Moto2 Moto3 Test Qatar Day 2: Morbidelli and Fenati dominate in the second session

Penultimate session of the day at Losail, as darkness falls the times start to get interesting

Moto2 Moto3 Test Qatar Day 2: Morbidelli and Fenati dominate in the second sessionMoto2 Moto3 Test Qatar Day 2: Morbidelli and Fenati dominate in the second session

Moto2 Moto3 Test Qatar Day 2– With the first session under wraps for both categories, Moto2 and Moto3 are back on track for the second of the three scheduled today. In the early Italian afternoon, Thomas Luthi and Romano Fenati took the lead in their respective categories, and as darkness and temperatures fell, activity on the track increased.

Moto2 Test Qatar Day 2– The second session of the afternoon ended with the best time of Franco Morbidelli. The Marc VdS team rider stopped the clock at 2:00.452; lowering the best performance recorded in the previous round by almost a second. Behind the Italian rider, his teammate, Alex Marquez, trailed by almost 3 tenths. In third place, Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo), followed by Fabio Quartararo (Pons HP40) and Takaaki Nakagami (Honda team Asia). The leader of the first session, Thomas Luthi, finishes sixth, followed by Axel Pons (Rw Racing GP) e Sandra Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) . Xavier Simeon (Tasca Racing Scuderia) e Isaac Viñales (Sag Team) complete the top ten.

Outside the top ten, in twelfth position, Mattia Pasini (Italtrans). Luca Marini (Forward) and Francesco Bagnaia (Sky Racin Team VR46) finished 15th and 16th. After missing the first session, both Simone Corsi (Speed ​​Up) and Lorenzo Baldassarri (Forward) took to the track, but they finished far from the top, in 23rd and 25th position.  Andrea Locatelli and Stefano Manzi, close the "Italian rankings" with the lead of the Sky Racing team in the wake of the Italtrans driver who finished 31st.

Moto3 Test Qatar Day2- Romano Fenati also ended the second afternoon session in the lead; the Marinelli Rivacold Sniper team driver finished with a time of 2:06.726, his best performance of the day. Behind the rider from Ascoli, just a hair's breadth behind, Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini) followed by Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia). The Honda rider managed to get behind gabriel rodrigo (RBA) and a surprising Livio Law (Leopard). Ayumu Sasaki (Sic Racing Team) finishes in sixth position, followed by Juanfran Guevara (RBA). Nicolò Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46), after a less than brilliant start, managed to get out of the quagmire at the back and finish in eighth position.  Joan mir (Leopard) e Jakub Kornfeil, on Peugeot, complete the top ten.

Andrea Migno misses the top ten by less than a tenth, the Sky Racing Team driver is unable to go beyond 13th position. The improvements continue for Niccolò Antonelli who, session after session, gets to know his KTM better. Unfortunately, however, the Team Ajo rider fails to enter the top ten as he did in the first round and finishes in 15th position. Lorenzo Dalla Porta, with Mahindra, finishes 17th, while the Sic58 Squadra Corse driver, Tony Arbolino does not go beyond 20th position keeping behind Fabio DiGiannantonio on Honda. Difficulties for Enea Bastianini who improved only by a tenth compared to the performance obtained in the first round and finished in 28th position. The two drivers of the team (CIP), Marco Bezzecchi and Manuel Pagliani, they finish 29th and 30th.

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