2012 Mugello Moto2 FP1 Result: Espargaro Holds Off Iannone

Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2012-07-13 10:17

Pol Espargaro's dominance of practice continues, the Spaniard once again topping the first session of free practice for the Moto2 class at Mugello. His advantage over 2nd place man Andrea Iannone was minimal, however, the Speed Master rider less than a tenth slower than Espargaro. Thomas Luthi took 3rd spot, the Interwetten rider just pipping Tech 3's Bradley Smith. Marc Marquez, now officially confirmed in the Repsol Honda MotoGP team for next year, could manage only the 5th fastest time, a third of a second slower than Espargaro, but Marquez finished ahead of Simone Corsi and Scott Redding.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Diff Previous
1	40	Pol ESPARGARO	KALEX	1'53.139
2	29	Andrea IANNONE	SPEED UP	1'53.229	0.090	0.090
3	12	Thomas LUTHI	SUTER	1'53.399	0.260	0.170
4	38	Bradley SMITH	TECH 3	1'53.441	0.302	0.042
5	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SUTER	1'53.478	0.339	0.037
6	3	Simone CORSI	FTR	1'53.693	0.554	0.215
7	45	Scott REDDING	KALEX	1'53.751	0.612	0.058
8	4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	KALEX	1'53.822	0.683	0.071
9	71	Claudio CORTI	KALEX	1'53.845	0.706	0.023
10	36	Mika KALLIO	KALEX	1'53.958	0.819	0.113
11	18	Nicolas TEROL	SUTER	1'54.037	0.898	0.079
12	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	KALEX	1'54.318	1.179	0.281
13	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	FTR	1'54.521	1.382	0.203
14	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SUTER	1'54.540	1.401	0.019
15	72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	FTR	1'54.613	1.474	0.073
16	80	Esteve RABAT	KALEX	1'54.688	1.549	0.075
17	19	Xavier SIMEON	TECH 3	1'54.791	1.652	0.103
18	60	Julian SIMON	SUTER	1'54.810	1.671	0.019
19	5	Johann ZARCO	MOTOBI	1'54.870	1.731	0.060
20	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	SUTER	1'54.928	1.789	0.058
21	24	Toni ELIAS	SUTER	1'54.932	1.793	0.004
22	88	Ricard CARDUS	AJR	1'55.127	1.988	0.195
23	22	Alessandro ANDREOZZI	SPEED UP	1'55.136	1.997	0.009
24	44	Roberto ROLFO	SUTER	1'55.319	2.180	0.183
25	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	MZ-RE HONDA	1'55.508	2.369	0.189
26	76	Max NEUKIRCHNER	KALEX	1'55.571	2.432	0.063
27	55	Massimo ROCCOLI	BIMOTA	1'55.722	2.583	0.151
28	49	Axel PONS	KALEX	1'56.104	2.965	0.382
29	8	Gino REA	SUTER	1'56.894	3.755	0.790
30	95	Anthony WEST	SPEED UP	1'56.956	3.817	0.062
31	10	Marco COLANDREA	FTR	1'57.247	4.108	0.291
32	57	Eric GRANADO	MOTOBI	1'57.432	4.293	0.185
33	82	Elena ROSELL	MORIWAKI	1'58.543	5.404	1.111