Bendsneyder faces difficult conditions on first day in Motegi

Changing weather conditions made life hard for the Moto2 World Championship today. Nevertheless, the Tech3 Racing team duo seized a decent start to the 16th round of the 2018 season. Although the track surface was far from ideal, Bo Bendsneyder went out in the last minutes of FP1 to improve the lap time he set earlier significantly, finishing in 15th position. Later on, the Dutch rookie was fighting again to learn the track, concluding Friday in P19. Meanwhile, Remy Gardner did just six quick laps this morning to emerge in eighth place. Following another mixed session this afternoon, the Australian ended up 0.034 seconds behind her teammate.

Bo Bensdneyder  – Position: 19th – Time: 1’53.984 – Laps: 21

“Today was difficult with the weather, but finally we worked quite good in these conditions. We have to wait and see what will happen tomorrow. It looks like it could be similar, so we focussed a lot today to have a good setup for Saturday. In the end, I’m quite happy with the work we did, so let’s see what tomorrow will bring”

Results FP2:

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap
1 Iker LECUONA Swiss Innovative Investors 1’52.159
2 Francesco BAGNAIA SKY Racing Team VR46 1’52.278
3 Augusto FERNANDEZ Pons HP40 1’52.390
4 Fabio QUARTARARO MB Conveyors – Speed Up 1’52.517
5 Brad BINDER Red Bull KTM Ajo 1’52.640
6 Miguel OLIVEIRA Red Bull KTM Ajo 1’52.715
7 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 1’52.718
8 Marcel SCHROTTER Dynavolt Intact GP 1’52.819
9 Alex MARQUEZ EG 0,0 Marc VDS 1’53.044
10 Luca MARINI SKY Racing Team VR46 1’53.088
11 Joan MIR EG 0,0 Marc VDS 1’53.135
12 Stefano MANZI Forward Racing Team 1’53.189
13 Dominique AEGERTER Kiefer Racing 1’53.263
14 Simone CORSI Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 1’53.274
15 Jorge NAVARRO Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 1’53.632
16 Mattia PASINI Italtrans Racing Team 1’53.632
17 Steven ODENDAAL NTS RW Racing GP 1’53.684
18 Jesko RAFFIN SAG Team 1’53.763
19 Bo BENDSNEYDER Tech 3 Racing 1’53.984
20 Remy GARDNER Tech 3 Racing 1’54.018
21 Joe ROBERTS NTS RW Racing GP 1’54.102
22 Xavi VIERGE Dynavolt Intact GP 1’54.329
23 Edgar PONS MB Conveyors – Speed Up 1’54.387
24 Andrea LOCATELLI Italtrans Racing Team 1’54.550
25 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Pons HP40 1’54.686
26 Niki TUULI Petronas Sprinta Racing 1’54.801
27 Jules DANILO Nashi Argan SAG Team 1’55.048
28 Sam LOWES Swiss Innovative Investors 1’55.354
29 Isaac VIÑALES Forward Racing Team 1’55.470
30 Khairul Idham PAWI IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 1’55.768
31 Federico FULIGNI Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 1’56.106
32 Xavi CARDELUS Marinelli Snipers Team 1’56.526

Source: motogp.com, tech3 racing

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