Kent, Márquez and Rabat lead the MotoGP FP2 at Silverstone

The World Motorcycle Championship kicked off the second free practice session of this twelfth round of the 2014 season at the Silverstone Circuit, where we were able to see all three categories in action: Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP.

The first riders out on the British track were the Moto3 riders, with Danny Kent setting the best lap at the very last moment, being the fastest with a time of 2:15.572, leaving Niccolò Antonelli in second just 0.058s behind. Not only did the second-placed rider stay close to the leader’s time, but Rins was also only 0.062s back and fourth-placed Isaac Viñales 0.076s back. Therefore, maximum equality in the small-displacement class in this FP2.

The top 10 was completed by Fenati in 5th, Márquez in 6th, Oliveira in 7th, Binder in 8th, Mcphee in 9th and Vázquez in 10th. The rest of our riders finished Guevara 13th, Navarro 16th and Carrasco 32nd.

Then the MotoGP riders went out, with Marc Márquez as the fastest, setting a lap of 2:02.126, a superb time for the 93 who is showing great strength on the British track on this first day of testing. Behind him, Stefan Bradl was 0.509s off the leader. In this session we already saw that conditions on the track were not easy, but despite this, Márquez literally flew around the British circuit.

The top 10 was completed by Dovizioso in 3rd, Smith in 4th, Hernández in 5th, Redding in 6th, Iannone in 7th, Bautista in 8th, Pedrosa in 9th and Aleix Espargaró in 10th.

And closing out the day’s action, we had the Moto2 riders, with Tito Rabat the fastest in this FP2, setting a time of 2:08.652. This session was quite quiet at the start, when we saw the riders not heading out onto the track because of the conditions, and only five riders set times, including Luis Salom, who unfortunately suffered a very nasty and dangerous crash, a brutal high-side.

Finally, in second place was Corsi, the Italian was 0.087s behind, therefore close to the leader. The top 10 was completed by Folger in 3rd, Zarco in 4th, Viñales in 5th, Kallio in 6th, Lowes in 7th, Aegerter in 8th, Cortese in 9th and Pasini in 10th. The rest of our riders finished Cardús 11th, Pons 18th, Simón 19th, Torres 20th, Ramos 27th and Salom 34th.

More action tomorrow.

Photo | MotoGP official website