2021 Qatar Moto2 Official Test, Friday - Session 1

Lap times from the first Moto2 session during Friday's opening day of Official testing in Qatar.

19 Mar 2021

2021 Qatar Moto2 Official Test, Friday - Session 1

A slow start to official Moto2 testing at Losail with only four riders setting a lap time in the opening session.

The Speed Up bikes have been retitled after team boss Luca Boscoscuro, at least for this test.

2021 Qatar Moto2 test times - Session 1
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)	2'2.810s
2	Nicolò Bulega	ITA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)	+0.295s
3	Barry Baltus	BEL	NTS RW Racing GP (NTS)	+2.444s
4	Hector Garzo	SPA	Pons HP 40 (Kalex)	+2.941s
	Yari Montella	ITA	Speed Up Racing (Boscoscuro)
	Cameron Beaubier	USA	American Racing (Kalex)
	Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	MV Agusta Forward Racing (MV Agusta)
	Jorge Navarro	SPA	Speed Up Racing (Boscoscuro)
	Thomas Luthi	SWI	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team (Kalex)
	Celestino Vietti	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46 (Kalex)
	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Liqui Moly Intact GP (Kalex)
	Joe Roberts	USA	Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex)
	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex)
	Sam Lowes	GBR	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (Kalex)
	Marcel Schrotter	GER	Liqui Moly Intact GP (Kalex)
	Simone Corsi	ITA	MV Agusta Forward Racing (MV Agusta)
	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)
	Somkiat Chantra	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)
	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (Kalex)
	Marcos Ramirez	SPA	American Racing (Kalex)
	Aron Canet	SPA	Aspar Team (Boscoscuro)
	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	NTS RW Racing GP (NTS)
	Stefano Manzi	ITA	Pons HP 40 (Kalex)
	Bo Bendsneyder	NED	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team (Kalex)
	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46 (Kalex)
	Albert Arenas	SPA	Aspar Team (Boscoscuro)
	Ai Ogura	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)
	Remy Gardner	AUS	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)
	Jake Dixon	GBR	Petronas Sprinta Racing (Kalex)
	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Petronas Sprinta Racing (Kalex)

Official Qatar Moto2 records:
Best lap:
Joe Roberts USA Kalex 1m 58.136s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Thomas Luthi SWI Kalex 1m 58.711s (2019)

After the Official MotoGP tests, on March 5-7 and 10-12, it's now the turn of the Moto3 and Moto2 classes to have their final pre-season outing at the Losail Circuit in Qatar.

Both classes will be on track, in separate sessions, from Friday to Sunday. Free practice for the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix will then take place at the same circuit on the afternoon of March 26.

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