Spain’s Daniel Holgado set a Moto2 circuit record in Qatar, becoming the first rider in the class to lap Lusail in less than 1 minute 56 seconds. Filip Salač was closest to his 1:55.897 benchmark. Title contenders Izan Guevara and Manuel Gonzalez finished third and fourth, with less than three tenths covering the top five.
Spain’s Daniel Holgado led Moto2 practice at the Qatar Grand Prix with a lap of 1 minute 55 seconds and 897 milliseconds. The Aspar team rider became the first in the class to complete a lap of Lusail in less than 1 minute 56 seconds. Filip Salač finished second, 0.199 seconds behind, while Izan Guevara and Manuel Gonzalez took third and fourth.[1], [2]
Championship leader Gonzalez had run near the front throughout the session and improved his own circuit record before Holgado’s decisive late lap. Guevara also climbed the order in the closing stages after running as low as 20th. He and Gonzalez both secured direct entry to the second qualifying segment. Celestino Vietti completed the top five, covered by less than three tenths of a second.[1]
Senna Agius finished sixth, with Malaysian Grand Prix winner David Alonso seventh on the other Aspar bike. All seven riders at the head of the classification had previously won a Moto2 race. Collin Veijer took eighth, Alonso Lopez ninth and Barry Baltus tenth. Holgado ended practice ahead of his teammate Alonso, with Saturday qualifying next on the Qatar weekend schedule.[1]
