2010 Qatar Moto2 FP2 Result - Bradl Heads Takahashi And Cluzel

Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2010-04-10 18:13

The Moto2 class continues to surprise, with the results of practice still completely unpredictable, and very few common factors from one session to the next. The second session of free practice turned into a two-horse race between Forward Racing's Jules Cluzel and Viessmann Kiefer's Stefan Bradl. Bradl took control in the latter stages of the session, and tightened his grip at the end, extending his advantage to a quarter of a second.

Cluzel looked like taking 2nd, but a flying lap by Tech 3's Yuki Takahashi dropped the Frenchman down to 3rd, the Japanese rider taking over 2nd. Alex de Angelis ended the session in 4th, just a few hundredths behind Cluzel and Takahashi.

The closeness at the front was mirrored throughout the field. The gap from Bradl to Julian Simon in 5th was seven tenths, but from there, one second covers 22 riders, all the way down to Gabor Talmacsi in 27th. The scenes during free practice were chaotic, with scraps breaking out as if it was a race. If free practice is this tough, the race is likely to be a complete free-for-all.

Results of Moto2 FP2 at Qatar:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Diff Previous
1	65	Stefan BRADL	SUTER	2'02.877
2	72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	TECH 3	2'03.103	0.226	0.226
3	16	Jules CLUZEL	SUTER	2'03.189	0.312	0.086
4	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	FORCE GP210	2'03.227	0.350	0.038
5	60	Julian SIMON	RSV	2'03.586	0.709	0.359
6	40	Sergio GADEA	PONS KALEX	2'03.673	0.796	0.087
7	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	BIMOTA	2'03.790	0.913	0.117
8	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	BQR-MOTO2	2'03.845	0.968	0.055
9	71	Claudio CORTI	SUTER	2'03.931	1.054	0.086
10	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	RSV	2'03.937	1.060	0.006
11	25	Alex BALDOLINI	I.C.P.	2'04.016	1.139	0.079
12	6	Alex DEBON	FTR	2'04.044	1.167	0.028
13	24	Toni ELIAS	MORIWAKI	2'04.059	1.182	0.015
14	3	Simone CORSI	MOTOBI	2'04.076	1.199	0.017
15	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SUTER	2'04.126	1.249	0.050
16	75	Mattia PASINI	MOTOBI	2'04.146	1.269	0.020
17	17	Karel ABRAHAM	RSV	2'04.181	1.304	0.035
18	29	Andrea IANNONE	SPEED UP	2'04.188	1.311	0.007
19	48	Shoya TOMIZAWA	SUTER	2'04.200	1.323	0.012
20	12	Thomas LUTHI	MORIWAKI	2'04.270	1.393	0.070
21	35	Raffaele DE ROSA	TECH 3	2'04.303	1.426	0.033
22	9	Kenny NOYES	PROMOHARRIS	2'04.312	1.435	0.009
23	45	Scott REDDING	SUTER	2'04.357	1.480	0.045
24	52	Lukas PESEK	MORIWAKI	2'04.373	1.496	0.016
25	44	Roberto ROLFO	SUTER	2'04.389	1.512	0.016
26	53	Valentin DEBISE	ADV	2'04.504	1.627	0.115
27	2	Gabor TALMACSI	SPEED UP	2'04.509	1.632	0.005
28	10	Fonsi NIETO	MORIWAKI	2'04.650	1.773	0.141
29	39	Robertino PIETRI	SUTER	2'04.719	1.842	0.069
30	80	Axel PONS	PONS KALEX	2'04.736	1.859	0.017
31	41	Arne TODE	SUTER	2'04.766	1.889	0.030
32	5	Joan OLIVE	PROMOHARRIS	2'04.946	2.069	0.180
33	59	Niccolo CANEPA	FORCE GP210	2'04.955	2.078	0.009
34	21	Vladimir LEONOV	SUTER	2'04.984	2.107	0.029
35	96	Anthony DELHALLE	BQR-MOTO2	2'05.165	2.288	0.181
36	61	Vladimir IVANOV	MORIWAKI	2'05.290	2.413	0.125
37	8	Anthony WEST	HONDA	2'05.392	2.515	0.102
38	55	Hector FAUBEL	SUTER	2'05.625	2.748	0.233
39	88	Yannick GUERRA	MORIWAKI	2'06.671	3.794	1.046
40	95	Mashel AL NAIMI	BQR-MOTO2	2'06.986	4.109	0.315
41	76	Bernat MARTINEZ	BIMOTA	2'07.682	4.805	0.696