Folger, Lorenzo and Redding the fastest in FP2 at Jerez

The World Motorcycle Championship has held the second free practice session at the Jerez Circuit, where we have seen Folger, Lorenzo and Redding be the fastest of this FP2 on the Andalusian track, so there is maximum excitement for what awaits us tomorrow with the QPs. Although the session started under the shadow of the electrical problems we experienced after FP1, which left the Rookies Cup without a practice session and affected the timetables of the categories.

The first to head out onto the track were the Moto3 riders, with Jonas Folger the fastest with a lap time of 1.47.660, but very close to the German was our Álex Rins, who could not cut the 0.025s gap, mainly because the winner of the Austin round had problems with his machine and could not finish FP2. Behind them, Viñales was 3rd, but more than half a second back.

Completing the top 10 were Khairuddin 4th, Binder 5th, Salom 6th, Vázquez 7th, Fenati 8th, Márquez 9th and 10th Ajo. Meanwhile, the rest of our riders finished 12th Navarro, I. Viñales 16th, Carrasco 25th, Guevara 29th.

Behind them went out the MotoGP riders, with the fastest in this second session being Jorge Lorenzo. The Mallorcan set a lap time of 1.39.562, leaving second-placed Cal Crutchlow 0.171s back, so the two Yamaha men with good feelings, and dominating, although Dani Pedrosa’sHonda was not far off either, 0.195s behind the leader.

The small cut we have is with Rossi, who was 4th and finished more than three tenths back, rounding out the top 10 of this FP2 in the premier class with Márquez 5th, Bautista 6th, Iannone 7th, Barbera 8th, Espargaró 9th and 10th Hayden. Barberá’s position was very good, as he was the best CRT in this first contact, so our riders were very strong in the CRT subcategory. It is also worth mentioning Hernández’s crash, Petrucci’s problems and Bradl’s nasty crash in a very fast section.

The last to head out onto the Andalusian track were the Moto2 riders, with the fastest being Scott Redding. The Briton set a lap time of 1.43.984, the only one to dip under 1.43. Meanwhile, behind him came Rabat, the 80 right behind the 45, only 0.037s separated them.

Behind completing the top 10 were Nakagami 3rd, Luthi 4th, Aegerter 5th, Terol 6th, Espargaró 7th, Torres 8th, Elías 9th and 10th Schrotter. The rest of our riders finished 14th Pons, 16th Simón, 23rd Cardús, 24th Rivas, 25th Smith, 31st Mariñelarena.

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