Johann Zarco was the quickest rider in Moto2 practice ahead of the Aragon Grand Prix on a day which saw wet weather cause accidents aplenty. The Frenchman found the best of the conditions in FP2 to beat Andrea Iannone by a tenth of a second after the Speed Master rider had topped the morning session.
The intermediate class had to wait an extra hour before getting out on track after Danny Webb’s Mahindra dropped oil during the Moto3 session. When it did get underway, Julian Simon was the first man up to speed and led for most of the morning, only to be knocked off the top in the final five minutes. Iannone sneaked in front of the Avintia Blusens rider before a last minute flier saw him edge out Gino Rea.
In the afternoon, Zarco was dominant with his fastest lap of 2:07.844 coming midway through the session. The JIR rider was among those to fall victim to the elements though, crashing seven minutes from time, while Tech 3’s Xavier Simeon slid off not once, but twice, with the second fall leaving him rather dazed. Even the championship leader Marc Marquez was affected as he fell in the closing minutes while his closest rival Pol Espargaro was one of several riders to outbrake himself at turn twelve and run through the escape road.
The final leaderboard at the end of the day saw Zarco lead Iannone and Alex De Angelis, another rider to crash in the afternoon, with Thomas Luthi, Gino Rea and Claudio Corti completing the top six. Julian Simon took seventh ahead of the groggy Simeon, wet-weather specialist Anthony West and Marcel Schrotter. Title rivals Marquez and Espargaro were eleventh and twelfth with British duo Scott Redding and Bradley Smith three places further back.
Moto2 Gran Premio Iveco de Aragon: Combined Friday Practice Classification
| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Team | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Johann Zarco |
Motobi | JIR Moto2 | 2:07.844 |
| 2 |  Andrea Iannone |
Speed Up | Speed Master | +0.137 |
| 3 |  Alex De Angelis |
FTR | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | +0.290 |
| 4 |  Thomas Luthi |
Suter | Interwetten-Paddock | +0.346 |
| 5 |  Gino Rea |
Suter | Federal Oil Gresini | +0.548 |
| 6 | Claudio Corti |
Kalex | Italtrans Racing Team | +0.727 |
| 7 |  Julian Simon |
Suter | Blusens Avintia | +0.955 |
| 8 |  Xavier Simeon |
Tech 3 | Tech 3 Racing | +1.221 |
| 9 |  Anthony West |
Speed Up | QMMF Racing Team | +1.282 |
| 10 |  Marcel Schrotter |
Bimota | Desguaces La Torre SAG | +1.425 |
| 11 | Marc Marquez |
Suter | Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol | +1.481 |
| 12 | Pol Espargaro |
Kalex | Pons 40 HP Tuenti | +1.569 |
| 13 | Mike Di Meglio |
Kalex | Kiefer Racing | +1.596 |
| 14 | Scott Redding |
Kalex | Marc VDS Racing Team | +1.660 |
| 15 | Bradley Smith |
Tech 3 | Tech 3 Racing | +1.665 |
| 16 | Jordi Torres |
Suter | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | +1.728 |
| 17 |  Mika Kallio |
Kalex | Marc VDS Racing Team | +1.807 |
| 18 |  Tomoyoshi Koyama |
Suter | Technomag-CIP | +1.960 |
| 19 | Nicolas Terol |
Suter | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | +1.992 |
| 20 | Simone Corsi |
FTR | Came IodaRacing Project | +2.608 |
| 21 | Dominique Aegerter |
Suter | Technomag-CIP | +2.880 |
| 22 | Yuki Takahashi |
FTR | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | +2.914 |
| 23 | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | Pons 40 HP Tuenti | +3.106 |
| 24 | A Marinelarena (WC) |
Suter | Motorsport | +3.258 |
| 25 |  Steven Odendaal |
AJR | Arguiñano Racing Team | +3.430 |
| 26 | Axel Pons |
Kalex | Pons 40 HP Tuenti | +3.927 |
| 27 |  Ratthapark Wilairot |
Suter | Thai Honda PTT Gresini | +5.399 |
| 28 | Takaaki Nakagami |
Kalex | Italtrans Racing Team | +5.785 |
| 29 | Jesco Raffin |
Suter | GP Team Switzerland | +5.864 |
| 30 | Alessandro Andreozzi |
Speed Up | S/Master Speed Up | +6.054 |
| 31 | Elena Rosell |
Speed Up | QMMF Racing Team | +7.212 |
| 32 | Marco Colandrea |
FTR | SAG Team | +7.647 |
| 33 |  Eric Granado |
Motobi | JIR Moto2 | +8.320 |
