Augusto Fernandez leads Beaubier on Friday morning

The Spaniard sits fastest ahead of one of the American home heroes in FP1

Despite a late crash Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) topped Moto2™ FP1 at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas with a 2:10.489, a time good enough to beat of the three home heroes Cameron Beaubier (American Racing) by 0.036s. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) rounded out the first top three of the weekend.

Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) and Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) completed the top five in Moto2™ FP1, the duo were the only other riders to get within half a second of pacesetter Fernandez.

Jake Dixon (Shimoko GASGAS Aspar Team) and Barry Baltus (RW Racing GP) crashed unhurt in the opening session of the weekend.

Tune into Moto2™ FP2 at 13:15 local time (GMT-5)! 

Top 10:
1. Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) – 2:10.489
2. Cameron Beaubier (American Racing) + 0.036
3. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 0.044
4. Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) + 0.280
5. Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 0.405
6. Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) + 0.601
7. Jorge Navarro (Flexbox HP40) + 0.671
8. Jake Dixon (Shimoko GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.716)
9. Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) + 0.734
10. Marcel Schrötter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) + 0.782

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