American Joe Roberts led Moto2 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Automotodrom Brno, in Czech Republic. Riding his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, Roberts lapped the 3.36-mile (5.40 km) road course in 1:59.032, topping the field of 30 riders and breaking Alex Marquez’s All-Time Lap Record of 2:01.463 from 2019.
Filip Salac was second-best with a time of 1:59.574 on his ELF Marc VDS Boscoscuro.
Manuel Gonzalez did a third-fastest 1:59.604 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Roberts leads home-hero Salac in rainy Moto2™ Brno Practice. The rain neutralised Practice after just a few laps on Friday afternoon, leading to a jumbled up order going into Saturday.
Moto3 may have been dry but the dark clouds rolled back into Brno and the rain came in buckets for Moto2™. This made it all the more critical to get lap times banked right at the start of the session. Leading the charge into Saturday and with the top 14 locked in for Q2, Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team) hit the jackpot at the right time ahead of home-hero Filip Salac (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team).
The session originally started out dry and the charge out of pitlane was right on queue with the green flag dropping. Everyone had to get out and set their representative bankers as soon as possible. Whilst it was dry for most of the track, the rain really came down hard in the final sector. Eventually, Salac went back out on track but with three minutes to go, the session was red flagged as the rain intensified.
Roberts, Salac and Championship Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) were the three at the head of the field as the rain came down. It wasn’t just one side of the American Racing garage that was happy though, with Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team) snatching fourth.
Behind the top four, British GP winner Senna Agius (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) was inside the top five but the big shock was in sixth. One of the last riders to improve was Mattia Pasini (Fantic Racing Redemption) and the 39-year-old veteran Italian, a wildcard for this weekend, finds himself sixth and in Q2. Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego), Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team), Alonso Lopez (Sync SpeedRS Team) and his teammate Celestino Vietti complete the top ten.
Zonta Van Den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP), Jorge Navarro (KLINT Forward Factory Team) Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) complete the top 14, Veijer directly into Q2 for the first time in Moto2™. Veijer just edged out teammate and Aragon GP winner Deniz Öncü, who goes into Q1 having finished 15th.
