the thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex) marked the passage of the Moto2 category favorites in the first free practice session of the Indian Grand Prix, at the Buddh International circuit with 1’52.596 and 0.282 compared to Pedro Acosta, the leader of the World Cup. There are many differences when adapting to this new circuit with a top-5 at 1″064.
The incidents started in Moto2, with the fall of Sergio García Dols (Kalex) and the Italian Celestino Vietti (Kalex), who went airborne in the first corner of the Indian track and his motorcycle was left in the middle of the track when the clock The session still has 51:43 minutes left, in 55 of which the organization extended the first free test session.
Ogura did not last long at the top of the time table, overtaken by several pilots and with Thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex) as the second valid reference, with 1:53.906, although there was a constant “dance” of pilots in first positions.
Over the laps, the drivers adapted to the unique Indian track conditions, although with Somkiat Chantra as the rival to beat, achieved a new sequence of fast times with 1:53.813 and 1:53.781, while in Italian Celestino Vietti had a difficult “head” of the route and made many mistakes in those first laps.
Chantra overtook the top of the table, in the second section of the session, by the Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex), with 1:53.756.
Arbolino, the most direct rival of the leader of the championship, the Spaniard Pedro Acosta, who at that time had not yet acquired the “rhythm” of the Indian track and was tenth in the time table, although entering the last twenty minute he got up. in fifth place 265 thousandths of a second behind the transalpine.
The world championship leader gradually took over the Indian circuit and in the last quarter of an hour he climbed into first place by clocking 1:53.642, followed by Tony Arbolino and Somkiat Chantra a tenth of a second behind as closest references.
In particular, Somkiat Chantra set a 1:52.596 that took him to first place with more than two tenths of a second ahead of Pedro Acosta, who in his last lap left the track, although did not fall, with Ai Ogura in the third position.
British Jake Dixon (Kalex) was fourth, ahead of Czech Filip Salac, Italian Tony Arbolino, Spanish Manuel González, American Joe Roberts, also Italian Dennis Foggia and with the British Sam Lowes closing the top ten positions and all. them on the paths of Kalex.
Source: La Verdad
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