Aldeguer destroys the lap record ahead of Ogura

Moto2™ returned to the track at the Motul TT Assen for a dramatic end to Friday’s proceedings, with Fermin Aldeguer (Folladore SpeedUp) breaking the lap record by over three-tenths at the end of Practice 1. The #54 improved throughout the session to set a magnificent 1:35.698 on his final flying lap to become the new benchmark time. Behind Aldeguer was Ai Ogura (MT Helmets – MSI), who continued to show great pace at the TT Circuit Assen – after topping the morning session. Rounding out the top three was Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team), who briefly took the top spot before suffering a crash at turn 7 and would not take part in the remainder of the session.

It was a dramatic start to the session with Filip Salac (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) suffering from an early crash at turn 7 – bringing out the red flag. Once the the session resumed Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets – MSI) soon leapt to the top of the timesheets before Roberts took over. Roberts would then suffer his own crash at turn 7, minutes before Xavi Cardelus (Fantic Racing) had a fall at turn 2 as the pace began to heat up towards the end of the session.

Fourth place went the way of Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets – MSI), who set a strong lap early on and showed consistent pace throughout the session. Tony Arbolino on the remaining Elf Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex rounded out the top five ahead of the Aron Canet (Fantic Racing). The #44 was just 0.374s back from the top spot, ending the session ahead of Alonso Lopez (Folladore SpeedUp) and late-charging Manuel Gonzalez (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2™) in eighth.

Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) took ninth, with Albert Arenas (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2™) securing 10^th after a crash in the final five minutes of the day. Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team) was less than a second away from the top spot in 11^th. Meanwhile, the final spots inside the top 14 went the way of Bo Bendsneyder (Preicanos Racing Team), Jake Dixon (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team), and Zonta Van Den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP).

Moto2™ returns to track at 9:25 local time (UTC +2) on Saturday for Practice 2 before an unpredictable qualifying gets underway at 13:45 local time, so make sure you don’t miss anything on motogp.com!

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