Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) is the rider to beat heading into Saturday’s action at the Spanish Grand Prix after the Austin race winner slammed in a new Jerez Moto2 lap record in Practice. The Australian’s 1:38.973 was followed closely by Alonso Lopez’s (Italjet Gresini Moto2) best effort, the Spaniard sits 0.079s away from Agius after the opening day, with FP1 pacesetter Barry Baltus (REDS Fantic Racing) third quickest.
It was Baltus who topped the times in the early exchanges before Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) rose to P1 with what was briefly a new lap record, before Agius slotted in the fresh Pirelli rubber to move the goalposts in the closing stages. The 81 is the only rider to officially dip into the 1:38s in Jerez, and that time was only six tenths away from Alex Rins’ best lap in MotoGP FP1. Quite the performance.
It was the aforementioned Veijer who ended the session in P4 ahead of former World Championship leader Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), with Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) leaving it very late to climb into the top 14.
The rider second in the title race finished ahead of Daniel Muñoz (Italtrans Racing Team) and Mario Aji (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) in the top eight, with David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) P9 after the Colombian destroyed his Kalex-Triumph machine at Turn 13 in FP1.
World Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) ended Friday in P10, 0.4s away from his teammate, so the Spaniard has work to do to bridge the gap over one lap ahead of qualifying on Saturday. Get ready for more on Saturday as the grid gets set from 13:40.
