Japanese people Ai Ogura (Boscoscuro) dominated the first free practice session for Dutch Moto2 Grand Prixat the TT Assen circuit, ahead of the Spanish Sergio García Dols (Boscoscuro) and Arón Canet (Kalex).
Within minutes, American Joe Roberts (Kalex) had climbed into first place, clocking 1:37.758 and eager to ‘show off’ the rest of the season to secure his long-awaited move to MotoG in 2025 , a rumor that is getting stronger thanks to the Trackhouse and Aprilia team, which currently includes the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira and the Spanish Raúl Fernández.
The record set by the Japanese last year Ai Ogura (Kalex) with 1:36,000 in the free sessions is still a long way off, but the truth is that the session has just started and it is certain that Ogura, this season on the handlebars of a Boscoscuro, will be the next benchmark by achieving a record 1:37,011.
Roberts tried to improve his personal best, but this led him to make a mistake in the form of a crash, the second of the season, nine in turn, although he managed to recover to return to his workshop as soon as possible to repair the damage as soon as possible.
Like Roberts, Brazilian Diogo Moreira (Kalex) also crashed shortly after, in his case eleven and with some obvious discomfort in one leg.
The British had better luck Jake Dixon (Kalex), winner of the Dutch race last year, who had a big scare in the form of a skid at turn twelve, which he was able to control without major consequences.
The Spanish Aron Canet (Kalex) arrived at TT Assen after recovering from a new intervention in one of his arms, but wants to regain the rhythm of the competition as soon as possible on a track where in recent years he has not been very successful.
On the track, Ai Ogura continued his strong run and this caused him to drop to 1:36.612, but his record was canceled due to exceeding the limits of the track, but the Japanese continued to ‘pull ‘ without caring about the incident and a lap. he eventually stopped the timer at 1:36.458, while his teammate and Moto2 world championship leader, Spaniard Sergio García Dols, suffered difficulties in some parts of the circuit such as the complicated entry variant at the finish line.
Even, Garcia Dolls He climbed to the second position 485 thousandths of a second behind his own teammate and ahead of the Spanish Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) and Joe Roberts, while the Moto3 world champion in 2023, the Spanish Jaume Masiá (Kalex) , he crashed and although t there were no physical injuries, he had problems starting his motorcycle and returning to the workshop.
The world championship leader began to close in on his teammate as the laps went by and less than four minutes into practice Sergio García Dols was 78 thousandths of a second behind Ogura and another Spaniard, Albert Arenas (Kalex) was on his way on the floor at the turn of three.
The American Joe Roberts He managed to return to the track in the last moments, after repairing the damage to his motorcycle, but with very little time to improve the eighth position that, at that time, he occupied in the time table, 565 thousandths of a second behind the Japanese , and finished ninth.
The Spanish Alonso Lopez (Boscoscuro), who set several fastest laps with the checkered flag waving at the finish line, had to settle for fourth position, ahead of his own teammate, Fermín Aldeguer and the British Jake Dixon.
Source: La Verdad
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