Dutch GP, Assen – 250cc Results FP1

Mapfre Aspar rider Alvaro Bautista again proved to be the fastest man of the field in the first 250cc practice today. After a slow start but with steady progress Alvaro Bautista finally snatched the top spot from Hector Barbera in the closing minutes of the session, held under sunny conditions. Teammate Mike Di Meglio made a good impression as well, finishing the day in third position with 0.655s off the leader.
Replacement rider Aleix Espargaro showed a great performance for the Balatonring Team, finishing in the Top 10.

Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap

1 Alvaro BAUTISTA Mapfre Aspar Team 1’40.817
2 Hector BARBERA Pepe World Team 1’41.002 0.185
3 Mike DI MEGLIO Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc 1’41.472 0.655
4 Alex DEBON Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens 1’41.680 0.863
5 Mattia PASINI Team Toth Aprilia 1’41.710 0.893
6 Lukas PESEK Auto Kelly – CP 1’41.832 1.015
7 Marco SIMONCELLI Metis Gilera 1’41.866 1.049
8 Hiroshi AOYAMA Scot Racing Team 250cc 1’41.941 1.124
9 Aleix ESPARGARO Balatonring Team 1’42.482 1.665
10 Thomas LUTHI Emmi – Caffe Latte 1’42.502 1.685
11 Roberto LOCATELLI Metis Gilera 1’42.539 1.722
12 Hector FAUBEL Valencia CF – Honda SAG 1’42.674 1.857
13 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1’42.744 1.927
14 Raffaele DE ROSA Scot Racing Team 250cc 1’42.817 2.000
15 Alex BALDOLINI WTR San Marino Team 1’42.888 2.071
16 Ratthapark WILAIROT Thai Honda PTT SAG 1’42.890 2.073
17 Jules CLUZEL Matteoni Racing 1’42.900 2.083
18 Shoya TOMIZAWA CIP Moto – GP250 1’44.250 3.433
19 Imre TOTH Team Toth Aprilia 1’45.039 4.222
20 Stevie BONSEY Milar – Juegos Lucky 1’45.428 4.611
21 Axel PONS Pepe World Team 1’45.493 4.676
22 Vladimir LEONOV Viessmann Kiefer Racing 1’45.837 5.020
23 Valentin DEBISE CIP Moto – GP250 1’45.899 5.082
24 Toby MARKHAM C&L Racing 1’47.246 6.429
25 Bastien CHESAUX Racing Team Germany 1’47.530 6.713