Foggia beat Sasaki and Guevara was “stuck” in the morning registration

The Italian Dennis Foggia (Honda) got the best time on the first day of free practice for Motorland Aragon Grand Prix in Alcañiz after beating the Japanese by just two tenths of a second Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna), while the world leader, the Spanish It’s Guevara (GasGas) was “stuck” in the morning note.

Foggia He clocked 1:58.507 to be fastest in Moto3 ahead Ayumu Sasaki and from Spanish Daniel Holgado (KTM), while Guevara had to settle for fifth place, eventually overtaken by the Italian Stefano Nepa (KTM), without lowering his personal best.

Despite a crash at turn 8 and occasional clashes with other riders, the Japanese were in the early part of the second practice session. Ayumu Sasaki was in charge of setting the pace in the time table, led by the Spaniards Izan Guevara and Xavier Artigas (CFMoto) with a note in the morning.

another spanish, Daniel Holgado (KTM), was one of the first to drop his time in the morning to improve and finish second, nearly 11 thousandths of a second behind the Japanese, but with ten minutes of the session ahead and all riders awaiting their final visiting the workshops for the tire change, anything can happen on the track, especially when the weather conditions are almost perfect.

Holgado jumped to 1:58.830, becoming the second rider, after Sasaki, who held onto that second on the Teruel track, when the final “time attack” began.

And in those final minutes Sasaki dropped his personal best to maintain first position, although until, just moments later, he reached the finish line, the Italian Dennis Foggia (Honda), who was next lowered Moto3 reference time. with a 1:58.507. There were only three pilots in that second and no one could beat them.

In Guevara’s fifth position for the second day, he is followed by Spaniards Iván Ortolá (KTM) and Xavier Artigas, who did not reduce his time in the first free practice sessions, with Turkish Deniz Öncü (KTM) in eighth place , ahead of Australian Joel Kelso (KTM) and David Muñoz (KTM).

Like them, Japanese Kaito Toba (KTM), Adrián Fernández (KTM), Sergio García Dols (GasGas) and British John McPhee (Husqvarna) achieved a position within the second direct classification, while Carlos Tatay (CFMoto), Jaume Masiá (KTM), one of the contenders for the leading positions in the championship, Ana Carrasco (KTM) and María Herrera (KTM), who will not officially qualify in the morning because they are not in the 105th percentile of the technical regulation, in the afternoon his presence was guaranteed by shooting 2:02.902.