2016 Valencia Moto2 FP2 Result: Morbidelli Takes Control

Another session, another good start from Franco Morbidelli, the Italian beating Tom Luthi’s FP1 time by a mere tenth of a second. With an initial gap of over three tenths of a second, the Estrella Galicia rider was unperturbed at the top, Takaaki Nakagami getting as close as a tenth of a second to put his name next on the timing screens. The Japanese rider had a lot of track time to recover after the rodeo adventures from the morning session but did so successfully, going straight up to second and keeping his position for much of the session.

Johann Zarco has also staged a bit of a comeback for the afternoon session, the recently crowned champion cutting his deficit to the leader to three tenths of a second to finish third. Half a tenth down on the world champion was Julian Simon, perhaps a sign of the unusual configuration of the rest of the top ten.

Danny Kent followed in fifth, Simone Corsi sixth despite an early crash, with Xavier Simeon close behind. Almost six tenths down was Sam Lowes in eighth, leading an elite group composed of Jonas Folger, Alex Marquez and Tom Luthi, with Alex Rins three places behind in fourteenth position.

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