It was an eventful Moto2™ Warm Up session at the Gran Premio TISSOT dell'Emilia Romagna e della Riviera di Rimini. Pacesetter Tetsuta Nagashima (Red Bull KTM Ajo) led the way from Aron Canet (Inde Aspar Team Moto2) but the Japanese rider suffered a heavy crash at the end of the session in the exit of Turn 15, with Nagashima heading to the medical centre for a check-up.
???? @tetsuta45 tops the session but on his final lap this happened!
— MotoGP™???? (@MotoGP) September 20, 2020
A vicious highside at Turn 15! ????#Moto2 | #EmiliaRomagnaGP ???? pic.twitter.com/zV8oLO4Jz1
Sam Lowes (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) was third quickest but he was another crasher in Warm Up. The British rider also went down on the exit of Turn 15, he was ok. His teammate Augusto Fernandez and Lowes’ compatriot Jake Dixon (Petronas Sprinta Racing) completed the top five ahead of the race.
1st, 2nd and 4th on the grid have all crashed in warm-up! ????@SamLowes_22 slides out at Turn 15 as the cooler track conditions are proving tricky this morning! ???? #Moto2 | #EmiliaRomagnaGP ???? pic.twitter.com/GyosYOotpf
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In addition, it was a disastrous opening handful of minutes for the SKY Racing Team VR46 riders. Championship leader and polesitter Luca Marini crashed at Turn 5, before third in the Championship and second place on the grid Marco Bezzecchi crashed at Turn 6. Thankfully, both riders were ok, but is it going to affect them in the race at 12:20 (GMT+2)?
That's not in the script! ????@Luca_Marini_97, pole-sitter and last week's race winner has crashed on his first flying lap this morning! ????#Moto2 | #EmiliaRomagnaGP ???? pic.twitter.com/CsFLXFzsNP
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Tune into the intermediate class Emilia Romagna GP battle later on!
And now @Marco12_B has crashed! ????
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Both @SkyRacingTeam riders have hit the deck in the space of just a few minutes! ????#Moto2 | #EmiliaRomagnaGP ???? pic.twitter.com/LkcTmHZDIs
Top 10:
1. Tetsuta Nagashima (Red Bull KTM Ajo) – 1:36.346
2. Aron Canet (Inde Aspar Team Moto2) + 0.035
3. Sam Lowes (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) + 0.075
4. Augusto Fernandez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) + 0.215
5. Jake Dixon (Petronas Sprinta Racing) + 0.235
6. Marcel Schrötter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) + 0.304
7. Jorge Navarro (Beta Tools Speed Up) + 0.340
8. Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP 40) + 0.443
9. Joe Roberts (Tennor American Racing) + 0.476
10. Tom Lüthi (Liqui Moly Intact GP) + 0.517
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