2022 Qatar Moto2 Grand Prix, Lusail - Free Practice (3) Results
Free Practice (3) results from the 2022 Qatar Moto2 Grand Prix at Lusail.
Sam Lowes, Moto2, Qatar MotoGP, 4 March 2022
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Sam Lowes leads Free Practice 3 for the 2022 Moto2 season-opener 𝕴in Qatar, but was the only rider in the combined top 12 to improve on his Friday times with Augusto Fernan🐠dez remaining quickest overall.
Reigning Moto3 champion fell early in the session at turn 1, his first fall during a Moto2 weekend, while Jake Dixon suffered his second highside of the week🐎end. Rookie Manu𝓰el Gonzalez also escaped injury in a nasty tumble.
The top 14🐠 after FP3 (combined times) progress directly to Qualifying 2...
| Moto2 Lusail - Free Practice (3) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (KALEX) | 1m 59.594s |
| 2 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KALEX) | 1m 59.678s |
| 3 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KALEX) | 1m 59.742s |
| 4 | Aron Canet | SPA | Flexbox HP40 | (KALEX) | 2m 0.018s |
| 5 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (KALEX) | 2m 0.061s |
| 6 | Jorge Navarro | SPA | Flexbox HP40 | (KALEX) | 2m 0.139s |
| 7 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Inde GASGAS Aspar Team | (KALEX) | 2m 0.174s |
| 8 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (KALEX) | 2m 0.195s |
| 9 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Inde GASGAS Aspar Team | (KALEX) | 2m 0.206s |
| 10 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (KALEX) | 2m 0.230s |
| 11 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | (KALEX) | 2m 0.308s |
| 12 | Cameron Beaubier | USA | American Racing | (KALEX) | 2m 0.400s |
| 13 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea | (KALEX) | 2m 0.416s |
| 14 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (KALEX) | 2m 0.418s |
| 15 | Fermín Aldeguer | SPA | MB Conveyors Speed Up | (BOSCOSCURO) | 2m 0.509s |
| 16 | Marcel Schrotter | GER | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (KALEX) | 2m 0.512s |
| 17 | Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (KALEX) | 2m 0.545s |
| 18 | Barry Baltus | BEL | RW Racing GP | (KALEX) | 2m 0.625s |
| 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | ARG | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (KALEX) | 2m 0.941s |
| 20 | Filip Salac | CZE | Gresini Racing Moto2 | (KALEX) | 2m 0.951s |
| 21 | Romano Fenati | ITA | MB Conveyors Speed Up | (BOSCOSCURO) | 2m 0.994s |
| 22 | Zonta Van Den Goorbergh | NED | RW Racing GP | (KALEX) | 2m 1.008s |
| 23 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV AGUSTA) | 2m 1.123s |
| 24 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (KALEX) | 2m 1.134s |
| 25 | Simone Corsi | ITA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV AGUSTA) | 2m 1.142s |
| 26 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (KALEX) | 2m 1.184s |
| 27 | Alessandro Zaccone | ITA | Gresini Racing Moto2 | (KALEX) | 2m 1.515s |
| 28 | Keminth Kubo | THA | Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team | (KALEX) | 2m 1.991s |
| 29 | Niccolò Antonelli | ITA | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | (KALEX) | 2m 2.337s |
| 30 | Sean Dylan Kelly | USA | American Racing | (KALEX) | 2m 2.367s |
| Combined Practice times - Top 14 | |
| Position | Rider |
| 1 | Fernandez |
| 2 | di Giannantonio |
| 3 | Schrotter |
| 4 | Vietti |
| 5 | Canet |
| 6 | Lowes |
| 7 | Ogura |
| 8 | Salac |
| 9 | Chantra |
| 10 | Beaubier |
| 11 | Dixon |
| 12 | Arbolino |
| 13 | Roberts |
| 14 | Navarro |
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