Senna Agius led Moto2 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Circuit de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, in Spain. Riding his Liqui Moly Dynavolt IntactGP Kalex on Pirelli control tires, Agius lapped the 2.75-mile (4.42 km) road course in 1:38.973, topping the field of 28 riders and breaking Deniz Oncu’s All-Time Lap Record of 1:39.564 from 2025.
Alonso Lopez was second-best with a time of 1:39.052 on his ITALJET Gresini Kalex.
Barry Baltus did a third-fastest 1:39.102 on his REDS Fantic Racing Kalex.
Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Collin Veijer got fourth with a lap time of 1:39.194 and Daniel Holgado finished the session fifth on his CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team Kalex with a 1:39.214.
American Joe Roberts finished Friday afternoon’s practice session 17th with a best time of 1:39.748 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
More from a press release issued by MotoGP:
Agius smashes lap record to front Friday standings in Jerez. The COTA winner set a 1:38.973 to lead Lopez and Baltus into Saturday at the Spanish GP.
Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) is the rider to beat heading into Saturday’s action at the Spanish Grand Prix after the Austin race winner slammed in a new Jerez Moto2 lap record in Practice. The Australian’s 1:38.973 was followed closely by Alonso Lopez’s (Italjet Gresini Moto2) best effort, the Spaniard sits 0.079s away from Agius after the opening day, with FP1 pacesetter Barry Baltus (REDS Fantic Racing) third quickest.
It was Baltus who topped the times in the early exchanges before Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) rose to P1 with what was briefly a new lap record, before Agius slotted in the fresh Pirelli rubber to move the goalposts in the closing stages. The #81 is the only rider to officially dip into the 1:38s in Jerez, and that time was only six tenths away from Alex Rins’ best lap in MotoGP FP1. Quite the performance.
It was the aforementioned Veijer who ended the session in P4 ahead of former World Championship leader Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), with Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) leaving it very late to climb into the top 14.
The rider second in the title race finished ahead of Daniel Muñoz (Italtrans Racing Team) and Mario Aji (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) in the top eight, with David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) P9 after the Colombian destroyed his Kalex-Triumph machine at Turn 13 in FP1.
World Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) ended Friday in P10, 0.4s away from his teammate, so the Spaniard has work to do to bridge the gap over one lap ahead of qualifying on Saturday. Tune in for that at 13:40 local time!
