British Jake Dixon dominated the first day ahead of Pedro Acosta

British Jake Dixon (Kalex) dominated the first full day of free practice for the Moto2 Dutch Grand Prix, at the TT Assen circuit, by more than a tenth of a second (0.146) over his immediate pursuer, Spanish Pedro Acosta (Kalex). ) who discovered Assen for the first time in a Moto2 since last year he did not participate due to a leg injury during motocross training that kept him out.

Although Jake Dixon started to lead the time table with his morning record, it was his compatriot Sam Lowes (Kalex), who soon after usurped that position by almost 21 thousandths of a second, while Jorge Mártínez’s student “Aspar” could not cure one thousandth of a second in his personal best time.

Before that, the category already experienced the loss of the Spaniard Marcos Ramírez (Kalex), who in the morning fell to the ground with the misfortune of breaking his elbow and after the corresponding medical examination was declared ineligible for of the Dutch race.

Lowes took the win in 1:36.844 and his record was unbeaten by anyone until the final minutes, when Spaniard Pedro Acosta (Kalex) began to push the pace but his personal best record was nullified due to exceeding the circuit limits at some point.

From that moment, a specific battle was established for the leadership of the category in which the Japanese Ai Ogura (Kalex) “interfered” for the first time, a reference to last season’s fight for the title but currently, after his serious accident, was unable to stand.

At 1:36.818, Ogura climbed into first position, but it didn’t last long because by just 45 thousandths of a second and at his next turn, the Spaniard Alonso López snatched the place from him, with almost three minute effective training ahead. , with Jake Dixon regaining first place and the “Shark” from Puerto de Mazarrón taking second, 146 thousandths behind the English.

Lowes finished in fifth position ahead of the Spanish duo formed by Albert Arenas (Kalex) and Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro), who by ten thousandths of a second beat the Thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex) and by 14 thousandths the world leader , Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex), who was ninth.

Within the second direct classification, meanwhile, also finished the Belgian Barry Baltus, the Spanish Sergio García Dols and Arón Canet, the Czech Filip Salac and the American Joe Roberts, all of them on the Kalex tracks.

Behind, Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex), is fifteenth, with Manuel González (Kalex), seventeenth, Izan Guevara (Kalex), nineteenth, Carlos Tatay (Kalex), twenty-fourth, ahead of Borja Gómez (kalex) and Yeray Ruiz (Kalex).