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