Jake Dixon was the fastest rider in the practice sessions for the Moto2 Catalan GP. All riders improved their lap times this morning in the third session in Barcelona.
Throughout the practice, there were constant leader changes, with a total of eight riders taking the top spot at some point. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) spent the most time in the first position, leading for more than 13 consecutive minutes.
With less than two minutes remaining on the clock, Dixon (Aasterius GasGas Aspar/Kalex) set the fastest time of all: 1m43.983s. This dethroned Arón Canet (Pons Wegow Los40/Kalex) from the lead he held at that moment, being 0.390s faster. Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia/Kalex) finished third.
The big surprise was the fourth place of Marcos Ramírez (Onlyfans American Racing/Kalex), who even led the session at one point. Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) completed the top five. The last rider to secure direct access to the second qualifying was Zonta van den Goorbergh (Fieten Olie Racing GP/Kalex) in 14th place, with a 0.029s gap over Filip Salac (QJMotor Gresini/Kalex).
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