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Moto2s first free practice started at Silverstone started out wet, then started to dry out as the sun began shining towards the end of the session.
In these mixed conditions the fastest rider was Pol Espargaro who seems to have recovered from his sprained ankle that he picked up following the controversial collision with Marc Marquez at Catalunya.
The Pons 40 HP Tuenti rider stopped the clock in 2:23.
503 in the last minutes of the practice and pushed back Bradley Smith from the top of the timesheets leaving the Tech3 Racing rider +0.
286s adrift.
While the British rider was closest rider to Espargaro, from the third spot down down the gap between the top of the chart was high.
Ricky Cardus was a surprising third with his AJR Moto2, but he was more than a second adrift and closedly followed by Marc VDS Racing duo Scott Redding and Mika Kallio.
Standings leader Thomas Luthi took the sixth fastest time, with Johann Zarco who is debuting a special livery on his MotoBi this weekend, finished in 7th and more than two seconds off pace.
Marc Marquez was eighth and despite being in this position and more than 2.
6 seconds from his rival, the Catalunya Caixa Repsol rider decided to sit out the remaining ten minutes.
Mike di Meglio and Yuki Takahashi closed out the top ten.
Angel Rodriguez, Randy Krummenacher and debuting Eric Granado for JiR Racing and Axel Pons were all caught out by crashes.
Moto2 Silverstone FP1 results: 01- Pol Espargaro – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – 2’23.
503 02- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 0.
286 03- Ricky Cardus – Arguiñano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 1.
086 04- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
120 05- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
228 06- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock – Suter MMXII – + 1.
665 07- Johann Zarco – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 2.
071 08- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – + 2.
646 09- Mike Di Meglio – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 3.
006 10- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 3.
078 11- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 3.
278 12- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 3.
588 13- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 3.
719 14- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 3.
727 15- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 3.
966 16- Xavier Simeon – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 4.
226 17- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 4.
285 18- Max Neukirchner – Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 4.
919 19- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 4.
938 20- Axel Pons – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 4.
963 21- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 5.
000 22- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 5.
645 23- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 5.
951 24- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 6.
246 25- Simone Corsi – CAME Iodaracing Project – FTR Moto M212 – + 6.
771 26- Alexander Lundh – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – FTR Moto M211 – + 7.
950 27- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 8.
067 28- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 8.
128 29- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 9.
860 30- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 11.
999 31- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 15.
894 32- Angel Rodriguez – Desguaces La Torre SAG – Bimota HB4 2012 – + 16.
794 33- Eric Granado – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 17.
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