Moto2 | Qatar GP FP1: Schrotter is the fastest, Locatelli is fifth

Moto2 Gp Losail Free Practice 1 – The Triumph era in the Moto2 class officially began in Qatar, where the first free practice session of the first race of the 2019 MotoGP world championship in the “middle” class took place.

The fastest with Hinckley's three-cylinder was Marcel Schrotter, who stopped the clock at a time of 1:59.591.

The German rider preceded Xavi Vierge by 0.193s, in turn ahead of the Dutch Bo Bendsneyder and the Swiss Thomas Luthi, who returned to Moto2 after a not too happy period in MotoGP.

Andrea Locatelli, Team Italtrans, is fifth, 0.370s off the top. He is followed by Augusto Fernandez (Flexbox Hp 40), who preceded Jorge Navarro (+ego Speed ​​Up) and our Luca Marini (Sky Racing Team VR46), Enea Bastianini (category rookie of the Italtrans Racing Team) and Lorenzo Baldassarri, who closes the Top Ten.

Alex Marquez set the eleventh time while the reigning Moto3 champion, Jorge Martin (Red Bull Ktm Ajo), was fourteenth.

Simone Corsi, riding the Kalex of Team Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2, is seventeenth and ahead of category debutant Nicolo Bulega, (Sky Racing Team VR46).

The other rookies, Fabio Di Giannantonio (+ego Speed ​​Up) and Marco Bezzecchi (Red Bull Ktm Tech 3), occupy the twenty-third and twenty-sixth position respectively, while Stefano Manzi, riding the Mv Agusta is twenty-ninth.