Celestino Vietti led Moto2 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Sachsenring, in Germany. Riding his Folladore SpeedRS Team Boscoscuro on Pirelli control tires, the Italian lapped the 2.28-mile (3.67 km) road course in 1:22.329, topping the field of 28 riders and breaking Somkiat Chantra’s All-Time Lap Record of 1:22.698 from 2024.
Senna Agius was second-best with a time of 1:22.459 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex. His teammate, Manuel Gonzalez did a third-fastest 1:22.606.
American Joe Roberts finished Friday afternoon’s practice session 8th with a best time of 1:22.838 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Vietti ends Friday on top in Moto2™ as Championship contenders head for Q1. Relentless and intense, the Sachsenring doesn’t give an inch – neither at the top or bottom of the standings.
The sun continued to beat down for Moto2™ at the Sachsenring and leaving it late, Celestino Vietti (Folladore SpeedRS Team) put Boscoscuro on top on Friday in Germany. The Italian set the lap time in the closing minutes, rocketing up the order and disrupting the Kalex party at the front. Elsewhere and there were headlining names who found themselves mired down the field and will have the added pressure of graduating from Q1 on Saturday.
A strong session for Vietti, who fired himself into P1 with around five minutes left on the clock. His 1’22.329 was enough to beat Senna Agius (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) by 0.130s; improving in the final seven minutes and with a new contract in his back pocket for 2026, Agius was in good form and went top provisionally, in the end finishing in P2 ahead of his Championship-leading teammate Manuel Gonzalez, who was 0.147s further adrift and not fully at one with his Kalex.
Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team) had a solid session to finish up in P4, guaranteeing his slot in Q2. Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) clinched fifth at the flag, just 0.049s ahead of a very impressive Ayumu Sasaki (RW – Idrofoglia Racing GP), the best we’ve seen of the Japanese rider in 2025, finishing in P6.
Filip Salac (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) had a small tip off at Turn 1 whilst he was ay the top of the timesheets; he was able to walk away and get back to his box, ending his day in 7th. Further down and there was drama for three of the top five riders in the Championship standings. Assen winner Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team), Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) all find themselves in Q1 having finished 16th, 17th and 18th respectively. In P15, Yuki Kunii (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) missed out by just 0.050s and will be looking to get into Q1 with the big names too.
