Americas Moto2 Grand Prix, Austin - Friday Practice Results
Friday Practice results from the 2023 Americas Moto2 Grand Prix at COTA in Austin, Texas.
Pedro
| 2023 Moto2 Austin - Practice (2) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 2m 9.856s |
| 2 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 10.079s |
| 3 | Aron Canet | SPA | Pons Wegow Los40 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.130s |
| 4 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 10.213s |
| 5 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Asterius GASGAS Aspar M2 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.343s |
| 6 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 10.361s |
| 7 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 2m 10.362s |
| 8 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fieten Olie Racing GP | (Kalex) | 2m 10.526s |
| 9 | Filip Salac | CZE | QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.560s |
| 10 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 2m 10.636s |
| 11 | Darryn Binder | RSA | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Kalex) | 2m 10.654s |
| 12 | Fermín Aldeguer | SPA | Beta Tools SpeedUp | (Boscoscuro) | 2m 10.686s |
| 13 | Alonso Lopez | SPA | Beta Tools SpeedUp | (Boscoscuro) | 2m 10.769s |
| 14 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Fantic Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 10.777s |
| 15 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.856s |
| 16 | Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.887s |
| 17 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 2m 10.959s |
| 18 | Zonta Vd Goorbergh | NED | Fieten Olie Racing GP | (Kalex) | 2m 11.486s |
| 19 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 11.675s |
| 20 | Sergio Garcia | SPA | Pons Wegow Los40 | (Kalex) | 2m 11.917s |
| 21 | Rory Skinner | GBR | American Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 11.964s |
| 22 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 2m 11.972s |
| 23 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | Forward Team | (Forward) | 2m 12.110s |
| 24 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 2m 12.198s |
| 25 | Sean Dylan Kelly | USA | American Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 12.267s |
| 26 | Lukas Tulovic | GER | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Kalex) | 2m 12.898s |
| 27 | Izan Guevara | SPA | Asterius GASGAS Aspar M2 | (Kalex) | 2m 13.103s |
| 28 | Borja Gomez | SPA | Fantic Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 13.406s |
| 29 | David Sanchis | SPA | Forward Team | (Forward) | 2m 14.933s |
| 30 | Soichiro Minamimoto | JPN | Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 | (Kalex) | 2m 16.352s |
Increasing rain sent riders into the pits at the halfway stage of FP2 before conditions improved again and Pedro Acosta went on to set the best lap of the day.
| 2023 Moto2 Austin - Practice (1) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Asterius GASGAS Aspar M2 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.516s |
| 2 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 2m 10.525s |
| 3 | Filip Salac | CZE | QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.538s |
| 4 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 2m 10.662s |
| 5 | Alonso Lopez | SPA | Beta Tools SpeedUp | (Boscoscuro) | 2m 10.678s |
| 6 | Aron Canet | SPA | Pons Wegow Los40 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.704s |
| 7 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fieten Olie Racing GP | (Kalex) | 2m 10.753s |
| 8 | Fermín Aldeguer | SPA | Beta Tools SpeedUp | (Boscoscuro) | 2m 10.767s |
| 9 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 10.774s |
| 10 | Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 2m 10.790s |
| 11 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 10.964s |
| 12 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 2m 11.099s |
| 13 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 | (Kalex) | 2m 11.275s |
| 14 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 11.430s |
| 15 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Fantic Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 11.715s |
| 16 | Darryn Binder | RSA | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Kalex) | 2m 11.742s |
| 17 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 2m 11.931s |
| 18 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 2m 12.426s |
| 19 | Sean Dylan Kelly | USA | American Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 12.576s |
| 20 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | Forward Team | (Forward) | 2m 12.762s |
| 21 | Rory Skinner | GBR | American Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 12.767s |
| 22 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 2m 12.793s |
| 23 | Zonta Vd Goorbergh | NED | Fieten Olie Racing GP | (Kalex) | 2m 12.876s |
| 24 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 2m 12.965s |
| 25 | Sergio Garcia | SPA | Pons Wegow Los40 | (Kalex) | 2m 13.213s |
| 26 | Lukas Tulovic | GER | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Kalex) | 2m 13.775s |
| 27 | Borja Gomez | SPA | Fantic Racing | (Kalex) | 2m 15.656s |
| 28 | Izan Guevara | SPA | Asterius GASGAS Aspar M2 | (Kalex) | 2m 15.918s |
| 29 | David Sanchis | SPA | Forward Team | (Forward) | 2m 18.139s |
| 30 | Soichiro Minamimoto | JPN | Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 | (Kalex) | 2m 18.700s |
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