No one can beat Somkiat Chantra’s record in Moto2

No rider was able to lower the time set by the Thai in the morning session Somkiat Chantra (Kalex) as a new full circuit record of Le Mansin the first round of free practice Moto2 French Grand Prix.

Neither Chantra nor any of his rivals were able to beat the 1.36.108 achieved by the Thai, although for a while it was the Spaniard. Augusto Fernandez (Kalex), achieved this, but his registration was canceled and the Spaniard had to settle for third place on the first day, reached at the last moment by his compatriot and world champion in Moto3 in 202one, Peter Acosta (Kalex).

Acosta finished 58 thousandths of a second in time chamtrawho could not lower his time in the morning, neither Fernandez or the italian Stefano Manzi (Kalex).

Track conditions have allowed the best times of the category to be lowered immediately and among the fastest is the British Sam Lowes (Kalex), who barely improved a position and then crashed, though he did return to his bicycle workshop, and so did the Spaniard. Aron Canet (Kalex), who finished 22nd in the morning and was able to rise to 13th by going from 1: 37.515 in the morning to his best in the afternoon of 1: 36.803.

Canetwhich fell in the morning when hit by the Italian Celestino Vietti (Kalex), in an action investigated by Race Direction but did not result in any kind of punishment for the transalpine pilot, left the Spaniard somewhat ‘touched’ by his right wrist, which was operated on a few days before the Spanish Grand Prix on the circuit Angel Grandson of Jerez of the boundary.

And he didn’t have much luck at the end of the session, as there were less than five minutes left Aron Canet dropped again when he was at the limit of direct classification, fourteenth, which with some luck he was able to maintain, as he was not overtaken by any of his slower rivals.

same in thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex) as in Spanish Augusto Fernandez (Kalex), the first in the morning, choked on their morning notes and had to rest without achieving their goal, although the first remained in the lead and the second barely lost position.

Behind them, Sam Lowes and Tony Arbolino they were gradually approaching, as were the Spaniards Peter Acosta (Kalex) at Albert Arenas (Kalex), despite suffering a fall without consequence the second, to obtain a position, from the seventh morning to the sixth, while the ‘Shark’ of Puerto de Mazarrón He went from ninth to third position and finally to second place.

The second training session grew in intensity as the minutes passed and that is how at the end of it, many of the drivers jumped on the track using new tires to try to scratch tenths of a second from their personal record that will allow them to obtain positions in the Timetable. although not many achieved their goal.

From Manziseventh, the British Jake Dixon (Kalex), the Japanese Ai Ogura (Kalex), Spanish Albert Arenasthe Italian Celestino Vietti or the Belgian Barry Baltus (Kalex) achieved their goal of moving to the second classification, as did the Spaniards Alonso Lopez Y Aron Canetwhich closes with that privileged group.

the goal was not achieved Manuel ‘Manugas’ Gonzalez (Kalex), sixteenth, and none Jorge Navarro (Kalex), Marcos Ramírez (MV AGusta) or Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro)who can continue their efforts to achieve their goal in the third and final round of free practice on Saturday.