Surprise in the second practice of the Dutch Moto2 Grand Prix. After a Friday dominated by Boscoscuro bikes, Somkiat Chantra set a new category record lap in Assen, leading this morning’s session.
Fermín Aldeguer (Folladore SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) was the first to complete a timed lap, and after Manuel González (QJMotor Gresini/Kalex) took the lead, the future MotoGP rider returned to the top of the table.
About three minutes later, Sergio García (MT Helmets-MSi/Boscoscuro) beat him, improving his time three times and leading for 17 minutes… until Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia/Kalex) set the fastest Moto2 lap ever in Assen: 1m35.341s.
No one was able to beat the Thai rider until the end, but González came close at 0.114s. Arón Canet (Fantic Racing/Kalex) finished third, followed by Aldeguer and García.
In the fight for direct access to the second phase of qualifying, the last one to achieve it was Jake Dixon (CFMoto Inde Aspar/Kalex), with the 14th fastest time. In 15th, Albert Arenas (QJMotor Gresini/Kalex) missed the goal by just 0.050s. Only Daniel Muñoz (Preicanos Racing Team/Kalex) did not improve compared to yesterday, also missing out on the top 14.
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