The tyres are all round and black, but today...Yamaha hasn’t yet figured out the M1 engine's problems, but Franco in Brno mounted his last available one, Rossi and Quartarato at their 4th Ai Agura secured his second podium of the year after crossing the line in second, with Arbolino taking the final podium spot. Marquez returned the favour in the second part of Q2, edging to the top of the timesheets with a 1:36.877.Vinales swiftly took top spot away from the reigning champion with a 1:36.844. Rins hurt his shoulder in qualifying, whilst Crutchlow crashed heavily in the morning warm up. It was a dramatic end to the session with Jack Miller, who qualified fifth alongside his teammate, crashing out at turn 11. Tetsuta Nagashima continued his excellent form in 2020 in second. Marini was a damage-limiting fourth on the Sky VR46 Kalex, with Augusto Fernandez completing the top five for Marc VDS ahead of the sister VR46 bike of Marco Bezzecchi. Albert Arenas, winner in Qatar, qualifed seventh, with Romano Fenati, Gabriel Rodrigo and Tony Arbolino completing the top 10. Within a few seconds Alex Rins also fell at the same corner, narrowly missing the Australian. This was enough to beat Jorge Navarro by +0.181s. The Petronas Yamaha rider went toe to toe with Marc Marquez yet again, with Maverick Vinales also challenging on the factory Yamaha. Bauer Media Group consists of: Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number: 01176085, Bauer Radio Ltd, Company Number: 1394141 set an early benchmark of 1:45.779, before moving +0.000 clear of his rivals with a lap-time of Andrea Migno and John McPhee, with the latter putting in an impressive, clever performance.
Filip Salac also fell at turn two but was able to re-join the race.After two rounds of the 2020 Moto3 season Arenas has a 14-point advantage over Ogura in the championship standings. Like Marini at the front, Martin was able to keep a manageable distance to the rider behind him. Tommy Bridewell ensured that he left his mark on a weekend controlled by Honda by dominating a... Marco finished Race 1 in 17th position in Portimao: "I couldn't stop the bike, I have to try to keep my morale high." Aron Canet impressed yet again in his debut Moto2 campaign in fifth, ahead of Hafizh Syahrin in sixth and Remy Gardner in seventh. The Sky Racing Team VR46 rider was in some discomfort afterwards, having already being in some pain from a fractured ankle. Lorenzo Baldassarri, winner at Jerez in 2018 and 2019, completes the top 10.Jake Dixon starts tomorrow's race from 17th after automatically qualifying for Q2 in FP3 this morning.
In the hotter afternoon session Vinales was seventh, one place behind Crutchlow. Apr 09, 2020: New Sky VR46 Moto2 signing Marco Bezzecchi on riding with team-mate Luca Marini: 'The plan changes according to the track . Luca Marini bounced back from the disappointment of Qatar to take a controlling victory in the Moto2 race at Jerez. However, the Frenchman had missed the opening 20 minutes of the morning session after breaching MotoGP testing rules. It could be the start of a new era (Marquez’s absence permitting), what is certain is that modern MotoGP has no room...They cost between 20 and 100 US dollars, discounts for quantity, and they break. Jack Miller ended the race in fourth after holding a podium spot for a large majority of the race. It's also the Petronas Yamaha's first victory, which comes in only their second campaign. Francesco Bagnaia secured his best-ever grid position in the premier class by putting his Pramac Ducati fourth on the grid. Aron Canet completes the second row on the Inde Aspar bike.
Just two weeks ago, Dovizioso was undergoing collarbone surgery. Lorenzo Baldassarri was unable to repeat his podium heroics from round one, instead having to settle for eighth. Darryn Binder and Vietti were also warned about exceeding the limits. Deniz Oncu, Kaito Toba and Riccardo Rossi also crashed out the race, whilst Dennis Foggia and Carlos Tatay hit fell at the start of the race. Franco Morbidelli and the Petronas Yamaha team showcased their potential in the heat of Jerez this afternoon, but it was Marc Marquez who ends Friday quickest overall. But Valentino’s lesser known younger sister has only admiration for her big bro. Lowes will be delighted with fourth spot after missing the opening race of the year through injury. Sergio Garcia, Alonso Lopez and Jeremy Alcoba were all handed long lap penalties for exceeding track limits. At one stage it looked like the Italian was going to be on pole, only to lose time towards the end of the lap.