2013 Valencia Moto2 Friday Practice Results
The man who clinched the 2013 Moto2 Championship two weeks ago at Motegi, Tuenti HP 40’s Pol Espargaro, was fastest Friday during the first practice sessions for the season finale at Valencia.
Espargaro topped the session with a 1:35.548, finished 0.142 of a second ahead of teammate Tito Rabat, and 0.426 of a second ahead of Inter Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing’s Thomas Luthi.
Espargaro will ride a Monster Yamaha Tech3 MotoGP bike in testing next week and the pressure is off in many ways, having already clinched the title, but he now intends to end the season on a high.
The Spaniard dominated both sessions at the Ricardo Tormo circuit on Friday but almost had a clash with wildcard rider Gino Rea during the afternoon, with both riders just managing to avoid going down.
Behind Espargaro, teammate Rabat aims for a strong finish to the season in his last race for Sito Pons’ outfit, and that pair could do battle for the win on Sunday if today’s pace is anything to judge by. Switzerland’s Tom Luthi would also be a good bet for a podium finish, though having also lapped in the top five Alex de Angelis (NGM Mobile Forward Racing) and Simone Corsi (NGM Mobile Racing) will aim to run at the front as the weekend progresses.
The top 10 was completed by Jordi Torres, Mika Kallio, Nico Terol, Xavier Simeon and Julian Simon, all lapping within tenth tenths of a second of the leading time.
2013 Valencia Moto2 Free Practice 2 Results:
| 1 | 40 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 273.9 | 1’35.548 | |
| 2 | 80 | Esteve RABAT | SPA | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 269.5 | 1’35.690 | 0.142 / 0.142 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Interwetten Paddock Moto2 | Suter | 270.3 | 1’35.974 | 0.426 / 0.284 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Speed Up | 269.9 | 1’35.999 | 0.451 / 0.025 |
| 5 | 3 | Simone CORSI | ITA | NGM Mobile Racing | Speed Up | 267.5 | 1’36.037 | 0.489 / 0.038 |
| 6 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | SPA | Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | 265.0 | 1’36.083 | 0.535 / 0.046 |
| 7 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 270.2 | 1’36.119 | 0.571 / 0.036 |
| 8 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | SPA | Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | 267.8 | 1’36.129 | 0.581 / 0.010 |
| 9 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Maptaq SAG Zelos Team | Kalex | 264.4 | 1’36.168 | 0.620 / 0.039 |
| 10 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 267.3 | 1’36.189 | 0.641 / 0.021 |
| 11 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 267.0 | 1’36.217 | 0.669 / 0.028 |
| 12 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Came Iodaracing Project | Suter | 264.0 | 1’36.349 | 0.801 / 0.132 |
| 13 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | ITA | NGM Mobile Racing | Speed Up | 270.5 | 1’36.400 | 0.852 / 0.051 |
| 14 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | Technomag carXpert | Suter | 267.0 | 1’36.494 | 0.946 / 0.094 |
| 15 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 263.1 | 1’36.751 | 1.203 / 0.257 |
| 16 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 266.7 | 1’36.798 | 1.250 / 0.047 |
| 17 | 92 | Alex MARIÑELARENA | SPA | Blusens Avintia | Kalex | 267.3 | 1’36.844 | 1.296 / 0.046 |
| 18 | 95 | Anthony WEST | AUS | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 266.7 | 1’36.850 | 1.302 / 0.006 |
| 19 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Maptaq SAG Zelos Team | Kalex | 266.7 | 1’36.890 | 1.342 / 0.040 |
| 20 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | SPA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Speed Up | 268.7 | 1’37.075 | 1.527 / 0.185 |
| 21 | 8 | Gino REA | GBR | Gino Rea Montaze Broz Racing | FTR | 264.7 | 1’37.124 | 1.576 / 0.049 |
| 22 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 270.0 | 1’37.146 | 1.598 / 0.022 |
| 23 | 49 | Axel PONS | SPA | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 267.0 | 1’37.208 | 1.660 / 0.062 |
| 24 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | Petronas Raceline Malaysia | Kalex | 269.3 | 1’37.227 | 1.679 / 0.019 |
| 25 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | SWI | Technomag carXpert | Suter | 269.3 | 1’37.248 | 1.700 / 0.021 |
| 26 | 99 | Lucas MAHIAS | FRA | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 262.5 | 1’37.635 | 2.087 / 0.387 |
| 27 | 44 | Steven ODENDAAL | RSA | Argiñano & Gines Racing | Speed Up | 270.2 | 1’38.193 | 2.645 / 0.558 |
| 28 | 94 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 | Suter | 268.1 | 1’38.241 | 2.693 / 0.048 |
| 29 | 25 | Azlan SHAH | MAL | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Moriwaki | 265.8 | 1’38.270 | 2.722 / 0.029 |
| 30 | 7 | Doni Tata PRADITA | INA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Suter | 267.9 | 1’38.293 | 2.745 / 0.023 |
| 31 | 31 | Kohta NOZANE | JPN | JiR Moto2 | Motobi | 264.0 | 1’38.511 | 2.963 / 0.218 |
| 32 | 17 | Alberto MONCAYO | SPA | Argiñano & Gines Racing | Speed Up | 266.5 | 1’38.546 | 2.998 / 0.035 |
| 33 | 97 | Rafid Topan SUCIPTO | INA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 265.3 | 1’38.654 | 3.106 / 0.108 |
| 34 | 34 | Ezequiel ITURRIOZ | ARG | Blusens Avintia | Kalex | 262.4 | 1’39.268 | 3.720 / 0.614 |
