Photo by Scott Jones
Many experts in the MotoGP paddock predicted this year would be dominated by Esteve Rabat in Moto2, but testing showed us it may not be, and today’s Moto2 Qualifying session at Losail proved to us it wasn’t going to be. Sam Lowes absolutely dominated the proceedings, flinging his Speed Up around the track like it was the last lap he’d ever ride. Sam crashed with 3 minutes left but he’d already set a time well ahead of second fastest Johann Zarco. World Champion Rabat showed us he’s still in the running for victory tomorrow with a solid 3rd fastest time.
1. Sam Lowes GBR Speed Up Racing (Speed Up) 1m 59.423s
2. Johann Zarco FRA Ajo Motorsport (Kalex) 1m 59.755s
3. Tito Rabat SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 1m 59.813s
4. Sandro Cortese GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) 1m 59.845s
5. Jonas Folger GER AGR Team (Kalex) 1m 59.938s
6. Xavier Simeon BEL Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) 2m 0.232s
7. Thomas Luthi SWI Derendinger Racing Interwetten (Kalex) 2m 0.284s
8. Franco Morbidelli ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 2m 0.396s
9. Alex Rins SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (Kalex) 2m 0.479s
10. Simone Corsi ITA Athinà Forward Racing (Kalex) 2m 0.584s
11. Axel Pons SPA AGR Team (Kalex) 2m 0.593s
12. Alex Marquez SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 2m 0.604s
13. Louis Rossi FRA Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 (Tech 3) 2m 0.605s
14. Ricard Cardus SPA Tech 3 (Tech 3) 2m 0.713s
15. Luis Salom SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (Kalex) 2m 0.791s
16. Mika Kallio FIN Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 2m 0.844s
17. Marcel Schrotter GER Tech 3 (Tech 3) 2m 0.948s
18. Takaaki Nakagami JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 2m 0.985s
19. Hafizh Syahrin MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia (Kalex) 2m 1.000s
20. Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Athinà Forward Racing (Kalex) 2m 1.030s
21. Julian Simon SPA QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) 2m 1.112s
22. Anthony West AUS QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) 2m 1.267s
23. Azlan Shah MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 2m 1.397s
24. Randy Krummenacher SWI JIR Racing Team (Kalex) 2m 1.465s
25. Dominique Aegerter SWI Technomag Racing Interwetten (Kalex) 2m 2.055s
26. Thitipong Warokorn THA APH PTT The Pizza SAG (Kalex) 2m 2.589s
27. Zaqhwan Zaidi MAL JPMoto Malaysia (Suter) 2m 2.817s
28. Robin Mulhauser SWI Technomag Racing Interwetten (Kalex) 2m 3.052s
29. Jesko Raffin SWI sports-millions-EMWE-SAG (Kalex) 2m 3.483s
30. Florian Alt GER Octo Iodaracing Team (Suter) 2m 3.486s
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