Opening day in Valencia ends with Zarco on top

In the Moto2™ class at the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana, the top three riders were Johann Zarco, Thomas Luthi and Tito Rabat across the Friday practices.

Zarco (AirAsia Caterham) led the way in FP2 and FP1. A 1’35.264s lap in the afternoon put the French rider top of the combined timesheets, despite a crash towards the end of FP2. Luthi (Interwetten Sitag) followed just behind, second overall with a 1’35.364s from FP2. The top three was completed by Moto2 World Champion Rabat (Marc VDS Racing Team).

Both Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Racing Team) and Maverick Viñales (Paginas Armarillas HP 40) were in the top five based on their FP2 times. The pair were both within 0.7s of Zarco.

Dominique Aegerter (Technomag CarXpert), Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team), Luis Salom (Paginas Armarillas HP 40) and Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) all improved their times in FP2. Anthony West (QMMF Racing Team) completed the top ten, having set his best time of the day in FP1.

For full combined Friday results from Moto2 in Valencia click here.