After dominating the entire Moto2 British GP weekend, Pol Espargaro seems to be in a state of grace, not withstanding having his team appeal rejected following the controversial crash at Catalunya, as in this morning’s first Moto2 free practice the Spaniard posted the best lap time of 1’38″571 which seemed almost untouchable by the rest of the field until the final minutes of the session, when Andrea Iannone flied through the Dutch circuit probably on a set of fresh tires and ended up just a little more than one tenth adrift.
Tito Rabat was third, but he more than 8 tenths off pace from his Pons team mate and he was followed by Thomas Luthi and Claudio Corti, who crashed out with his Italtrans Kalex in the dying minutes of the practice, while standings leader Marc Marquez took 6th.
All four riders were covered by less than a tenth of a second.
Scott Redding (3rd at Silverstone) finished the session in 7th followed by Alex De Angelis (Forward has switched from a Suter chassis to FTR starting this weekend), Simone Corsi with Toni Elias completed the top ten.
Damian Cudlin who is replacing axed Angel Rodriguez in SAG Racing team was 30th.
Max Neukirchner also suffered a crash as did Gresini’s Ratthapark Wilairot.
Moto2 Assen FP1 results_01- Pol Espargaro – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – 1’38.
571 02- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 0.
155 03- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
853 04- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock – Suter MMXII – + 0.
885 05- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
896 06- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – + 0.
899 07- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
913 08- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Moto M212 – + 0.
953 09- Simone Corsi – CAME Iodaracing Project – FTR Moto M212 – + 1.
045 10- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 1.
165 11- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
170 12- Johann Zarco – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 1.
215 13- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 1.
229 14- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 1.
304 15- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 1.
480 16- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
663 17- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
744 18- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 1.
836 19- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 1.
897 20- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1.
915 21- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 1.
917 22- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Moto M212 – + 1.
959 23- Max Neukirchner – Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.
073 24- Mike Di Meglio – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 2.
188 25- Xavier Simeon – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 2.
284 26- Ricky Cardus – Arguiñano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 2.
306 27- Axel Pons – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.
368 28- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 2.
950 29- Alexander Lndh – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – FTR Moto M211 – + 3.
010 30- Damian Cudlin – Desguaces La Torre SAG – Bimota HB4 2012 – + 3.
324 31- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 4.
823 32- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 6.
132 33- Eric Granado – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 6.
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