Fermin Aldeguer (MB Conveyors Speed Up) left it late to top Moto2™ Warm Up at the Gran Premio Michelin® de la República Argentina with a 1:43.356, a time good enough to beat second place Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) by 0.130s. Indonesian GP winner Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) ended FP1 in P3, 0.316s off the pace.
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Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) and Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) completed the top five in the 50-minute stint, with FP2 coming up at 11:30 local time (GMT-3).
Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team) and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) suffered costly early crashes at Turn 2, both riders were uninjured.
Top 10:
1. Fermin Alduguer (MB Conveyors Speed Up) – 1:43.356
2. Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.130
3. Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) + 0.316
4. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 0.419
5. Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) + 0.425
6. Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 0.468
7. Jake Dixon (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.531
8. Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 0.548
9. Jorge Navarro (Flexbox HP40) + 0.581
10. Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team) + 0.774