2013 Assen Moto2 Thursday Practice Results
Tuenti HP 40’s Pol Espargaro set the pace in the first day of Moto2 practice at the Iveco TT Assen ahead of Marc VDS Racing Team’s Scott Redding and Technomag carXpert’s Dominique Aegerter.
Espargaro’s best effort at the Dutch TT came in the form of 1:38.988 in the morning session, which is when all the top-10 times were set, as the afternoon was affected by rain.
Redding was just over a tenth of a second down, finishing ahead of Aegerter, who continues to be a consistently quick performer on his Kalex.
Came IodaRacing Project’s Johann Zarco did well to put his Suter in fourth place, with Desguaces La Torre Maptaq’s Xavier Simeon rediscovering some form in fifth just behind.
Rounding out the top ten behind them were Marc VDS’ Mika Kallio, Pons’ Esteve Rabat, QMMF Racing’s Anthony West, Italtrans Racing Team’s Takaaki Nakagami, as well as Aegerter’s teammate Randy Krummenacher.
In the wet conditions in the afternoon it was NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Mattia Pasini, Kallio and Zarco that led the way. Caught out by either the greasy surface or slippery white lines in the afternoon, crashes came for eight riders including 2010 class champion Toni Elias on his Blusens Avintia machine.
Staying out of trouble was wildcard Gino Rea, as the Englishman makes his second wildcard appearance of the season with his privately entered outfit.
2013 Assen Moto2 Free Practice 2 Results:
| 1 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | ITA | NGM Mobile Racing | Speed Up | 248.9 | 1’47.835 | |
| 2 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 246.8 | 1’48.581 | 0.746 / 0.746 |
| 3 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Came Iodaracing Project | Suter | 246.9 | 1’48.759 | 0.924 / 0.178 |
| 4 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | SPA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Speed Up | 246.9 | 1’49.051 | 1.216 / 0.292 |
| 5 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | SWI | Technomag carXpert | Suter | 246.2 | 1’49.123 | 1.288 / 0.072 |
| 6 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | JiR Moto2 | Motobi | 245.1 | 1’49.418 | 1.583 / 0.295 |
| 7 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 244.5 | 1’49.616 | 1.781 / 0.198 |
| 8 | 95 | Anthony WEST | AUS | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 250.8 | 1’49.908 | 2.073 / 0.292 |
| 9 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | Blusens Avintia | Kalex | 247.2 | 1’50.127 | 2.292 / 0.219 |
| 10 | 17 | Alberto MONCAYO | SPA | Argiñano & Gines Racing | Speed Up | 244.7 | 1’50.226 | 2.391 / 0.099 |
| 11 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | Technomag carXpert | Suter | 244.6 | 1’50.363 | 2.528 / 0.137 |
| 12 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 247.8 | 1’50.781 | 2.946 / 0.418 |
| 13 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing | Suter | 251.1 | 1’50.859 | 3.024 / 0.078 |
| 14 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Desguaces La Torre Maptaq | Kalex | 246.5 | 1’50.980 | 3.145 / 0.121 |
| 15 | 9 | Kyle SMITH | GBR | Blusens Avintia | Kalex | 248.9 | 1’51.265 | 3.430 / 0.285 |
| 16 | 40 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 248.1 | 1’51.360 | 3.525 / 0.095 |
| 17 | 44 | Steven ODENDAAL | RSA | Argiñano & Gines Racing | Speed Up | 246.6 | 1’51.440 | 3.605 / 0.080 |
| 18 | 80 | Esteve RABAT | SPA | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 249.4 | 1’51.628 | 3.793 / 0.188 |
| 19 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | SPA | Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | 247.7 | 1’51.666 | 3.831 / 0.038 |
| 20 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 246.5 | 1’51.683 | 3.848 / 0.017 |
| 21 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 252.9 | 1’51.844 | 4.009 / 0.161 |
| 22 | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Moriwaki | 244.3 | 1’52.104 | 4.269 / 0.260 |
| 23 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Desguaces La Torre SAG | Kalex | 245.6 | 1’52.168 | 4.333 / 0.064 |
| 24 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | SPA | Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | 245.9 | 1’52.313 | 4.478 / 0.145 |
| 25 | 8 | Gino REA | GBR | Gino Rea Race Team | FTR | 242.6 | 1’52.636 | 4.801 / 0.323 |
| 26 | 49 | Axel PONS | SPA | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 248.2 | 1’52.815 | 4.980 / 0.179 |
| 27 | 3 | Simone CORSI | ITA | NGM Mobile Racing | Speed Up | 246.1 | 1’52.883 | 5.048 / 0.068 |
| 28 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Speed Up | 246.9 | 1’53.791 | 5.956 / 0.908 |
| 29 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | THA | Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 | Suter | 245.5 | 1’53.867 | 6.032 / 0.076 |
| 30 | 7 | Doni Tata PRADITA | INA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Suter | 242.3 | 1’53.940 | 6.105 / 0.073 |
| 31 | 97 | Rafid Topan SUCIPTO | INA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 243.1 | 1’53.963 | 6.128 / 0.023 |
| 32 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 245.6 | 1’55.282 | 7.447 / 1.319 |
| 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 245.1 | 1’56.290 | 8.455 / 1.008 |
