2015 Qatar Moto2 FP2 Result: Lowes' Domination Continues

Submitted by David Emmett on Thu, 2015-03-26 19:55

Sam Lowes continues to reign supreme in the Moto2 class at Qatar, leading the second session of free practice almost from the start and never being challenged. The Speed Up rider could not quite get under the two minute mark in FP2, but he was once again under Tito Rabat's pole record from last year.

Reigning champion Rabat ended the day second, a third of a second behind Lowes, and ahead of Johann Zarco this time. Axel Pons set the 4th fastest time, another third of a second behind Zarco, and over a second behind the pace of Lowes. Pons heads up a large group of close riders, with Taka Nakagami, Tom Luthi, Sandro Cortese and Xavier Simeon separated by tenth of a second, and Alex Rins another two tenths behind in 9th. Rins was once again impressive, faster than both his teammate Luis Salom, and the reigning Moto3 champion and former teammate Alex Marquez. Marquez ended down in 18th.

Results:

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	2'00.025
2	1	Tito Rabat	Kalex	2'00.368	0.343	0.343
3	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	2'00.687	0.662	0.319
4	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	2'01.043	1.018	0.356
5	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	2'01.123	1.098	0.080
6	12	Thomas Luthi	Kalex	2'01.124	1.099	0.001
7	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	2'01.175	1.150	0.051
8	19	Xavier Simeon	Kalex	2'01.175	1.150	0.000
9	40	Alex Rins	Kalex	2'01.397	1.372	0.222
10	3	Simone Corsi	Kalex	2'01.445	1.420	0.048
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	2'01.493	1.468	0.048
12	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	2'01.505	1.480	0.012
13	96	Louis Rossi	Tech 3	2'01.525	1.500	0.020
14	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	2'01.686	1.661	0.161
15	23	Marcel Schrotter	Tech 3	2'01.723	1.698	0.037
16	60	Julian Simon	Speed Up	2'01.863	1.838	0.140
17	95	Anthony West	Speed Up	2'02.050	2.025	0.187
18	73	Alex Marquez	Kalex	2'02.076	2.051	0.026
19	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	2'02.127	2.102	0.051
20	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	2'02.160	2.135	0.033
21	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	2'02.309	2.284	0.149
22	88	Ricard Cardus	Tech 3	2'02.489	2.464	0.180
23	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	2'02.595	2.570	0.106
24	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	2'02.758	2.733	0.163
25	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	2'03.251	3.226	0.493
26	51	Zaqhwan Zaidi	Suter	2'03.644	3.619	0.393
27	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	2'03.751	3.726	0.107
28	66	Florian Alt	Suter	2'03.930	3.905	0.179
29	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	2'04.806	4.781	0.876
30	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	2'05.409	5.384	0.603