Ogura dominated the day at a record pace

The Japanese Ai Ogura (Boscoscuro), world leader, dominated the first day of practice for the Indonesian Moto2 Grand Prix at the Mandalika circuit at a record speed.

Ogura set a best time of 1:33.690, breaking last year’s absolute record Arón Canet (Kalex) in 1:33.847, which achieved the second position, ahead of the Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex).

The Spanish Albert Arenas (Kalex) He was one of the first heroes in Moto2, although in his case he fell at turn 17, the entrance curve to the finish line, without any damage, but he was forced to enter the workshop street – he ended up in front. of his – pushed his motorcycle.

At that time, coincidentally, his teammate Manuel ‘Manugas’ González was the leader of the session with 1:34.341, although shortly after his record was beaten by one of the protagonists of the morning session, the Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex) , who ran 1:34.312.

It wasn’t long before the fastest morning session was again the star, the Spaniard. Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro), who clocked 1:34.026, just 128 thousandths of a second faster than Arón Canet (Kalex) and with the world leader, the Japanese Ai Ogura (Boscoscuro) in third position, while his direct rival in the championship, the Spanish Sergio García Dols (Boscoscuro) in fourteenth position.

Aldeguer’s record is the starting point for the last outing on the track of all Moto2 riders and, although in his case there have been many movements and changes in the classification, the record of the rider from La Ñora (Murcia).

The British Jake Dixon (Kalex) He was the first to approach Aldeguer’s record, which was 23 thousandths off his time, but after him came Italian Tony Arbolino, who fell first in one minute and 34 seconds by clocking 1:33.963 to beat both , although Aldeguer immediately ‘gave it back’ to him by hitting 1:33.887.

Among those yet to cross the finish line was championship leader, Ai Ogura, who managed to establish a new absolute record for the track by lapping 1:33.690 in his first attempt at fast lap, a record with whom he could no longer defeat any of his rivals.

Ogura became the leader of official training, supported by Arón Canet, Tony Arbolino, Fermín Aldeguer, Somkiat Chantra, Jake Dixon, Senna Agius, Manuel González, Darryn Binder and Joe López in the top ten positions, with Alonso López, Izan Guevara, Albert Arenas and Deniz Öncü also qualified.

The Spanish Sergio García Dols (Boscoscuro), former leader of the category, continues to have performance problems and cannot leave from the twenty-first position, ‘condemned’ in the first provisional classification, as well as Marcos Ramírez, Jaume Masiá, Jeremy Alcoba, Xavier Artigas, Alex Escrig or Daniel Muñoz.