Diogo Moreira led Moto2 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brazilian lapped the new 2.53-mile (4.08 km) road course in 1:41.213, topping the field of 28 riders.
Filip Salac was second-best with a time of 1:41.385 on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro.
Manuel Gonzalez did a third-fastest 1:41.389 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.
American Joe Roberts finished Friday afternoon’s practice session 20th with a best time of 1:41.884 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
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More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Moreira shines for P1 on Friday in Hungary. Balaton Park welcomed last week’s winner back to the front of the battle.
Day 1 is in the history books for Moto2™ as the field hit the Balaton Park circuit in Hungary for the first hurdle of the weekend: getting into Q2 directly from Friday afternoon Practice. Heading the charge, Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) started his weekend off strongly and aims to cut more points out of his deficit in the standings whereas three of the top six riders in the Championship are forced to go through Q1 after disappointing Fridays.
Moreira was in form but the #10 had a small spill at Turn 12. He was able to remount and get the bike back to the pits; back out with six minutes to go, the Brazilian rider remained top and the rider to beat as he topped Practice. Moving up with a late flying lap was Filip Salac (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team), enough for P2 whilst Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) was next up in third place, booking his slot in Q2. Rookie Adrian Huertas (Italtrans Racing Team) was fourth to complete his best session of the season and go into Q2 directly for the first time since Argentina whereas Alonso Lopez (Sync SpeedRS Team) was just behind the reigning WorldSSP Champion and rounded out the top five.
2024 Moto3™ World Champion David Alonso (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) followed the lead group of five with sixth at the chequered flag, just ahead of Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo), who is enjoying another weekend thus far after his Austria strength. Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and Ayumu Sasaki (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP) completed the top ten. Major names not going through include Czech GP winner Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team), P2 in the standings Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego), double Friday crasher Celestino Vietti (Sync SpeedRS Team) and P4 in the standings Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego).
