2022 Austin Moto2 Qualifying Result: Written In The Stars (And Stripes)

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2022-04-09 18:39

Moto2 cowboys started the chase for pole position with some clear favourites following practice but some of those took themselves out of contention early on and others just couldn’t cope with Cameron Beaubier’s pace in the final few minutes of Q2. The home favourite managed to secure a first pole position in Moto2 and put American Racing on pole on American soil in quite commanding fashion, over three tenths ahead of the opposition. Celestino Vietti turned things around after a difficult morning and although he did not find the smoothest way out of Q1, the extra track time served him well to claim second in Q2. Aron Canet briefly looked like spoiling the locals’ party, but the Spaniard tucked the front at turn 16 on a very hot final flying lap and had to settle for the final position on the front row.

Tony Arbolino seemed like he threw all the good work away as he took a tumble at turn eight before posting a timed lap, but the Italian was able to rejoin the action and went from 17th to 4th on his last lap. Albert Arenas and Jake Dixon will be joining him on the second row of the grid, while Jorge Navarro secured seventh but also a long lap penalty for crashing under a yellow flag in FP3. Fermín Aldeguer couldn’t quite follow up on a fantastic showing in practice with anything better than eighth grid position, eight tenths off pole and starting in the middle of third row. Sam Lowes was over a second behind the leader, closing row three, while Pedro Acosta rounded out the top 10 and opens row four. Ai Ogura also joined the crash list in the closing stages of Q2 and had to make do with 11th on the grid, ahead of Q1 leader Bo Bendsneyder.

Marcel Schrotter will lead Q1 escapees Marcos Ramirez and Jeremy Alcoba off the line from fifth row, while Joe Roberts, Somkiat Chantra and Augusto Fernandez make up a very competitive row six – the Spaniard crashing out at turn 17 halfway through the session, before even posting a timed lap and unable to rejoin the action.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	2:08.751
2	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	2:09.091	0.340	0.340
3	40	Aron Canet	Kalex	2:09.283	0.532	0.192
4	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	2:09.329	0.578	0.046
5	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	2:09.358	0.607	0.029
6	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	2:09.434	0.683	0.076
7	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	2:09.462	0.711	0.028
8	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	2:09.614	0.863	0.152
9	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	2:09.900	1.149	0.286
10	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	2:09.925	1.174	0.025
11	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	2:10.003	1.252	0.078
12	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	2:10.020	1.269	0.017
13	23	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	2:10.069	1.318	0.049
14	42	Marcos Ramirez	MV Agusta	2:10.127	1.376	0.058
15	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	2:10.152	1.401	0.025
16	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	2:10.325	1.574	0.173
17	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	2:10.707	1.956	0.382
18	37	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex		0.000	0.000
		Q1 Results:
Q2	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	2:09.791
Q2	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	2:09.807	0.016	0.016
Q2	42	Marcos Ramirez	MV Agusta	2:10.154	0.363	0.347
Q2	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	2:10.157	0.366	0.003
19	12	Filip Salac	Kalex	2:10.209	0.418	0.052
20	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	2:10.471	0.680	0.262
21	5	Romano Fenati	Boscoscuro	2:10.599	0.808	0.128
22	84	Zonta Van Den Goorbergh	Kalex	2:10.619	0.828	0.020
23	18	Manuel Gonzalez	Kalex	2:11.078	1.287	0.459
24	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Kalex	2:11.113	1.322	0.035
25	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	2:11.288	1.497	0.175
26	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	2:11.486	1.695	0.198
27	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	2:13.291	3.500	1.805
28	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	2:13.562	3.771	0.271
29	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	2:17.038	7.247	3.476