan MIR, 287.2, 1’38.040, 0.831 / 0.075
14, 44, Pol ESPARGARO, 292.6, 1’38.115, 0.906 / 0.075
15, 10, Luca MARINI, 286.4, 1’38.274, 1.065 / 0.159
16, 93, Marc MARQUEZ, 288.7, 1’38.295, 1.086 / 0.021
17, 9, Danilo PETRUCCI, 287.2, 1’38.462, 1.253 / 0.167
18, 23, Enea BASTIANINI, 290.3, 1’38.516, 1.307 / 0.054
19, 32, Lorenzo SAVADORI, 283.4, 1’38.594, 1.385 / 0.078
20, 73, Alex MARQUEZ, 290.3, 1’38.618, 1.409 / 0.024
21, 46, Valentino ROSSI, 284.2, 1’38.698, 1.489 / 0.080
22, 27, Iker LECUONA, 288.0, 1’38.713, 1.504 / 0.015
23, 53, Tito RABAT, 290.3, 1’39.023, 1.814 / 0.310
FP2 of Moto2 – the first 4 speak English
Just before the last half hour began, Cameron Beaubier fell. Fortunately, the American remains unharmed. A little later, Celestino Vietti crashes in turn 6, but can then climb again. After that, Tom Lüthi is also caught. The Swiss seem to have had a lot of trouble asserting themselves among the best since the beginning of the season. Alex Lowes was replaced at the top by Remy Gardner shortly before the end of FP2. Dixon and Roberts were also faster than the Englishman. In the last minute, Bezzecchi was the only non-English speaking pilot to make it into the top 5. Below is the ranking list of FP2 with the drivers in italics who have not made it directly into Q2 at the moment.
P, No, Rider, Nat, Team, Bike, Km/h, Time, Gap 1st/Prev.
1, 22, Sam LOWES, 243.7, 1’41.515,
2, 87, Remy GARDNER, 244.8, 1’41.774, 0.259 / 0.259
3, 96, Jake DIXON, 247.1, 1’41.785, 0.270 / 0.011
4, 16, Joe ROBERTS, 244.8, 1’41.813, 0.298 / 0.028
5, 25, Raul FERNANDEZ, 247.7, 1’41.958, 0.443 / 0.145
6, 11, Nicolò BULEGA, 244.8, 1’42.002, 0.487 / 0.044
7, 21, Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO, 245.4, 1’42.091, 0.576 / 0.089
8, 97, Xavi VIERGE, 246.5, 1’42.166, 0.651 / 0.075
9, 72, Marco BEZZECCHI, 248.2, 1’42.193, 0.678 / 0.027
10, 37, Augusto FERNANDEZ, 246.0, 1’42.214, 0.699 / 0.021
11, 62, Stefano MANZI, 247.1, 1’42.252, 0.737 / 0.038
12, 9, Jorge NAVARRO, 247.1, 1’42.313, 0.798 / 0.061
13, 40, Hector GARZO, 247.1, 1’42.329, 0.814 / 0.016
14, 23, Marcel SCHROTTER, 247.1, 1’42.415, 0.900 / 0.086
15, 35, Somkiat CHANTRA, 250.5, 1’42.421, 0.906 / 0.006
16, 5, Yari MONTELLA, 249.4, 1’42.438, 0.923 / 0.017
17, 7, Lorenzo BALDASSARRI, 239.4, 1’42.533, 1.018 / 0.095
18, 44, Aron CANET, 246.0, 1’42.575, 1.060 / 0.042
19, 79, Ai OGURA, 247.7, 1’42.588, 1.073 / 0.013
20, 64, Bo BENDSNEYDER, 244.3, 1’42.648, 1.133 / 0.060
21, 42, Marcos RAMIREZ, 248.2, 1’42.723, 1.208 / 0.075
22, 19, Lorenzo DALLA PORTA, 249.4, 1’42.734, 1.219 / 0.011
23, 13, Celestino VIETTI, 244.8, 1’42.841, 1.326 / 0.107
24, 24, Simone CORSI, 242.6, 1’42.842, 1.327 / 0.001
25, 75, Albert ARENAS, 246.5, 1’42.955, 1.440 / 0.113
26, 12, Thomas LUTHI, 244.3, 1’42.960, 1.445 / 0.005
27, 55, Hafizh SYAHRIN, 248.2, 1’42.965, 1.450 / 0.005
28, 6, Cameron BEAUBIER, 246.0, 1’43.171, 1.656 / 0.206
29, 14, Tony ARBOLINO, 246.0, 1’43.620, 2.105 / 0.449
30, 10, Tommaso MARCON, 241.0, 1’43.702, 2.187 / 0.082
31, 32, Taiga HADA, 247.7, 1’44.423, 2.908 / 0.721
This live blog is closed now, and we will continue with a new one tomorrow…
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