2020 Europa Moto2 FP2 Result: Bastianini Robs Lowes

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Fri, 2020-11-06 15:23

The intermediate class closed a gloomy day in Valencia and benefitted from a mostly dry track surface. Championship leader Sam Lowes looked like the strongest man in the dry, the British rider starting off with a one second advantage at the top of the timesheets, however, a late tumble at turn 8 made him miss out on the final eight minutes of the session and title rival Enea Bastianini took full advantage. The Italian stole the headline by half a tenth of a second from Lowes, with Joe Roberts in third, one tenth off top spot.

Lorenzo Baldassarri made some solid progress to climb into fourth spot, ahead of compatriot Fabio Di Giannantonio, very closely followed by Remy Gardner and Jorge Martin. Simone Corsi continued to show good pace in eighth position, with Hector Garzo a persistent presence inside the top ten as well. Marco Bezzecchi rounded out the top ten positions as the final rider to post a time within half a second of the leader. FP1 headliner Tom Luthi dropped to 11th place, while the final positions in the combined top 14 went to Xavi Vierge, Nicolo Bulega and Marcel Schrotter.

Luca Marini found some confidence in the improved conditions to climb into 15th, only six tenths off top spot and hoping to improve that further on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, Jake Dixon joined the action after skipping FP1 but an early crash at turn 4 saw him pay a visit to the medical centre with a suspected wrist injury.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	1'36.804
2	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	1'36.861	0.057	0.057
3	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	1'36.956	0.152	0.095
4	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	1'36.965	0.161	0.009
5	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	1'37.066	0.262	0.101
6	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	1'37.145	0.341	0.079
7	88	Jorge Martin	Kalex	1'37.146	0.342	0.001
8	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	1'37.205	0.401	0.059
9	40	Hector Garzo	Kalex	1'37.241	0.437	0.036
10	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	1'37.247	0.443	0.006
11	12	Thomas Luthi	Kalex	1'37.329	0.525	0.082
12	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	1'37.338	0.534	0.009
13	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	1'37.359	0.555	0.021
14	23	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	1'37.416	0.612	0.057
15	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	1'37.441	0.637	0.025
16	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	1'37.533	0.729	0.092
17	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	1'37.559	0.755	0.026
18	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	1'37.732	0.928	0.173
19	42	Marcos Ramirez	Kalex	1'37.787	0.983	0.055
20	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	1'37.855	1.051	0.068
21	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	1'37.896	1.092	0.041
22	44	Aron Canet	Speed Up	1'38.073	1.269	0.177
23	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	1'38.197	1.393	0.124
24	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	1'38.340	1.536	0.143
25	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	1'38.457	1.653	0.117
26	37	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	1'38.989	2.185	0.532
27	74	Piotr Biesiekirski	NTS	1'39.457	2.653	0.468
28	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	1'39.916	3.112	0.459
	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	1'51.548	14.744	11.632
	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex