2024 Italian Moto2, Mugello - Friday Practice Results

Friday Practice results from the Moto2 2024 Italian Grand Prix (round 7) in Mugello with Somkiat Chantra on top after day one.

Lisa Lewis

31 May 2024

Somkiat Chantra, Mugello, Friday Practice, May 2024
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Somkiat Chantra was the form man on Friday, ending day one with the top time at Mugello.

The Idemitsu Honda Team Asia rider was leading free practice when Fermin Aldeguer swooped up the timesheets to finish that session on top.

The Thai rider got the better of his rival in the timed P1 session, returning to keep the pace up and set a 1m 50.841s.

Joe Roberts got to work to improve on his first session to finish second after leading the way with eight minutes remaining, to finish just 0.011s behind for American Racing after being 13th after free practice.

Aldeguer was third for MV Conveyors Speed Up, the top Boscoscuro, with his teammate Lopez making a comeback for fourth after a difficult first session.

Aron Canet sits fifth overnight after he too made steps forward in P1 for Fantic Racing.

2024 Moto2 Italy - Practice (2) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Somkiat Chantra	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)	1m 50.841s
2	Joe Roberts	USA	OnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex)	+0.011s
3	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	MB Conveyors Speed Up (Boscoscuro)	+0.075s
4	Alonso Lopez	SPA	MB Conveyors Speed Up (Boscoscuro)	+0.087s
5	Aron Canet	SPA	Fantic Racing (Kalex)	+0.136s
6	Barry Baltus	BEL	RW - Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex)	+0.215s
7	Filip Salac	CZE	Elf Marc VDS Racing (Kalex)	+0.223s
8	Sergio Garcia	SPA	MT Helmets - MSI (Boscoscuro)	+0.278s
9	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Elf Marc VDS Racing (Kalex)	+0.407s
10	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	QJMOTOR Gresini (Kalex)	+0.534s
11	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)	+0.585s
12	Ai Ogura	JPN	MT Helmets - MSI (Boscoscuro)	+0.599s
13	Marcos Ramirez	SPA	OnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex)	+0.617s
14	Deniz Oncu	TUR	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)	+0.674s
15	Izan Guevara	SPA	CFMoto Inde Aspar Team (Kalex)	+0.717s
16	Darryn Binder	RSA	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex)	+0.795s
17	Zonta van den Goorbergh	NED	RW - Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex)	+0.946s
18	Diogo Moreira	BRA	Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex)	+0.985s
19	Mattia Pasini	ITA	Team Ciatti Boscoscuro (Boscoscuro)	+0.998s
20	Dennis Foggia	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex)	+1.005s
21	Jeremy Alcoba	SPA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (Kalex)	+1.020s
22	Daniel Munoz	SPA	Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team (Kalex)	+1.250s
23	Albert Arenas	SPA	QJMOTOR Gresini (Kalex)	+1.358s
24	Ayumu Sasaki	JPN	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (Kalex)	+1.474s
25	Jake Dixon	GBR	CFMoto Inde Aspar Team (Kalex)	+1.770s
26	Jaume Masia	SPA	Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team (Kalex)	+1.781s
27	Senna Agius	AUS	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex)	+1.811s
28	Alex Escrig	SPA	KLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)	+2.081s
29	Xavi Cardelus	AND	Fantic Racing (Kalex)	+2.223s
30	Mario Aji	INA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)	+2.232s
31	Xavier Artigas	SPA	KLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)	+3.596s

Championship leader Sergio Garcia was eighth in P1 for MT Helmets - MSI, improving from 17th, while his teammate, Catalunya race winner Ai Ogura was twelfth fastest.

Tony Arbolino led briefly in FP to finish that session third for Elf Marc VDS Racing, but despite a big save was down to ninth at the close of the day.

Deniz Oncu finished Friday as the top rookie in 14th for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

Jake Dixon was fourth after free practice but looked lost in P1, finishing down in25th for CFMoto Inde Aspar, over 1.7s down on Chantra’s best with hopes he was working on race set up a part of his placing.

2024 Moto2 Italy - Practice (1) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	MB Conveyors Speed Up (Boscoscuro)	1m 51.311s
2	Somkiat Chantra	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)	+0.069s
3	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Elf Marc VDS Racing (Kalex)	+0.365s
4	Jake Dixon	GBR	CFMoto Inde Aspar Team (Kalex)	+0.452s
5	Izan Guevara	SPA	CFMoto Inde Aspar Team (Kalex)	+0.569s
6	Barry Baltus	BEL	RW - Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex)	+0.750s
7	Jaume Masia	SPA	Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team (Kalex)	+0.779s
8	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	QJMOTOR Gresini (Kalex)	+0.789s
9	Ai Ogura	JPN	MT Helmets - MSI (Boscoscuro)	+0.805s
10	Aron Canet	SPA	Fantic Racing (Kalex)	+0.825s
11	Darryn Binder	RSA	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex)	+0.853s
12	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)	+0.923s
13	Joe Roberts	USA	OnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex)	+1.021s
14	Jeremy Alcoba	SPA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (Kalex)	+1.053s
15	Deniz Oncu	TUR	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)	+1.074s
16	Dennis Foggia	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex)	+1.147s
17	Sergio Garcia	SPA	MT Helmets - MSI (Boscoscuro)	+1.178s
18	Mattia Pasini	ITA	Team Ciatti Boscoscuro (Boscoscuro)	+1.192s
19	Filip Salac	CZE	Elf Marc VDS Racing (Kalex)	+1.251s
20	Alonso Lopez	SPA	MB Conveyors Speed Up (Boscoscuro)	+1.296s
21	Albert Arenas	SPA	QJMOTOR Gresini (Kalex)	+1.525s
22	Daniel Munoz	SPA	Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team (Kalex)	+1.545s
23	Diogo Moreira	BRA	Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex)	+1.615s
24	Marcos Ramirez	SPA	OnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex)	+1.642s
25	Zonta van den Goorbergh	NED	RW - Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex)	+2.124s
26	Senna Agius	AUS	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex)	+2.207s
27	Mario Aji	INA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)	+2.330s
28	Xavi Cardelus	AND	Fantic Racing (Kalex)	+2.582s
29	Ayumu Sasaki	JPN	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (Kalex)	+2.693s
30	Alex Escrig	SPA	KLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)	+3.573s
31	Xavier Artigas	SPA	KLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)	+4.418s

The free practice session saw an early tip into the gravel for Ayumu Sasaki, with a very fast, tumbling off for Alonso Lopez, leaving the MV Conveyors Speed Up team work to so between sessions.

P1 began with a technical issue with a brake lever off for Jaume Masia and saw a violent highside end the session early for Mario Aji bringing out yellow flags near the end of the session.