Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) leads experienced wildcard Mattia Pasini (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) after Moto2™ FP1 at the Gran Premio Gryfyn di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini as just 0.095s splits the Italians. Vietti’s 1:36.573 was enough to beat third place Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) by 0.143s on a dry Friday morning.
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Vietti takes P1 in the first #Moto2 session of the day ????#SanMarinoGP ???????? pic.twitter.com/DJAL6CL98P
Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) and second in the World Championship Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completed the top five, but it wasn’t the start to the weekend the latter would have wanted. Fernandez crashed unhurt at Turn 1 early in the session but recovered well to finish just 0.244s from Vietti’s pace.
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Not an ideal start for the World Championship hopeful ????
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Ride on board with @Afernandez37 as he slides out at turn 1 ⚔️#SanMarinoGP ???????? pic.twitter.com/Xv8otijM7P
Top 10:
1. Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) – 1:36.573
2. Mattia Pasini (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.095
3. Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.143
4. Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) + 0.205
5. Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.244
6. Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) + 0.468
7. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 0.678
8. Niccolo Antonelli (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 0.706
9. Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team) + 0.746
10. Fermín Aldeguer (+Ego Speed Up) + 0.748