Qatar Moto2 Grand Prix, Lusail - Free Practice (3) Results

Free Practice (3) results from the 2022 Qatar Moto2 Grand Prix at Lusail.

05 Mar 2022

Sam Lowes, Moto2, Qatar MotoGP, 4 March 2022
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Sam Lowes leads Free Practice 3 for the 2022 Moto2 season-opener in Qatar, but was the only rider in the combined top 12 to improve on his Friday times with Augusto Fernandez 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 weekend. Rookie Manuel 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

Qatar Moto2 Grand Prix, Lusail - Free Practice (3) Results

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