The Spaniard from Kalex took the best classification of the first day of the Moto2 German Grand Prix
Pedro Acosta distanced himself from his rivals with a final time of 1:30.712, marked by rain
The Spanish Pedro Acosta (Kalex) took the best classification of the first day of the Moto2 German Grand Prix, which was marked by torrential rain for a few minutes of the second free practice session on the Sachsenring track.
Although it did not continue to rain, the track conditions did not improve excessively in the second Moto2 session, in which all the riders rolled about ten seconds above their best times and there were those who had the occasional scare to stay on the bike.
But if there was a common denominator this It was the “Shark” of Puerto de Mazarrón, which became one of the great dominators of the day and the category, being the fastest in any type of condition, Well, Pedro Acosta remained the fastest in Moto2 for many minutes.
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Only the British Jake Dixon (Kalex), who had a good scare when he went off the track at high speed, although he was able to control the bike and brake it before reaching the air defenses, lapped faster than him in the first part of the batch, although both he and Acosta did not finish the batch to minimize the risk.
In the final minutes, with the asphalt improving with each lap that the drivers completed, Pedro Acosta recovered the first position, far from his morning record, but in any case as the fastest in all kinds of conditions, with Jake Dixon giving him the reply almost at every turn, until both equaled to the thousandth of a second at the head of the table in 1:31.062.
This situation did not last long. Well, one lap later Pedro Acosta distanced himself from his rival, 1:30.712, always far from the morning records, which in the end were the ones that established the final classification of the first day of Moto2 tests, while in the second round there were many final changes, but with riders who chose not to go out on track at any time and others who did but without setting a personal reference time on the table.
With less than ten minutes to go, one of the stars of the category, the Spanish Alonso López (Boscoscuro), crashed to the ground in the second corner of the track, second in the morning, in the dry, and sixth in the afternoon, in mixed conditions, although he finished the session far behind by not returning to the track.
As the track improved as it didn’t rain, the session ended up becoming a “now it’s my turn” and one after another, the fastest riders were improving the best time of the session in each turn they starred in. and already with many pilots going through their workshops to mount “slick” dry tires, although Pedro Acosta -and he was not the only one- chose to conclude it prematurely.
In the end, the best time in the second session went to the world championship leader, the Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex), ahead of the Spanish Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) and the Thai Somkiat Chantra, but with Pedro Acosta as the fastest overall. , ahead of the also Spanish Alonso López and Manuel “Manugas” González (Kalex).