News 27 Sep 2014

Rins ahead in Moto3 practice at home circuit

Miller opens Aragon weekend 10th on Friday afternoon.

Source: MotoGP.

Source: MotoGP.

As Friday’s Moto3 action wrapped up at the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragon it was Alex Rins who registered the best lap in FP2, just ahead of Alex Marquez and Niklas Ajo.

The category’s form rider Rins (Estrella Galicia 0,0) set a 1m58.788 lap to top the timesheet and end the day as Friday’s fastest Moto3 rider at the Spanish circuit. Local rider Rins outpaced his teammate Marquez by just 0.018s, whilst Ajo (Avant Tecno Husqvarna Ajo) trailed in third place, only 0.097s behind Rins.

Also in the top five, approximately 0.15s and 0.2s off the pace respectively were Juanfran Guevara (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3) and Enea Bastianini (Junior Team Go&FUN Moto3) in fourth and fifth.

Isaac Viñales (Calvo Team), Miguel Oliveira (Mahindra Racing), Jakub Kornfeil (Calvo Team), Danny Kent (Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo) and standings leader Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completed the top 10. Miller was 0.567s off the pace in FP2 having led the way in FP1.

Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Ongetta-AirAsia) was involved in an early crash when Jorge Navarro (Marc VDS Racing Team) lost control of his bike, catching Khairuddin’s rear. Both riders were unharmed.

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