2012 Qatar Moto2 FP1 Result: Luthi Leads Rabat
Submitted by David Emmett on Thu, 2012-04-05 17:07
Thomas Luthi brings his strong testing form into Qatar, topping the first session of free practice for the Moto2 class. Luthi put his Interwetten Suter ahead of the Pons bikes of Tito Rabat and Pol Espargaro, while Marc Marquez ended the session as 4th fastest.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
| 1 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SUTER | 2'01.284 | ||
| 2 | 80 | Esteve RABAT | KALEX | 2'01.686 | 0.402 | 0.402 |
| 3 | 40 | Pol ESPARGARO | KALEX | 2'01.925 | 0.641 | 0.239 |
| 4 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SUTER | 2'02.068 | 0.784 | 0.143 |
| 5 | 3 | Simone CORSI | FTR | 2'02.264 | 0.980 | 0.196 |
| 6 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | SPEED UP | 2'02.281 | 0.997 | 0.017 |
| 7 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | KALEX | 2'02.325 | 1.041 | 0.044 |
| 8 | 45 | Scott REDDING | KALEX | 2'02.329 | 1.045 | 0.004 |
| 9 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | SPEED UP | 2'02.417 | 1.133 | 0.088 |
| 10 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | KALEX | 2'02.587 | 1.303 | 0.170 |
| 11 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | TECH 3 | 2'02.627 | 1.343 | 0.040 |
| 12 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SUTER | 2'02.656 | 1.372 | 0.029 |
| 13 | 60 | Julian SIMON | FTR | 2'02.667 | 1.383 | 0.011 |
| 14 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | MOTOBI | 2'02.692 | 1.408 | 0.025 |
| 15 | 71 | Claudio CORTI | KALEX | 2'02.842 | 1.558 | 0.150 |
| 16 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | SUTER | 2'03.008 | 1.724 | 0.166 |
| 17 | 76 | Max NEUKIRCHNER | KALEX | 2'03.103 | 1.819 | 0.095 |
| 18 | 44 | Roberto ROLFO | SUTER | 2'03.163 | 1.879 | 0.060 |
| 19 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SUTER | 2'03.204 | 1.920 | 0.041 |
| 20 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | TECH 3 | 2'03.281 | 1.997 | 0.077 |
| 21 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | KALEX | 2'03.627 | 2.343 | 0.346 |
| 22 | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | SUTER | 2'03.705 | 2.421 | 0.078 |
| 23 | 8 | Gino REA | MORIWAKI | 2'03.728 | 2.444 | 0.023 |
| 24 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | AJR | 2'03.831 | 2.547 | 0.103 |
| 25 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | SUTER | 2'03.906 | 2.622 | 0.075 |
| 26 | 47 | Angel RODRIGUEZ | FTR | 2'04.000 | 2.716 | 0.094 |
| 27 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | MORIWAKI | 2'04.037 | 2.753 | 0.037 |
| 28 | 49 | Axel PONS | KALEX | 2'05.638 | 4.354 | 1.601 |
| 29 | 7 | Alexander LUNDH | MZ FTR | 2'06.768 | 5.484 | 1.130 |
| 30 | 95 | Anthony WEST | MORIWAKI | 2'07.277 | 5.993 | 0.509 |
| 31 | 96 | Nasser Hasan AL MALKI | MORIWAKI | 2'07.287 | 6.003 | 0.010 |
| 32 | 10 | Marco COLANDREA | FTR | 2'08.742 | 7.458 | 1.455 |
| 33 | 82 | Elena ROSELL | MORIWAKI | 2'09.290 | 8.006 | 0.548 |
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Comments
wow...
the girl is even slower than the Arab...and poor Westy is barely ahead of him, probably rethinking his decision to ditch his BSB deal now
I guess that..............
Ant West may be wishing he had spoken with Damien Cudlin first..............