Moto2
2018 Moto2 and Moto3 Results Friday from Jerez – In Moto2, last year’s maiden winner here Alex Marquez rose to top the Moto2 sheets in the afternoon, also narrowly inside the race lap record but not pole time, with the top 16 riders within a second.
2018 Moto2 and Moto3 Results Friday from Jerez
But second-fastest Lorenzo Baldassarri (HP40 Kalex) was almost a full three tenths slower. Pecco Bagnaia (SKY VR46 Kalex) was third; then Sam Lowes (SII KTM).
Class rookie Romano Fenati (Marinelli Kalex) was fifth; then Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) barely a tenth ahead of another rookie, reigning Moto3 champion Joan Mir (Marc VDS Kalex). Mattia Pasini (Kalex), Miguel Oliveira (KTM) and Iker Lecuona (KTM) rounded out the top ten.
American rider Joe Roberts (NTS) was 26th.
2018 Moto2 and Moto3 Results Friday from Jerez
Moto3
As usual, the Hondas were on top in Moto3, taking eight of the top ten slots, including the first six.
Nico Antonelli (SIC58 Honda) was on the top, and (as with the bigger classes) a fraction inside the race lap record.
Jorge Martin (Del Conca Honda) was a close second; then morning leader Fabio Di Giannantonio (Del Conca Honda), who – like fourth-fastest Enea Bastianini (Leopard Honda) – did not improve his time.
Aron Canet (EG Honda) was fifth, six tenths off the top; then Honda Team Asia’s Kaito Toba; with Marco Ramirez seventh on the best of the KTMs.
2018 Moto2 and Moto3 Results Friday from Jerez
