The Czech Filip Salac (Kalex) dominated the first day full of Moto2 Japanese Grand Prix at ‘Mobility Resort Motegi’, where he set a new absolute record.
Salac entered 1:49.716, new absolute record of the category breaking the previous record, established in 2023 by Thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex) at 1:49.898.
Thai is exact Chantra was killed most notably in the intermediate category, still carrying a lot of discomfort and pain from the accident he suffered at the start of the race in Indonesia, where the front tire of the Spaniard’s motorcycle Fermin Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) stepped on his right foot, which caused it to rotate, causing significant damage to the ligaments and muscles, but without any fractures.
Chantrawho will be a MotoGP rider in 2025, will be a doubt, at least, until the race in Australia.
Although the drivers quickly took to the track to try to take advantage of the dry asphalt, their intention was short-lived as it immediately rained on the Motegi track, forcing all participants to return to their workshops, to wait. an improvement in atmospheric conditions, or to proceed with related changes in motorcycle suspension settings.
Once again the rain provided some respite and the drivers took to the track again with dry setups and, immediately, the Italian. Celestino Vietti (Kalex) topped the table with a time of 1:50.246, which was already faster than the time achieved in the Czech morning session Filip Salac (Kalex), with 1:50.287.
With twenty minutes left in the session, only the rain could spoil the Moto2 riders’ intention to find a good classification as soon as possible.
The record of Vietti was the reference for a good part of the session, including Turkish Deniz Öncü (Kalex), the Spanish Alonso Lopez (Boscoscuro) and the American Joe Roberts (Kalex) as the pilots closest to him, while the leader of the world championship, the Japanese Ai Ogura (Boscoscuro) was eleventh by over three tenths of a second.
In the final stage of the session, the Czech figure reappeared Filip Salacwas the first to break the barrier of one minute and 50 seconds by clocking 1:49.885, a new circuit record, with Marcos Ramirez (Kalex) in 95 thousandths of a second and Deniz Öncü behind him, and also surpassed Celestino Vietti’s record.
One lap later Salac He showed that he has great speed by lowering his time to 1:49.716, which none of his rivals could beat, deciding to finish in his wake.
Arón Canet, Marcos Ramírez, Ai Ogura, Izan Guevara, Deniz Öncü, Fermín Aldeguer, Jake Dixon, Joe Roberts, Tony Arbolino, Diogo Moreira, Celestino Vietti, Alonso López and Albert Arenas, all within just six tenths of a second of the distance, Together with Salac, they took the access positions in the second direct classification.
Source: La Verdad
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