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2012 Moto3 Championship

In the Moto3 class at the Hertz British Grand Prix in Silverstone it was Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Sandro Cortese who set the quickest time of the opening day ahead of Efrén Vázquez and Romano Fenati.

The Moto3 grid was greeted by sunshine for their afternoon practice session, where championship leader Cortese, fully recovered from his hand injury from Catalunya, set the quickest time of 2.19’063, over three tenths faster than JHK T-Shirt Laglisse’s Vázquez. Third placed Fenati, on board his Team Italia FMI machine, was back on the pace once more, finishing under a tenth down on the Spaniard.

Fourth spot was occupied by Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Rins in front of Blusens Avintia’s Maverick Viñales, who will be looking to claw back some points on Cortese this weekend. Cortese’s teammate Danny Kent, who was quickest in the wet in the morning practice, set the sixth fastest time.

Seventh place went to Racing Team Germany’s Louis Rossi, while eighth was occupied by RW Racing GP’s Luis Salóm. Completing the top ten were Bankia Aspar Team’s Alberto Moncayo and Caretta Technology’s Alexis Masbou. The whole top-ten were separated by less than 1.5s, promising a close race should conditions stay dry.

Wild card entrant John McPhee of the Racing Steps Foundation KRP was an early crasher in the afternoon, while Ivan Moreno on board his Andalucia JHK Laglisse bike also crashed out. Mahindra Racing’s Marcel Schrotter suffered an oil leak early on in the session, which the team was unable to fix in time to set a competitive lap. In the wet morning session, Caretta Technology’s Alexis Masbou, Mahindra Racing’s Danny Webb, Team Italia FMI’s Romano Fenati, AirAsia-SIC-Ajo’s Zulfahmi Khairuddin and San Carlo Gresini Moto3’s Niccolò Antonelli all came off their bikes, yet no one was injured in the crashes.

2012 Silverstone Moto3: Free Practice One Results:

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1. 52 Danny KENT GBR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 204.4 2’37.401
2. 61 Arthur SISSIS AUS Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 205.8 2’38.075 0.674 / 0.674
3. 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA JHK Laglisse Honda 203.6 2’38.128 0.727 / 0.053
4. 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 203.2 2’38.637 1.236 / 0.509
5. 96 Louis ROSSI FRA Racing Team Germany FTR Honda 201.7 2’38.652 1.251 / 0.015
6. 94 Jonas FOLGER GER IodaRacing Project Ioda 193.2 2’38.664 1.263 / 0.012
7. 15 Simone GROTZKYJ ITA Ambrogio Next Racing Suter Honda 201.9 2’38.704 1.303 / 0.040
8. 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens Avintia FTR Honda 200.9 2’38.798 1.397 / 0.094
9. 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Suter Honda 203.0 2’39.199 1.798 / 0.401
10. 53 Jasper IWEMA NED Moto FGR FGR Honda 205.8 2’39.560 2.159 / 0.361
11. 39 Luis SALOM SPA RW Racing GP Kalex KTM 208.5 2’39.586 2.185 / 0.026
12. 26 Adrian MARTIN SPA JHK Laglisse Honda 199.7 2’39.701 2.300 / 0.115
13. 17 John McPHEE GBR Racing Steps Foundation KRP KRP Honda 202.8 2’40.008 2.607 / 0.307
14. 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Bankia Aspar Team Kalex KTM 201.7 2’40.157 2.756 / 0.149
15. 8 Jack MILLER AUS Caretta Technology Honda 200.7 2’40.211 2.810 / 0.054
16. 31 Niklas AJO FIN TT Motion Events Racing KTM 206.7 2’40.327 2.926 / 0.116
17. 41 Brad BINDER RSA RW Racing GP Kalex KTM 204.2 2’40.402 3.001 / 0.075
18. 27 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA San Carlo Gresini Moto3 FTR Honda 199.6 2’40.444 3.043 / 0.042
19. 23 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Bankia Aspar Team Kalex KTM 199.8 2’40.919 3.518 / 0.475
20. 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta FTR Honda 203.4 2’41.049 3.648 / 0.130
21. 10 Alexis MASBOU FRA Caretta Technology Honda 203.2 2’41.436 4.035 / 0.387
22. 19 Alessandro TONUCCI ITA Team Italia FMI FTR Honda 201.5 2’42.363 4.962 / 0.927
23. 79 Fraser ROGERS GBR Racing Steps Foundation KRP KRP Honda 198.3 2’42.677 5.276 / 0.314
24. 89 Alan TECHER FRA Technomag-CIP-TSR TSR Honda 199.8 2’42.998 5.597 / 0.321
25. 63 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN MAL AirAsia-Sic-Ajo KTM 207.0 2’43.007 5.606 / 0.009
26. 99 Danny WEBB GBR Mahindra Racing Mahindra 195.8 2’43.073 5.672 / 0.066
27. 32 Isaac VIÑALES SPA Ongetta-Centro Seta FTR Honda 194.2 2’43.246 5.845 / 0.173
28. 77 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Mahindra Racing Mahindra 197.5 2’43.296 5.895 / 0.050
29. 42 Alex RINS SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Suter Honda 203.8 2’43.530 6.129 / 0.234
30. 30 Giulian PEDONE SWI Ambrogio Next Racing Suter Honda 196.4 2’43.987 6.586 / 0.457
31. 3 Luigi MORCIANO ITA Ioda Team Italia Ioda 192.6 2’44.265 6.864 / 0.278
32. 51 Kenta FUJII JPN Technomag-CIP-TSR TSR Honda 198.7 2’46.259 8.858 / 1.994
33. 5 Romano FENATI ITA Team Italia FMI FTR Honda 203.7 2’47.089 9.688 / 0.830
34. 9 Toni FINSTERBUSCH GER Cresto Guide MZ Racing Honda 197.4 2’47.359 9.958 / 0.270
21 Ivan MORENO SPA Andalucia JHK Laglisse FTR Honda 196.5 2’49.531 12.130 / 2.172

2012 Silverstone Moto3: Free Practice Two Results:

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1. 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 206.7 2’19.063
2. 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA JHK Laglisse Honda 204.1 2’19.445 0.382 / 0.382
3. 5 Romano FENATI ITA Team Italia FMI FTR Honda 205.7 2’19.528 0.465 / 0.083
4. 42 Alex RINS SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Suter Honda 206.5 2’19.607 0.544 / 0.079
5. 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens Avintia FTR Honda 205.2 2’19.610 0.547 / 0.003
6. 52 Danny KENT GBR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 209.5 2’19.731 0.668 / 0.121
7. 96 Louis ROSSI FRA Racing Team Germany FTR Honda 205.6 2’19.824 0.761 / 0.093
8. 39 Luis SALOM SPA RW Racing GP Kalex KTM 212.1 2’19.863 0.800 / 0.039
9. 23 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Bankia Aspar Team Kalex KTM 205.1 2’19.977 0.914 / 0.114
10. 10 Alexis MASBOU FRA Caretta Technology Honda 205.4 2’20.498 1.435 / 0.521
11. 89 Alan TECHER FRA Technomag-CIP-TSR TSR Honda 204.0 2’20.731 1.668 / 0.233
12. 99 Danny WEBB GBR Mahindra Racing Mahindra 199.9 2’20.744 1.681 / 0.013
13. 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta FTR Honda 205.4 2’20.808 1.745 / 0.064
14. 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Suter Honda 202.9 2’21.001 1.938 / 0.193
15. 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Bankia Aspar Team Kalex KTM 204.8 2’21.046 1.983 / 0.045
16. 26 Adrian MARTIN SPA JHK Laglisse Honda 204.7 2’21.063 2.000 / 0.017
17. 63 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN MAL AirAsia-Sic-Ajo KTM 212.7 2’21.338 2.275 / 0.275
18. 94 Jonas FOLGER GER IodaRacing Project Ioda 195.8 2’21.397 2.334 / 0.059
19. 53 Jasper IWEMA NED Moto FGR FGR Honda 205.8 2’21.598 2.535 / 0.201
20. 8 Jack MILLER AUS Caretta Technology Honda 206.9 2’21.850 2.787 / 0.252
21. 27 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA San Carlo Gresini Moto3 FTR Honda 201.6 2’21.913 2.850 / 0.063
22. 31 Niklas AJO FIN TT Motion Events Racing KTM 209.3 2’21.926 2.863 / 0.013
23. 17 John McPHEE GBR Racing Steps Foundation KRP KRP Honda 204.6 2’22.199 3.136 / 0.273
24. 15 Simone GROTZKYJ ITA Ambrogio Next Racing Suter Honda 203.0 2’22.216 3.153 / 0.017
25. 41 Brad BINDER RSA RW Racing GP Kalex KTM 208.3 2’22.373 3.310 / 0.157
26. 61 Arthur SISSIS AUS Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 206.8 2’22.528 3.465 / 0.155
27. 19 Alessandro TONUCCI ITA Team Italia FMI FTR Honda 204.2 2’22.555 3.492 / 0.027
28. 21 Ivan MORENO SPA Andalucia JHK Laglisse FTR Honda 202.6 2’23.026 3.963 / 0.471
29. 32 Isaac VIÑALES SPA Ongetta-Centro Seta FTR Honda 201.3 2’23.052 3.989 / 0.026
30. 51 Kenta FUJII JPN Technomag-CIP-TSR TSR Honda 204.4 2’23.341 4.278 / 0.289
31. 9 Toni FINSTERBUSCH GER Cresto Guide MZ Racing Honda 203.4 2’23.420 4.357 / 0.079
32. 79 Fraser ROGERS GBR Racing Steps Foundation KRP KRP Honda 202.5 2’23.425 4.362 / 0.005
33. 30 Giulian PEDONE SWI Ambrogio Next Racing Suter Honda 198.9 2’24.113 5.050 / 0.688
34. 77 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Mahindra Racing Mahindra 200.3 2’25.425 6.362 / 1.312
35. 3 Luigi MORCIANO ITA Ioda Team Italia Ioda 190.9 2’25.716 6.653 / 0.291

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