Phillip Island MotoGP
Alex de Angelis was the Moto2 pace man in the first practice for the intermediate class, setting the best lap of the hour-long session with an effort of 1’36.295 on his JiR Motobi machine at Phillip Island for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
That placed De Angelis just 18-thousandths of a second ahead of 17-year-old British talent Scott Redding, who was second fastest in the session on his Suter machine. The Marc VDS Racing Team rider, who has been in fine form of late in practice, was just under four-tenths quicker than Fonsi Nieto (G22 Holiday Gym).
Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) and Andrea Iannone (Fimmco Speed Up), who are still closely contesting second spot in the Championship, were separated by 0.252s in fourth and fifth respectively, with Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing), Mike di Meglio (Mapfre Aspar) and Roberto Rolfo (Italtrans STR) completing the top eight.
Sergio Gadea (Tenerife 40 Pons) experienced a difficult session, crashing twice, whilst Yonny Hernández (Blusens-STX) and Simone Corsi (JiR Moto2) also had falls, the latter of whom had a nasty highside at turn 11.
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | JIR Moto2 | Motobi | 266.6 | 1’36.295 | |
| 2. | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Suter | 260.7 | 1’36.313 | 0.018 / 0.018 |
| 3. | 10 | Fonsi NIETO | SPA | Holiday Gym G22 | Moriwaki | 264.9 | 1’36.697 | 0.402 / 0.384 |
| 4. | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team | Suter | 262.1 | 1’36.769 | 0.474 / 0.072 |
| 5. | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Fimmco Speed Up | Speed Up | 264.4 | 1’37.021 | 0.726 / 0.252 |
| 6. | 16 | Jules CLUZEL | FRA | Forward Racing | Suter | 266.0 | 1’37.223 | 0.928 / 0.202 |
| 7. | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Mapfre Aspar Team | Suter | 262.9 | 1’37.229 | 0.934 / 0.006 |
| 8. | 44 | Roberto ROLFO | ITA | Italtrans S.T.R. | Suter | 259.0 | 1’37.296 | 1.001 / 0.067 |
| 9. | 71 | Claudio CORTI | ITA | Forward Racing | Suter | 261.3 | 1’37.356 | 1.061 / 0.060 |
| 10. | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 | Moriwaki | 261.0 | 1’37.427 | 1.132 / 0.071 |
| 11. | 65 | Stefan BRADL | GER | Viessmann Kiefer Racing | Suter | 258.7 | 1’37.596 | 1.301 / 0.169 |
| 12. | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | FTR | 260.9 | 1’37.606 | 1.311 / 0.010 |
| 13. | 25 | Alex BALDOLINI | ITA | Caretta Technology Race Dept | I.C.P. | 264.1 | 1’37.610 | 1.315 / 0.004 |
| 14. | 6 | Alex DEBON | SPA | Aeroport de Castello – Ajo | FTR | 258.1 | 1’38.022 | 1.727 / 0.412 |
| 15. | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | Gresini Racing Moto2 | Moriwaki | 258.9 | 1’38.207 | 1.912 / 0.185 |
| 16. | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | Technomag-CIP | Suter | 259.9 | 1’38.233 | 1.938 / 0.026 |
| 17. | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | JPN | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 262.5 | 1’38.243 | 1.948 / 0.010 |
| 18. | 55 | Hector FAUBEL | SPA | Marc VDS Racing Team | Suter | 262.4 | 1’38.344 | 2.049 / 0.101 |
| 19. | 47 | Wayne MAXWELL | AUS | Matteoni Racing | Moriwaki | 259.1 | 1’38.355 | 2.060 / 0.011 |
| 20. | 35 | Raffaele DE ROSA | ITA | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 265.8 | 1’38.360 | 2.065 / 0.005 |
| 21. | 2 | Gabor TALMACSI | HUN | Fimmco Speed Up | Speed Up | 260.9 | 1’38.686 | 2.391 / 0.326 |
| 22. | 3 | Simone CORSI | ITA | JIR Moto2 | Motobi | 257.2 | 1’38.770 | 2.475 / 0.084 |
| 23. | 56 | Michael RANSEDER | AUT | Vector Kiefer Racing | Suter | 259.7 | 1’38.804 | 2.509 / 0.034 |
| 24. | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | THA | Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG | Bimota | 264.3 | 1’38.807 | 2.512 / 0.003 |
| 25. | 40 | Sergio GADEA | SPA | Tenerife 40 Pons | Pons Kalex | 264.7 | 1’38.825 | 2.530 / 0.018 |
| 26. | 80 | Axel PONS | SPA | Tenerife 40 Pons | Pons Kalex | 260.5 | 1’38.877 | 2.582 / 0.052 |
| 27. | 46 | Javier FORES | SPA | Maquinza-SAG Team | Bimota | 253.8 | 1’39.411 | 3.116 / 0.534 |
| 28. | 49 | Alexander CUDLIN | AUS | Qatar Moto2 Team | BQR-Moto2 | 251.6 | 1’39.449 | 3.154 / 0.038 |
| 29. | 8 | Anthony WEST | AUS | MZ Racing Team | MZ-RE Honda | 259.2 | 1’39.490 | 3.195 / 0.041 |
| 30. | 61 | Vladimir IVANOV | UKR | Gresini Racing Moto2 | Moriwaki | 259.2 | 1’39.503 | 3.208 / 0.013 |
| 31. | 53 | Valentin DEBISE | FRA | WTR San Marino Team | ADV | 255.6 | 1’39.757 | 3.462 / 0.254 |
| 32. | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Blusens-STX | BQR-Moto2 | 253.8 | 1’40.102 | 3.807 / 0.345 |
| 33. | 39 | Robertino PIETRI | VEN | Italtrans S.T.R. | Suter | 260.7 | 1’40.200 | 3.905 / 0.098 |
| 34. | 28 | Kazuki WATANABE | JPN | Racing Team Germany | Suter | 255.1 | 1’40.373 | 4.078 / 0.173 |
| 35. | 88 | Yannick GUERRA | SPA | Holiday Gym G22 | Moriwaki | 256.8 | 1’40.728 | 4.433 / 0.355 |
| 36. | 9 | Kenny NOYES | USA | Jack & Jones by A.Banderas | Promoharris | 255.2 | 1’41.028 | 4.733 / 0.300 |
| 37. | 5 | Joan OLIVE | SPA | Jack & Jones by A.Banderas | Promoharris | 254.0 | 1’41.083 | 4.788 / 0.055 |
| 38. | 95 | Mashel AL NAIMI | QAT | Blusens-STX | BQR-Moto2 | 257.6 | 1’43.004 | 6.709 / 1.921 |
| 66 | Hiromichi KUNIKAWA | JPN | Bimota – M Racing | Bimota | 252.8 | 1’45.187 | 8.892 / 2.18 |
