Moto2 Silverstone: Pol Espargaro continues dominance in FP2

The Moto2 category concluded the first day of practice at Silverstone with Pol Espargaro continuing his domination of the English circuit.
The Spaniard after taking this morning’s wet session also topped the second one with a late lap of 2’08″826 and he was the only rider to go under the 2’09 mark.

“Polyccio” (Espargaro’s nick name) managed to put behind him home boys Scott Redding- who led for most of the session – and Bradley Smith who were second and third respectively, while Redding’s fast lap that put him slightly closer to the Pons rider was later cancelled after he cut a corner.

Marc Marquez grabbed the fourth fastest time but he was seventh tenths slower but just 0.
o27s from Smith.
Johann Zarco moved up to fifth with Beta Utensils coloured livery.
Alex de Angelis made a big jump forward from 13th this morning to this afternoon’s 6th and he was the last rider to be within a second of Espargaro.
Toni Elias also jumped up four spots to take 7th.
Last year’s Silverstone pole man Claudio Corti was 8th, while Catalunya winner Andrea Iannone who hates the weather at Silverstone was 9th with Simone Corsi closing out the top ten.

Standings leader Thomas Luthi suffered a crash early in the session that left him down in 19th as his team repaired his Suter.
Debuting in the afternoon session after missing FP1 was reigning Moto2 CIV champion Alessandro Andreozzi with his FTR M210 who finished 30th.
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Moto2 Silverstone FP2 results:01- Pol Espargaro – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – 2’08.
826 02- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
509 03- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 0.
707 04- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – + 0.
727 05- Johann Zarco – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 0.
892 06- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 0.
968 07- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 1.
226 08- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
259 09- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 1.
270 10- Simone Corsi – CAME Iodaracing Project – FTR Moto M212 – + 1.
517 11- Mike Di Meglio – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 1.
844 12- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 1.
856 13- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
923 14- Axel Pons – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
963 15- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.
024 16- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 2.
069 17- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 2.
107 18- Max Neukirchner – Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.
198 19- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock – Suter MMXII – + 2.
230 20- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 2.
268 21- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 2.
341 22- Ricky Cardus – Arguiñano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 2.
967 23- Angel Rodriguez – Desguaces La Torre SAG – Bimota HB4 2012 – + 3.
056 24- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 3.
222 25- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 3.
412 26- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 3.
604 27- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 3.
736 28- Xavier Simeon – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 4.
500 29- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 4.
637 30- Alessandro Andreozzi – Andreozzi Reparto Corse – FTR Moto M210 – + 7.
055 31- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 7.
075 32- Alexander Lundh – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – FTR Moto M211 – + 7.
578 33- Eric Granado – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 7.
653 34- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 8.
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