Moto3 Brno, Free Practice 2: Maverick Vinales is the fastest

The second free practice session of the Moto3 class in Brno, theater of the Czech Republic Grand Prix, saw the riders of the newly created class which this year replaces the eighth-litres take to the track with 27° in the air and 41° in the air. 'asphalt.

The fastest of these Free Practice 2 was Maverick Vinales, riding the FTR Honda of Team Blusens Avintia. The Spanish rider stopped the clock at a time of 2:09.480, a time 272 thousandths better than that set by the home rider Jakub Kornfeil, also riding an FTR Honda, but of the Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta Team.

Danny Kent on the KTM of Team Red Bull Ajo is third (best time of 2:09.946 for him) ahead of his brand mate Zulfahmi Khairuddin (AirAsia-Sic-Ajo) and our Niccolò Antonelli, Team Gresini rider who is fifth 612 thousandths from the top.

The young rider from Cattolica precedes the Spaniard Luis Salom (winner last week in Indianapolis), the Frenchman Louis Rossi and Jonas Folger in his second race with the Kalex KTM of Team Aspar. World championship leader Sandro Cortese is only ninth, trailing Vinales (who follows him in the standings by 29 points) by just under a second. The Portuguese Miguel Oliveira closes the Top Ten, with the Suter Honda of Team Estrella Galicia 0,0.

Romano Fenati is still in difficulty, fourteenth with the FTR Honda of Team Italia FMI. The driver from Ascoli pays 1.363 from the top and is two positions ahead of team-mate Alessandro Tonucci, seventh this morning and sixteenth today. The other Italian drivers are Michael Ruben Rinaldi 24th and Luigi Morciano 29th. Our Riccardo Moretti and Alan Techer did not take part in the session, having been involved in a fall this morning.

Photos: Alex Farinelli