Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) was the man to beat in Moto2™ FP1 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, topping the session with a 1:44.225 despite an early crash at Turn 10. Behind the Championship leader was Marcel Schroetter (Dynavolt Intact GP), just over a tenth off the Italian, with Joan Mir (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) rounding out the top three.
#Moto2 FP1 ????@PeccoBagnaia's last lap puts him on top of the timings for the first #Moto2 session of the day!#CatalanGP pic.twitter.com/p2td1Va6vE
— MotoGP™???? (@MotoGP) June 15, 2018
It was a fantastic session for replacement rider Augusto Fernandez (Pons HP40), last weekend’s FIM CEV Repsol Moto2™ European Championship Race 2 winner at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was an impressive fourth quickest, with last year’s race winner Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) rounding out the top five – 0.138 back from Bagnaia’s time.
Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2), Romano Fenati (Marinelli Snipers Team) and Dominique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing) crashed during the session – riders ok.
A second covers the top 18 in Moto2™ after the first Free Practice session of the weekend, with FP2 starting at 15:05 local time (GMT +2).