2018 Austria Moto2 FP2 Result: Odendaal Leads An NTS Relay Race

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Fri, 2018-08-10 14:27

After torrential rain messed with the premier class session, Moto2 got to splash their way through a downpour of their own in the initial stages of FP2. Some of the rain masters of the group snuck some fast laps in the first five minutes, when the visibility worsened and encouraged most of the pack to retreat to their garages. With half a dozen laps under their belt and a quick rest, the field resumed action in the final 20 minutes as rain eased only slightly but enough to allow some competitive times.

Joe Roberts had shown his speed in the treacherous conditions of the first few minutes and his early benchmark stood until the very last minute, when teammate Steven Odendaal jumped ahead to bring home an impressive one-two for NTS. Luca Marini was only six thousandths of a second away from spoiling their party but eventually settled for third, ahead of early leader Remy Gardner. The Tech 3 racer finished fourth but did not take the flag as his machine gave up on track near the end of the session.

Khairul Idham Pawi was another of the rain masters who shone in the conditions and the Malaysian climbed into fifth position. Xavi Vierge and Fabio Quartararo finished half a second back on the leader, in sixth and seventh spots and with Andrea Locatelli proving to be just as competitive in the wet, a thousandth of a second behind the two.

Tetsuta Nagashima ended the session ninth and provided the shot of the day as he was surfing over the kerbs on top of his machine following a late crash. Pecco Bagnaia completed the top ten, ahead of Iker Lecuona.

Sam Lowes and Joan Mir also joined the gravel trap surf gang late in the session, the British rider while on a hot lap, therefore they had to settle for 12th and 13th. Marcel Schrotter and Alex Marquez teamed up in 16th and 17th, over a second down on the leader, while Miguel Oliveira took it easy another two seconds back, in 30th position.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap 1st	Prev.
1	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'43.344
2	16	Joe ROBERTS	NTS	1'43.577	0.233	0.233
3	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'43.583	0.239	0.006
4	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	1'43.747	0.403	0.164
5	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	1'43.756	0.412	0.009
6	97	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	1'43.887	0.543	0.131
7	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed Up	1'43.931	0.587	0.044
8	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'43.932	0.588	0.001
9	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'43.961	0.617	0.029
10	42	Francesco BAGNAIA	Kalex	1'44.108	0.764	0.147
11	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'44.128	0.784	0.020
12	22	Sam LOWES	KTM	1'44.176	0.832	0.048
13	36	Joan MIR	Kalex	1'44.321	0.977	0.145
14	18	Xavi CARDELUS	Kalex	1'44.448	1.104	0.127
15	13	Romano FENATI	Kalex	1'44.580	1.236	0.132
16	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	1'44.984	1.640	0.404
17	73	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	1'45.000	1.656	0.016
18	52	Danny KENT	Speed Up	1'45.109	1.765	0.109
19	55	Alejandro MEDINA	Kalex	1'45.172	1.828	0.063
20	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'45.187	1.843	0.015
21	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	1'45.312	1.968	0.125
22	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'45.403	2.059	0.091
23	77	Dominique AEGERTER	KTM	1'45.658	2.314	0.255
24	62	Stefano MANZI	Suter	1'45.901	2.557	0.243
25	24	Simone CORSI	Kalex	1'46.102	2.758	0.201
26	95	Jules DANILO	Kalex	1'46.223	2.879	0.121
27	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Suter	1'46.560	3.216	0.337
28	66	Niki TUULI	Kalex	1'47.105	3.761	0.545
29	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	1'47.871	4.527	0.766
30	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'48.141	4.797	0.270
31	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	1'48.405	5.061	0.264
	21	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex
	54	Mattia PASINI	Kalex