MotoGP: Sam Lowes destroys Moto2 lap record whilst Ogura takes Moto3 pole

September 12, 2020 EMR Writer

Sam Lowes sets a new Moto2 lap record whilst Ogura takes pole in Moto3.

Sam Lowes and Marco Bezzecchi have ruined the previous Moto2 lap record at Misano set by Johann Zarco in 2015. Bezzecchi broke the lap record in F3 by 0.222 just for Lowes to pound it into the ground in Q2, beating the new record by 0.342, an incredible time which was also broken by Gardner and Marini during the qualifying session.

Despite taking pole position, Sam Lowes will begin tomorrows race from the back of the grid following an incident at Styria deemed as irresponsible riding, meaning Remy Gardner will start tomorrows race from pole position and Luca Marini in second.

Row 2 was opened with Marco Bezzecchi just behind his teammate, the pair were joined by fellow countryman Enea Bastianini then Xavi Vierge.

Marcel Schrotter was the fastest man on row three ahead of Augusto Fernandez then Tetsuta Nagashima. Fabio Di Giannantonio was the 10th fastest rider in the session.

Moto2 Q2 Results:

Moto2 Q1 Results:

Moto3:

In Moto3 it was drama down to the last lap, Ai Ogura took pole position with the last lap of the session, pulling off a masterclass in the last sector to snatch pole position away from Gabriel Rodrigo who held it by 0.100, fellow Japanese rider Tatsuki Suzuki also finished on the front row just 0.031 from pole.

Row two is headed by Andrea Migno who is also within 0.100 of pole, finishing the session just 0.042 from first place, he is joined by ex-teammate Romano Fenati then Raul Fernandez in sixth place.

Last time out winner Celestino Vietti was the first man on row three joined by Jeremy Alcoba and Tony Arbolino who’s teammate finished just behind him in P10, just 0.505 from pole.

Moto3 Q2 Results: