Leopard Racing’s Dennis Foggia has gone fastest on the opening day of the Gran Premio Animoca Brands de Aragon in the Moto3™ class. The man who won last time out at Misano, and also last year at MotorLand Aragon, set the pace in FP2 with a 1:58.507. The time left Foggia just under two tenths of a second clear of Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max’s Ayumu Sasaki and just over three tenths of a second up on Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Daniel Holgado.

Sasaki was the fast man in FP1 on a 1:58.819 and that was still the fastest lap time of the day until the final two minutes of FP2, when Foggia jumped to the top of the timing screen with the aforementioned 1:58.507. Sasaki had an earlier crash on his way into the Reverse Corkscrew but, with the chequered flag out, the Japanese pilot consolidated second spot with a 1:58.677, while Holgado’s best was a 1:58.830.

Stefano Nepa (Angeluss MTA Team) claimed fourth with a late 1:59.055, just clear of World Championship leader Izan Guevara (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team), who finished fifth on combine times with the 1:59.085 which he set in FP1. Sixth through eighth after the first two sessions of the weekend are Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team), Xavier Artigas (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP) courtesy of his FP1 time, and Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3).

Joel Kelso (CIP Green Power) had a crash just minutes into FP2 at Turn 7 but sits ninth as it stands thanks to his time from earlier in the day, while David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) rounds out the top 10. The cusp of the top 14 Q2 cut-off is full of notable names with Sergio Garcia (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) 13th, John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) 14th, and Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) in 15th, while Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) is 20th after a session in which he had an off-track excursion at Turn 14. However, it is expected that FP3 will be decisive in terms of the qualifying order on Saturday afternoon.

Who gets straight through to Q2? Find out on Saturday when FP3 takes place from 09:00 (GMT +2)!

Moto3™ Top 10 on Friday:
1. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) – 1:58.507
2. Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) + 0.170
3. Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.323
4. Stefano Nepa (Angeluss MTA Team) + 0.548
5. Izan Guevara (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.578
6. Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team) + 0.578
7. Xavier Artigas (CFMOTO Racing PrüstelGP) + 0.598
8. Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) + 0.642
9. Joel Kelso (CIP Green Power) + 0.664
10. David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) + 0.664