Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) flew to the top of the timesheets in Moto2™ Practice 1 to get his Gran Premio MotoGP™ Guru by Gryfyn de España off to the perfect start with a 1:41.170. The Brit had Somkiat Chantra (IDEMISTU Honda Team Asia) right on his tail as the Thaj rider put in a solid display only to lose the top spot in the closing stages of the session. Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools Speedup) also started strong as he rounded out the top 3 for his first session on home soil in 2023.
Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) topped the pile early on and showed strong form throughout to bag 4th place in the opening session of the weekend. Jake Dixon (GASGAS Aspar Team) will be looking to put his warm-up lap crash in Texas behind him as he starts the weekend with a strong top 5 finish. Aron Canet (Pons WegWow Los40) suffered a small crash with 4 minutes remaining which meant the Spaniard was unable to improve further and finish the session in P8.
Make sure to tune in as the Moto2™ action continues with Practice 2 at 14:05 local time (GMT +1).
Top 10:
1. Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) – 1:41.170
2. Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) + 0.230
3. Alonso Lopez (CAG SpeedUp) + 0.319
4. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.327
5. Jake Dixon (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar M2) + 0.464
6. Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.737
7. Celestino Vietti (Fantic Racing) + 0.793
8. Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) + 0.848
9. Barry Baltus (Fieten Olie Racing GP) + 0.921
10. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 0.930