Gadea Goes Quickest Before Rain Falls in FP2

Sergio Gadea finished Friday afternoon at Mugello on top of the timesheets after a rain shower saw any chances of his time being beaten disappear. The Blusens by Paris Hilton rider returned to form last weekend with a much-needed podium at Assen, and in similar conditions, proved the man to beat again.

The experienced Spaniard had spent the dry part of the session trading times with Sandro Cortese on the Intact Racing Aprilia, with the German finishing second fastest, 0.591s behind.

Danny Webb was a surprise third on the Mahindra as the GP125 again proved more than capable in slippery conditions. The Briton was second fastest in the wet practice session at Silverstone and looked competitive again, finishing just over a second off the pace.

Adrian Martin (Bankia Aspar Team) was fourth ahead of Jakub Kornfeil who was one of only two riders, Webb being the other, to better their morning times. Danny Kent completed an excellent day with sixth in the afternoon session with last weekend's hero Luis Salom in seventh place.

Louis Rossi finished eighth ahead of the second Mahindra of Marcel Schrotter while Czech wildcard rider Miroslav Popov completed the top ten on a very impressive start to his Grand Prix career.

Maverick Vinales finished in 12^th, just two places ahead of British rookie Harry Stafford, while Taylor Mackenzie was the final classified runner in FP2 in 28^th position.

Championship contenders Jonas Folger and Nicolas Terol chose to wait in the garage as the conditions got in the way of any meaningful set-up work. As a result, Folger ended the session in 24^th and Terol was outside the 107% cut off time in 31^st.

However, due to the inclement weather in the afternoon, Terol leads the combined classification overnight ahead of Johann Zarco.

 

Combined Free Practice Times:

Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	FP1	FP2
1	Nicolas Terol	SPA	Bankia Aspar Team	1:58.673	2:11.853
2	Johann Zarco	FRA	Avant-AirAsia-Ajo	1:59.537	2:09.612
3	Efren Vazquez	SPA	Avant-AirAsia-Ajo	1:59.679	No Time
4	Sandro Cortese	GER	Intact-Racing Team Germany	1:59.879	2:02.758
5	Danny Kent	GBR	Red Bull Ajo MotorSport	2:00.443	2:03.768
6	Maverick Vinales	SPA	Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing	2:00.568	2:04.514
7	Jonas Folger	GER	Red Bull Ajo MotorSport	2:00.657	2:07.025
8	Hector Faubel	SPA	Bankia Aspar Team	2:00.767	2:05.419
9	Adrian Martin	SPA	Bankia Aspar Team	2:00.874	2:03.506
10	Alberto Moncayo	SPA	Andalucía Banca Civica	2:00.925	2:11.110
11	Sergio Gadea	SPA	Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing	2:01.186	2:02.167
12	Massimo Parziani	ITA	Faenza Racing	2:01.254	2:04.338
13	Marcel Schrotter	GER	Mahindra Racing	2:01.596	2:04.177
14	Sturla Fagerhaug	NOR	WTR-Ten10 Racing	2:01.869	2:06.362
15	Luigi Morciano	ITA	Team Italia FMI	2:02.013	2:05.192
16	Simone Grotzkyj	ITA	Phonica Racing	2:02.082	No Time
17	Miroslav Popov	CZE	Ellegi Racing	2:02.153	2:04.304
18	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Andalucía Banca Civica	2:02.412	2:05.326
19	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	MAL	AirAsia-Sic-Ajo	2:02.455	2:06.153
20	Luis Salom	SPA	RW Racing GP	2:02.470	2:03.818
21	Jasper Iwema	NED	Ongetta-Abbink-Metaal	2:02.580	2:06.020
22	Kevin Calia	ITA	MGP Racing	2:02.872	2:04.665
23	Louis Rossi	FRA	Matteoni Racing	2:02.960	2:03.818
24	Niklas Ajo	FIN	TT Motion Events Racing	2:03.116	2:11.735
25	Alessandro Tonucci	ITA	Team Italia FMI	2:03.182	2:06.440
26	Danny Webb	GBR	Mahindra Racing	2:03.956	2:03.285
27	Jakub Kornfeil	CZE	Ongetta-Centro-Seta	2:06.594	2:03.522
28	Harry Stafford	GBR	Ongetta-Centro-Seta	2:03.552	2:05.018
29	Alexis Masbou	FRA	Caretta Technology	2:03.583	2:08.524
30	Taylor Mackenzie	GBR	Phonica Racing	2:03.669	2:09.961
31	Francesco Mauriello	ITA	WTR-Ten10 Racing	2:03.862	2:07.077
32	Giulian Pedone	SWI	Phonica Racing	2:04.122	2:06.849
33	Peter Sebestyen	HUN	Caretta Technology	2:04.459	2:06.633
34	Joan Perello	SPA	Matteoni Racing	2:05.520	2:13.663
107% Time: 2:06.980