FIM Moto2 World Championship Catalunya, Spain June 1, 2012 Free Practice Two Results (all using Honda engines and Dunlop tires): 1. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:46.768 2. Scott REDDING, UK (KALEX), 1:47.171 3. Pol ESPARGARO, Spain (KALEX), 1:47.598 4. Andrea IANNONE, Italy (SPEED UP), 1:47.613 5. Alex DE ANGELIS, San Marino (SUTER), 1:47.629 6. Takaaki NAKAGAMI, Japan (KALEX), 1:47.697 7. Johann ZARCO, France (MOTOBI), 1:47.787 8. Randy KRUMMENACHER, Switzerland (KALEX), 1:47.825 9. Simone CORSI, Italy (FTR), 1:47.831 10. Toni ELIAS, Spain (SUTER), 1:47.851 11. Bradley SMITH, UK (TECH 3), 1:48.100 12. Marc MARQUEZ, Spain (SUTER), 1:48.171 13. Esteve RABAT, Spain (KALEX), 1:48.179 14. Ricard CARDUS, Spain (AJR), 1:48.182 15. Mika KALLIO, Finland (KALEX), 1:48.233 16. Roberto ROLFO, Italy (SUTER), 1:48.246 17. Ratthapark WILAIROT, Thailand (SUTER), 1:48.356 18. Jordi TORRES, Spain (TECH 3), 1:48.394 19. Yuki TAKAHASHI, Japan (SUTER), 1:48.518 20. Nicolas TEROL, Spain (SUTER), 1:48.542 21. Claudio CORTI, Italy (KALEX), 1:48.566 22. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:48.624 23. Max NEUKIRCHNER, Germany (KALEX), 1:48.639 24. Mike DI MEGLIO, France (SPEED UP), 1:48.658 25. Julian SIMON, Spain (SUTER), 1:49.050 26. Axel PONS, Spain (KALEX), 1:49.130 27. Gino REA, UK (SUTER), 1:49.383 28. Anthony WEST, Australia (MORIWAKI), 1:49.403 29. Angel RODRIGUEZ, Spain (BIMOTA), 1:49.649 30. Alexander LUNDH, Sweden (MZ-RE HONDA), 1:50.185 31. Marco COLANDREA, Switzerland (FTR), 1:50.738 32. Elena ROSELL, Spain (MORIWAKI), 1:50.995 More, from a press release issued by Dorna Communications: Interwetten-Paddock’s Tom Lüthi set the tone for the Moto2™ contingent this weekend at the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya ahead of Pons 40 HP Tuenti’s Pol Espargaró. Lüthi was on the pace all weekend as he topped the timesheets in both of the day’s practices, albeit suffering a crash eight minutes before the end of the afternoon session. The Swiss rider will no doubt still be brimming with confidence though, as his time of 1.46’597 was over half a second quicker than second placed Espargaró. The local Catalan currently lies in the championship lead by one point and will be looking to put on a good show for his home crowd. Marc VDS Racing Team’s Scott Redding was also fast all day, as he was third quickest across the day, ousting Speed Master’s Andrea Iannone into fourth. Iannone secured pole position at the Catalan circuit two years ago and looks to be on good form once again, despite putting his bike into gravel earlier in the day. NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Alex De Angelis lies just fractionally behind in fifth, ahead of S/Master Speed Up’s Mike Di Meglio in sixth. Italtrans Racing Team’s Takaaki Nakagami put in a strong showing in seventh, ousting Redding’s teammate Mika Kallio into eighth. JiR Moto2’s French rookie Johann Zarco continues to impress as he recorded the ninth quickest time, ahead of GP Team Switzerland’s Randy Krummenacher, who recovered from a crash in the morning session. Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol’s Marc Márquez had a torrid first day at his home race, finishing the combined timesheets down in 16th. Speculation was rife that his hand injury from the previous round was to blame, yet the rider soon dismissed this and sighted set-up issues for the lack of pace. De Angelis’ teammate Yuki Takahashi suffered electrical problems on his bike early on in the second practice, but managed to head back out on track, whilst QMMF Racing Team’s Elena Rosell suffered a crash late on in the session. Rosell was unhurt in the incident.