Aldeguer takes lap record in Day 1 demolition job

Fermin Aldeguer (Beta Tools SpeedUp) is the rider to beat after the opening day of the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar. The Boscosuro rider's 1:58.059 came in the late stages of Practice 2 to deny Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) Day 1 honours. Canet also put in a solid performance as he sits 0.104s behind his compatriot ahead of Saturday's action. Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) enjoyed a positive Day 1 as well. The Brit finished in 3rd place after falling just 0.254s short of the top spot. 

Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) made a big improvement in P2 to put himself within 0.308s of the pace. The Thai rider finished the day in 4th place ahead of Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) who lit up the timing screens to eventually finish in 5th. Manuel Gonzalez (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Mastercamp) was looking very strong in P1 as he took well to the Lusail International Circuit - the Spaniard finished the day in P6 ahead of the Japanese Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) who took 7th. 

It was a quiet day for Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) who despite looking there or thereabouts in Practice 1 could only manage 8th place overall on the combined timings. The World Champion finished just ahead of Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools SpeedUp) and Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team), the latter rounding out the top 10. 

Moto2™ will be back in action on Saturday for Practice 3 at 14:15 and qualifying at 18:45 local (GMT +3). Make sure to keep up to date with all the latest on motogp.com!

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