2018 British Moto2 and Moto3 Friday Results
Moto2 was hit by the familiarly unpredictable weather. Barely ten minutes in to their afternoon session, occasional spits turned into proper rain, bringing everyone in to the pits and preventing any improvement on the morning times.
2018 British Moto2 and Moto3 Friday Results
Alex Marquez (VDS Kalex) had by then set fastest afternoon time, but he was in fifth overall in combined times, in the midst of 14 riders within a second of the top time.
That was set by Marcel Schrotter (Dynavolt Kalex), just over a quarter of a second clear of Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Kalex) and an ebullient Sam Lowes (SII KTM), determined to make his mark at his home race.
Lorenzo Baldassarri (HP40 Kalex) was fourth, then Marquez ahead of Fabio Quartararo’s Speed Up.
Points leader Pecco Bagnaia (SKY VR46 Kalex) was seventh, ahead of the similar bikes of Jorge Navarro and Romano Fenati; with Andrea Locatelli com;pleting the top ten on another Kalex.
Luca Marini (SKY VR46 Kalex), on the podium at the last three races, was 12th; title challenger Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM) came back from a heavy early crash to place 20th.
2018 British Moto2 and Moto3 Friday Results
Moto3
Moto3 times were also relatively spread, with just nine with the first second – though with a long lap and a best time of 2m 14.257 this is not too surprising.
That was set by Marinelli Honda’s Tony Arbolino, heading a good mix of the two different marques. Marco Bezzecchi (Redox KTM) was next; Nico Antonelli (SIC58 Honda) third.
The provisional second row has the opposite mix: KTM-Honda-KTM; ridden by Gabriel Rodrigo, Aron Canet and Peter Oettl. The last-named had been fastest in the morning.
Fabio Di Giannantonio (Honda), Jakub Kornfeil (KTM) and Tatsuki Suzuki (Honda) are next; with former title leader Jorge Martin (Del Conca Honda) tenth-fastest.
