Rins, Pedrosa and Redding the best in FP2 at Le Mans

The World Motorcycle Championship has held its second free practice session at the Le Mans Circuit, the fourth round of the season has already seen rain on the asphalt. At the end of the Moto3 session we saw the first drops of the Grand Prix fall and not only that, we also saw hail.

The first riders out on track were the Moto3 riders, with a strong Álex Rins setting a time of 1:44.147, leaving his rival just 0.006s behind, so things are very tight at the front. Jonas Folger takes that second position, while Salom was third but already at a greater distance, more than half a second.

The rest of the top 10 was completed by Viñales 4th, Webb 5th, Ajo 6th, Binder 7th, Tonucci 8th, Antonelli 9th and 10th Fenati; while the rest of the Spanish riders finished in I. Viñales 12th, Márquez 15th, Guevara 26th, Vázquez 27th and Carrasco 30th. The negative side of the day was the crash of Efrén Vázquez, as the 7 fractured his right collarbone and is flying to Barcelona to try to be operated on quickly.

The next riders out on the circuit were the MotoGP riders, with Dani Pedrosa once again the fastest, setting a time of 1:34.035, leaving his closest rival 0.134s behind. His teammate Marc Márquez occupied that second place. Meanwhile the top 10 finished with Rossi 3rd, Lorenzo 4th, Bradl 5th, Crutchlow 6th, Dovi 7th, Hayden 8th, Bautista 9th and 10th Espargaró. The other Spanish rider is Barberá, who was 15th. We only saw one crash, by Iannone, which in principle was nothing serious.

Therefore, if it rains tomorrow as forecast, pole would go to Pedrosa, since the times from today would not be improved, but we’ll see what happens.

Closing the day were the Moto2 riders, with Scott Redding repeating his position, setting a time of 1:38.283, leaving the second-placed Tom Lüthi more than three tenths behind, so the Briton is strong at the French track. The rest of the top 10 was completed with Simón 3rd, Nakagami 4th, Aegerter 5th, Terol 6th, Pasini 7th, Simeon 8th, Espargaró 9th and 10th Corsi.

The rest of the Spaniards placed 14th Rabat, 15th Torres, 17th Cardús, 23rd Elías, 27th Pons, 31st Moncayo, 32nd Smith.

More action at Le Mans tomorrow.

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