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    Sachsenring Moto2/3: Free Practice Results (1&2)

    In Moto3 FP1, it was Gresini’s Jorge Martin who led the way from KTM’s Bo Bendsneyder and VR46’s Nicolo Bulega.

    Championship leader Joan Mir finished the first session in a respectable fifth place. The top 19 riders were all covered by less than 1.5 seconds.

    1. Jorge Martin, Del Conca Gresini Moto3 – 1:27.868
    2. Bo Bendsneyder, Red Bull KTM Ajo + 0.111
    3. Nicolo Bulega, Sky Racing Team VR46 + 0.153
    4. Phillipp Oettl, Südmetall Schedl GP Racing + 0.388
    5. Joan Mir, Leopard Racing + 0.403
    6. Marcos Ramirez, Platinum Bay Real Estate + 0.405
    7. Enea Bastianini, Estrella Galicia 0,0 + 0.563
    8. Livio Loi, Leopard Racing + 0.591
    9. Aron Canet, Estrella Galicia 0,0 + 0.704
    10. Fabio Di Giannantonio, Del Conca Gresini Moto3 + 0.720

     

    Action in FP2 was brought to an abrupt halt, as Jorge Martin went down at Turn 1. The session was red flagged as it appeared the Spaniard was in immense pain, unable to move himself off the track. Martin was taken to the medical centre via ambulance and it was later revealed that he had suffered a fractured right ankle. He has been declared unfit for the rest of the German GP weekend.

    The session restarted at 13:35 (local time), and it was championship leader Joan Mir who topped the times from Romano Fenati and Phillipp Oettl. Livio Loi is having his best weekend of the season so far, with two top ten finishes during the sessions.

    Danny Kent is stepping in with the Red Bull KTM Ajo team this weekend for an injured Nico Antonelli and finished the first session in 22nd and the second session in 16th. However, it was later announced that he would receive a 12-place grid penalty for riding slowly during practice.

    The weather soon turned and at the end of the session, rain was spitting all over the track leaving MotoGP FP2 as a wet session.

    1. Joan Mir, Leopard Racing + 1:27.179
    2. Romano Fenati, Marinelli Rivacold Snipers + 0.676
    3. Phillipp Oettl, Sudmetall Schedl GP Racing + 0.732
    4. Livio Loi, Leopard Racing + 0.754
    5. Nicolo Bulega, Sky Racing Team VR46 + 0.867
    6. Marcos Ramirez, Platinum Bay Real Estate + 0.922
    7. Enea Bastianini, Estrella Galicia 0,0 + 0.952
    8. Aron Canet, Estrella Galicia 0,0 + 1.029
    9. Bo Bendsneyder, Red Bull KTM Ajo + 1.114
    10. Jakub Kornfeil, Peugeot MC Saxoprint + 1.152

     

    In Moto2 FP1, Miguel Olivera led the way from championship leader Franco Morbidelli and Taka Nakagami.

    A crash early on from Alex Marquez didn’t crush his determination, as he came back out and finished the session in a respectable seventh place.

    Lorenzo Baldassari has been ruled out of the German Grand Prix after his crash in Assen, and is being replaced by Federico Fuligni who finished in last place, with team mate Luca Marini only finishing 27th.

    Mattia Pasini is out to impress after his string of solid results, but was hampered in FP1 by a huge high side while on a fast lap. Thankfully, Pasini was okay but his session was brought to an early end by the crash as there was just too much damage to the bike. He finished FP1 in 17th.

    1. Miguel Olivera, Red Bull KTM Ajo – 1:24.976
    2. Franco Morbidelli, EG 0,0 Marc VDS + 0.239
    3. Taka Nakagami, IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia + 0.242
    4. Simone Corsi, Speed Up Racing + 0.371
    5. Dominique Aegerter, Kiefer Racing + 0.378
    6. Marcel Schrotter, Dynavolt Intact GP + 0.391
    7. Alex Marquez, EG 0,0 Marc VDS + 0.442
    8. Hafizh Syahrin, Petronas Raceline Malaysia + 0.494
    9. Francesco Bagnaia, Sky Racing Team VR46 + 0.713
    10. Jorge Navarro, Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 + 0.737

    The track was pretty much dry by the time the last session of the day came around.

    Morbidelli took over the top spot from Bagnaia with 12 minutes to go, but Thomas Luthi bit back, eager to improve on his 11th place finish in FP1. He took the top spot and ran with it, constantly improving his times up to the flag. Morbidelli sat comfortably behind, up until the last minute where Marcel Schrotter pulled out a 1:24.8 to slot him in behind the leader.

    Morbidelli was shunted back to third, with Bagnaia and Nakagami behind him.

    1. Thomas Luthi, CarXpert Interwetten – 1:24.848
    2. Marcel Schrotter, Dynavolt Intact GP + 0.046
    3. Franco Morbidelli, EG 0,0 Marc VDS + 0.229
    4. Francesco Bagnaia, Sky Racing Team VR46 + 0.232
    5. Taka Nakagami, IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia + 0.404
    6. Sandro Cortese, Dynavolt Intact GP + 0.431
    7. Miguel Olivera, Red Bull KTM Ajo + 0.458
    8. Alex Marquez, EG 0,0 Marc VDS + 0.592
    9. Dominique Aegerter, Kiefer Racing + 0.694
    10. Hafizh Syahrin, Petronas Raceline Malaysia + 0.735
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