West slots into 12th to commence German Grand Prix weekend.
The Friday afternoon action at the Sachsenring was rounded off with Mika Kallio marking the best time of Moto2™ FP2, ahead of next best pair Esteve Rabat and Simone Corsi on the combined timesheet.
As the first day of action at eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland drew to a close Kallio outpaced his closest rival and teammate Rabat (Marc VDS Racing Team) by just 0.074s.
Behind the leading pair, Simone Corsi (NGM Forward Racing) was third best overall, with his best time coming in FP1 – that lap just under a tenth slower than Rabat’s best.
Behind the Finn, the Spaniard and the Italian in the top three, fourth best was Swiss rider Dominique Aegerter (Technomag carXpert), with German representative Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) going round fifth quickest on the first day of his home GP.
The combined timesheet also featured Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2), Jordi Torres (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2), Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team), Alex De Angelis (Tasca Racing Moto2) and Randy Krummenacher (IodaRacing Project).
In FP2 Lorenzo Baldassarri (Gresini Moto2) and Axel Pons (AGR Team) walked away from spills, with Cortese, Simon and Johann Zarco (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing) escaping injury in FP1 crashes.
2014 MotoGP World Championship
Round nine – Sachsenring, Germany
Moto2 Friday practice results:
1. Mika Kallio 1m25.333s
2. Esteve Rabat 1m25.407s
3. Dominique Aegerter 1m25.588s
4. Simone Corsi 1m25.702s
5. Sandro Cortese 1m25.787s
6. Thomas Luthi 1m25.797s
7. Julian Simon 1m25.854s
8. Alex De Angelis 1m25.861s
9. Randy Krummenacher 1m25.869s
10. Luis Salom 1m25.886s
12. Anthony West (AUS) 1m26.013s