2021 Aragon Moto2 FP2 Result: Gardner Grabs Top Spot

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Fri, 2021-09-10 14:08

The final practice session of the day was a little overcast compared to previous outings but the intermediate class got going and went quicker regardless. After the Marc VDS boys once again led the way early on, Remy Gardner picked up the lead for the final 10 minutes and ended the day seven thousandths of a second quicker than Augusto Fernandez. Namesake Raul Fernandez reduced his workload in the afternoon session as well but was still quick enough for third place, only a tenth behind his teammate.

Fabio Di Giannantonio progressed a few more positions since FP1 and snuck ahead of initial FP2 leader Sam Lowes. Albert Arenas and Marco Bezzecchi did well to finish within three tenths of a second of the leader, with Nicolò Bulega, Fermín Aldeguer and Marcos Ramirez rounding out a top 10 covered by six tenths. Aron Canet, Hector Garzo and Marcel Schrotter also provisionally joined the combined top 14, as did FP1 leader Jorge Navarro. The Spaniard failed to improve his top time from the morning session, partly due to a late crash at turn 14 but the benchmark he set in FP1 was enough to keep him 9th overall.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	1'52.743
2	37	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	1'52.750	0.007	0.007
3	25	Raul Fernandez	Kalex	1'52.845	0.102	0.095
4	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	1'52.848	0.105	0.003
5	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	1'52.971	0.228	0.123
6	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	1'53.023	0.280	0.052
7	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	1'53.026	0.283	0.003
8	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	1'53.043	0.300	0.017
9	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	1'53.201	0.458	0.158
10	42	Marcos Ramirez	Kalex	1'53.347	0.604	0.146
11	44	Aron Canet	Boscoscuro	1'53.361	0.618	0.014
12	40	Hector Garzo	Kalex	1'53.383	0.640	0.022
13	23	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	1'53.452	0.709	0.069
14	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	1'53.573	0.830	0.121
15	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	1'53.669	0.926	0.096
16	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	1'53.670	0.927	0.001
17	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	1'53.687	0.944	0.017
18	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	1'53.833	1.090	0.146
19	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	1'53.878	1.135	0.045
20	81	Manuel Gonzalez	MV Agusta	1'53.960	1.217	0.082
21	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	1'53.995	1.252	0.035
22	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	1'54.059	1.316	0.064
23	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	1'54.226	1.483	0.167
24	12	Thomas Luthi	Kalex	1'54.241	1.498	0.015
25	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	1'54.245	1.502	0.004
26	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	1'54.251	1.508	0.006
27	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	1'54.264	1.521	0.013
28	70	Barry Baltus	NTS	1'54.693	1.950	0.429
29	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	1'54.766	2.023	0.073
30	18	Xavi Cardelus	Kalex	1'54.929	2.186	0.163
31	17	John Mcphee	Kalex	1'55.274	2.531	0.345
32	74	Piotr Biesiekirski	Kalex	1'55.362	2.619	0.088