Augusto Fernandez is the rider to beat heading into Saturday courtesy of his fastest time in FP1 at the Aragon, with second fastest Luca Marini also setting his fastest lap in the morning.
Lorenzo Baldassarri completes the top three on Friday, his time from FP2 his best effort.
Both Fernandez and Marini had over sixth tenths of an advantage heading into FP2 at MotorLand Aragon and for the most part the session was quiet in terms of laptime improvements. However, after finishing FP1 in a solid sixth, the likes of Sam Lowes and Alex Marquez made some moves.
Tom Lüthi then moved into P4 on the combined times before he stopped on track with some sort of issue, and ultimately it was session over for the Swiss rider, while Marini was busy setting the fastest lap of the session – but not overall.
Baldassarri finished third in FP1 and he soon found himself back in the same position on the combined times as the clock ticked down in FP2, but no one could match Fernandez. The Misano winner was struggling to find time in the afternoon and took the flag in P8, but he would remain quickest overall.
Despite topping FP2 by over two tenths, Marini wouldn’t beat his Friday morning time as he remains behind Fernandez heading into Saturday’s action.
Baldassarri was able to find time to close the gap from 0.8 to 0.6 and take third, with Lowes’ good day continuing in FP2, the Brit finding three tenths to climb from P6 to P4. Title race leader Marquez sits over six tenths off his main rival on Day 1 at his home Grand Prix, the Spaniard slipping down one place to P5 overall by the end of play.
Nicolo Bulega and Iker Lecuona – the top KTM rider on Day 1 – climbed the combined standings during the final 10 minutes of FP2 to take P6 and P7 respectively, with Lüthi able to keep P8 despite his late drama. Brad Binder finished ninth in both FP1 and FP2, with ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team’s Tetsuta Nagashima completing the top ten.
Xavi Vierge, Jorge Navarro, Remy Gardner and Andrea Locatelli are currently the last who stand to move through to Q2 if the weather, as it’s expected to, changes on Saturday. Leaving the likes of Fabio Di Giannantonio heading for Q1…
Moto2 FP3 begins at 10:55 local time (GMT+2) – tune in!
Friday’s fastest – Top 5:
1 – Augusto Fernandez (SPA – Kalex) 1’52.474
2 – Luca Marini (ITA – Kalex) +0.278
3 – Lorenzo Baldassarri (ITA – Kalex) +0.629
4 – Sam Lowes (GBR – Kalex) +0.637
5 – Alex Marquez (SPA – Kalex) +0.657