Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix, Motegi - Free Practice (1) Results

Free Practice (1) results from the 2022 Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix at Motegi.

23 Sep 2022

Moto2 Motegi - Free Practice (1) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time
1	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	1m 50.493s
2	Somkiat Chantra	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	1m 50.577s
3	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	1m 50.783s
4	Ai Ogura	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	1m 50.885s
5	Filip Salac	CZE	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	1m 50.967s
6	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 51.014s
7	Alonso Lopez	SPA	CAG Speed Up	(Boscoscuro)	1m 51.170s
8	Albert Arenas	SPA	Shimoko GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	1m 51.291s
9	Jorge Navarro	SPA	Flexbox HP40	(Kalex)	1m 51.316s
10	Jake Dixon	GBR	Shimoko GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	1m 51.448s
11	Fermín Aldeguer	SPA	CAG Speed Up	(Boscoscuro)	1m 51.451s
12	Zonta Vd Goorbergh	NED	RW Racing GP	(Kalex)	1m 51.489s
13	Joe Roberts	USA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 51.555s
14	Bo Bendsneyder	NED	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	1m 51.727s
15	Aron Canet	SPA	Flexbox HP40	(Kalex)	1m 51.864s
16	Jeremy Alcoba	SPA	Liqui Moly Intact GP	(Kalex)	1m 51.916s
17	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	(Kalex)	1m 52.147s
18	Marcel Schrotter	GER	Liqui Moly Intact GP	(Kalex)	1m 52.286s
19	Barry Baltus	BEL	RW Racing GP	(Kalex)	1m 52.307s
20	Cameron Beaubier	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	1m 52.476s
21	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 52.573s
22	Niccolò Antonelli	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 52.789s
23	Marcos Ramirez	SPA	MV Agusta Forward Racing	(MV Agusta)	1m 52.942s
24	Taiga Hada	JPN	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	1m 53.011s
25	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 53.017s
26	Sam Lowes	GBR	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 53.122s
27	Alessandro Zaccone	ITA	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	1m 53.213s
28	Keminth Kubo	THA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	(Kalex)	1m 53.422s
29	Simone Corsi	ITA	MV Agusta Forward Racing	(MV Agusta)	1m 53.614s
30	Sean Dylan Kelly	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	1m 55.185s

World championship leader Augusto Fernandez tops Friday practice for the Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix at Motegi, ahead of Somkiat Chantra and Aragon winner Pedro Acosta, with home star and title contender Ai Ogura in fourth.

After a dry Moto3 session, rain flags were waved early in the Moto2 outing, prompting a frantic early rush to post a fast time on slicks in case the moisture worsened.

Fortunately, the rain spots soon passed - but returned in the closing minutes, raising tension for the MotoGP class.

Sam Lowes made his return from injury at the British Grand Prix, last night's fire at the Marc VDS team fortunately not preventing Lowes or team-mate Tony Arbolino riding in FP1.

To allow time for freight to arrive from last weekend's Aragon round, Friday's Moto2 action was limited to just a single session, which ran from 14:10-14:50.

Japanese MotoGP - Full race weekend schedule (UK time)

Friday September 23rd

05:15 - 05:55am Moto3 FP1

06:10 - 06:50am Moto2 FP1

07:05 - 08:20 MotoGP FP1

Saturday September 24th

01:00 - 01:40 Moto3 FP2

01:55 - 02:35 Moto2 FP2

02:50 - 03:35 MotoGP FP2

04:35 - 04:50 Moto3 Q1

05:00 - 05:15 Moto3 Q2

05:30 - 05:45 Moto2 Q1

05:55 - 06:10 Moto2 Q2

06:25 - 06:55 MotoGP FP3

07:05 - 07:20 MotoGP Q1

07:30 - 07:45 MotoGP Q2

Sunday September 25th

02:00 - 02:10 Moto3 Warm Up

02:20 - 02:30 Moto2 Warm Up

02:40 - 03:00 MotoGP Warm Up

04:00 Moto3 Race

05:20 Moto2 Race

07:00 MotoGP Race

Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix, Motegi - Free Practice (1) Results

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