Motorsports
Marcos Ramirez dominates the first Thai GP free session
spanish Marcos Ramirez (Karex) won the first round of free practice of the Moto2 Thai GPat the Buriram circuit, also ahead of the Spanish circuit. Manuel Gonzalez (Karex) and Fermin Aldeguer (Boskoscro).
Ramirez Achieved a best time of 1:35.897.
He set several records in the intermediate category. American Joe Roberts’ casualty was notableAlthough still injured, he was replaced by a Spaniard. Jorge NavarroThe Italian was not very lucky at the start of the competition, as the bike experienced some problems as soon as the session started. Celestino Vietti (Karex), although he is on the circuit, He had not received clearance from the medical committee to compete.
The Spaniard also got off to a worse start than Navarro. Albert Arenas (Karex), that I went down at turn 12. Then he had to push his bike back to the workshop.
turkish Deniz Oncu (Karex) was the first valid Moto2 reference and lapped it in 1:36.269 in just a few laps. This is one second off the circuit record (1:35.297). This will make the pace of training with the new Pirelli tires much faster, as has already happened in Moto3.
he World leader, Japanese Ai Ogura (Boskoscuro) became the next leader, stopping the clock at 1:35.991 and being the first to change the second unit, but behind the other main player in this category, the Spaniard Aron Canet (Karex), who took the turn. He had fallen 12-1. The previous turn was taken by the Italians Tony Arbolino (Kalex), there was no significant physical damage to the pilot in either case.
However, just as Tony Arbolino was about to return to his workshop, he was attacked by the Dutch and became the protagonist of an unprecedented event. Zonta van der Gooberg (Karex) was pushed into the workshop by a track marshal when the Italian driver suffered a severe bruise on his left leg and had to go to a circuit clinic, from which he was referred to a nearby hospital. Go to the hospital for a more complete medical examination.
This action forced Race Direction to: Present a red flag to allow pilot response and clearing of the work street entrance area.a situation that lasted only a few minutes before the session was resumed.
back on track, Izan Guevara (Karex) managed to place himself after Ai Ogura. In just 33/1000 secondshe was unable to start the bike just before impacting the ground at Turn 5 and was forced to walk back to the workshop, ending his session.
And while Izan Guevara was returning to his workshop, another Spaniard… Marcos Ramirez (Karex) rises to first place with a time of 1 minute 35.897 secondsMeanwhile, Turkey’s Deniz Oncu (Karex) also suffered an accident at Turn 7, after which he showed obvious signs of discomfort in his right elbow.
Fellow Spaniard Manuel González (Karex) won in Japan with a time of 47 thousandths of a second. Demoted leader Ogura to 3rd place.some kind of sanction will be imposed because you lost too much time in the workshop and went out on the course when the workshop street was already closed.
Marcos Ramirez led the way, followed by Manuel González, Fermín Aldeguer and Ai Ogura in a thousandth of a second, and Izan Guevara took the lead in just over a tenth of a second. Jeremy Alcoba, Alon Kane, Somkiat Chantra, Diogo Moreira and Alonso López rounded out the top 10.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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