Moto2 Sachsenring: Pol Espargaro quickest after Marquez crash in FP1

Published on 06 Jul 2012 by Toni M.

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The higher temperatures at Sachsenring circuit caused some tire troubles for the Moto2 riders. Marc Marquez was leading the session until the final minutes when he crashed out in a spectacular, but almost harmless crash (he was seen rubbing his hands -probably a burn rash from sliding out) heading into the famed Waterfall that prevented him from confirming his lap times.

With Marquez out, Pol Espargaro posted the quickest time in his last flying lap and finished in 1’25″179, a mere 0.048s faster than the current standings leader.

Rivals Andrea Iannone and Thomas Luthi also crashed, which left the door open to Bradley Smith to take third ahead of Mika Kallio, Alex De Angelis (in his second weekend with the FTR chassis), and banged up Iannone and Luthi.

Dominque Aegerter was seventh ahead of Yuki Takahashi who finally made it into the top ten for the first time this season and Simone Corsi who completed the top ten.

Alessandro Andreozzi who is replacing Mike Di Meglio in the Speed Master team after the French rider ran out of cash was 33rd,while wild card Kevin Wahr on Kiefer Racing’s IAMT RP2 was 31st and 18-year old Markus Reiterberger who is replacing injured Alex Lundh this weekend was 28th.

Moto2 Sachsenring FP1 results:

01- Pol Espargaro – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – 1’25.179
02- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – + 0.048
03- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 0.333
04- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.427
05- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Moto M212 – + 0.604
06- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 0.605
07- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock – Suter MMXII – + 0.725
08- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 0.735
09- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Moto M212 – + 0.815
10- Simone Corsi – CAME Iodaracing Project – FTR Moto M212 – + 0.831
11- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.838
12- Johann Zarco – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 0.840
13- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.864
14- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.006
15- Xavier Simeon – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 1.053
16- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.066
17- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 1.068
18- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1.146
19- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 1.159
20- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 1.210
21- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 1.231
22- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 1.379
23- Max Neukirchner – Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.385
24- Ricky Cardus – Arguiñano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 1.560
25- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.770
26- Axel Pons – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.947
27- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 2.138
28- Markus Reiterberger – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – FTR Moto M211 – + 2.234
29- Damian Cudlin – Desguaces La Torre SAG – Bimota HB4 2012 – + 3.171
30- Eric Granado – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 3.316
31- Kevin Wahr – Kiefer Racing – IAMT RP2 – + 3.462
32- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 3.824
33- Alessandro Andreozzi – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 4.659
34- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 5.593