Moto2 Moto3 Test Qatar Day 2: Luthi and Fenati close the first session in the lead

Moto2 Moto3 Test Qatar Day 2– After the rain forced the organizers to cancel the first day of testing, the drivers of the two categories finally managed to get on track for the second day of testing on the Losail circuit.

Moto2 Test Qatar Day2– It was the intermediate class that opened the dance in Doha and with the sun still high, Thomas luthi he closed the first session in command with a time of 2:01.149. A time approximately 1 and a half seconds slower than the best performance recorded last year by the Swiss driver during the FP1 of the Qatar GP. The rider of the Carxpert Interwetten team, on Kalex, kept Franco Morbidelli, of the Marc VDS team, and Xavi Vierge, of Tech 3, behind him. In fourth position, half a second from the top, the rider of the Ktm Ajo team, Miguel Oliveira, followed by Alex Marquez (Marc VdS). The 2015 Moto3 world champion was sixth, Danny Kent, who precedes the 43 rookies on his Suter by just 2 thousandths: Fabio Quartararo (Pons HP40) and Francesco Bagnaia (Sky Racing Team VR46). Axel Pons (Rw Racing GP) e Xavier Simon (Tasca Racing Scuderia) close the top ten.

Far from the top, except Morbidelli and Bagnaia, the Italians. Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing) finished in 15th position, while his teammate, Andrea Locatelli, did not go beyond 27th. Luca Marini (Forward Racing) was only 25th, while Stefano Manzi (Sky Racing Team VR46) finished 29th. Lorenzo Baldassarri of the Forward Racing team did not take to the track. The following did not take to the track: Lorenzo Baldassarri of the Forward Racing team and Simone Corsi (Speed ​​Up); while Axel Bassani (Speed ​​Up) will miss both the tests and the inaugural race, due to physical conditions that are not yet optimal after the surgery he underwent at the end of 2016.

Moto3 Test Qatar Day2 – In the Italian afternoon the quarter-litre category took to the track, the first round of the three scheduled today. Roman Fenati (Marinelli Rivacold Snipers) closes the timesheets in the lead. The driver from Ascoli, in the last seconds before the checkered flag, managed to stop the clock at 2:07.360, trimming more than half a second ahead of the first of his pursuers Aron canet (Estrella Galicia). Behind the Spaniard, just 94 thousandths, John mcphee (British Talent Team) followed by Juanfran Guevara(RBA), Marcos Ramirez (Platinum Bay REAL Estate) e Niccolo Antonelli on the KTM of the Ajo team. In seventh position, the other KTM of the RBA team, by gabriel rodrigo, Followed by Joan mir(Leopard) and from Kaito Toba (Honda Asia). Tatsuki suzuki (Sic58 Squadra Corse) closes the top ten.

Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini) and Nicolò Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46) came close to making the top ten, finishing in 11th and 12th position respectively. Slightly more delayed Tony Arbolino (Sic58 Squara Corse) who finished in 16th, leaving behind Andrea Migno (Sky Racing Team VR46) and Enea Bastianini (Estrella Galicia), who did not go beyond 18th and 19th position. Marco Bezzecchi (CIP) and teammate Manuel Pagliani, they finish in 25th and 28th position. Lorenzo Dalla Porta he finishes in 27th with his Mahindra.