Diogo Moreira broke the lap record to finish Friday practice with the top time ahead of the Moto2 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round nineteen of the championship.

The MotoGP bound Italtrans rider had worked his way up to second and was following Jake Dixon around the track, improving so much in the last sector while chasing down the British rider that he set a new lap record of 1m 30.307s.

That one lap effort piled pressure on Manuel Gonzalez, the championship leader, but by just nine points after losing twenty at the last round when he was disqualified from the results for using non-homologated software on his bike, who had already crashed in the morning and fell again in Practice as his rival hit the top of the timesheets.

 

Second in the session went to home rider Senna Agius, a podium finisher on the last Moto2 visit to Phillip Island. The Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider sat in provisional pole the longest before finishing just 0.008s slower than the Brazilian.

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David Alonso was top rookie in third for Aspar, with Dixon improving all session, building on his FP1 performance for Elf Marc VDS to remain the top Boscoscuro in the class in fourth.

Gonzalez had improved to fifth shortly before his spill, with Mario Aji back to the promise he was showing before his extended injury break from the intermediate class in sixth for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.

Aron Canet was a solid seventh for Fantic Racing, while Tony Arbolino was the last rider within half a second of the lead time in eighth for Blu Cry Pramac Yamaha.

Darryn Binder saw his early lap only slip to ninth for Italjet Gresini, with rookie Collin Veijer just doing enough to complete the top ten for Red Bull KTM Ajo ahead of his teammate, replacement rider Daniel Munoz, still replacing Deniz Oncu.

 

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2025 Australian  Moto2  – Practice (2) ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime1Diogo MoreiraBRAItaltrans Racing Team (Kalex)1m 30.307s2Senna AgiusAUSLiqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex)+0.008s3David AlonsoCOLCFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex)+0.228s4Jake DixonGBRElf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro)+0.300s5Manuel GonzalezSPALiqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)+0.433s6Mario  AjiINAIDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)+0.448s7Aron CanetSPAFantic Racing (Kalex)+0.469s8Tony ArbolinoITABLU CRU  PramacYamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)+0.485s9Darryn BinderRSAItaljet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)+0.511s10Collin VeijerNEDRed Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)+0.533s11Daniel MunozSPARed Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)+0.612s12Barry BaltusBELFantic Racing (Kalex)+0.642s13Izan GuevaraSPABLU CRU  Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)+0.658s14Ayumu SasakiJPNRW – Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex)+0.659s15Adrian HuertasSPAItaltrans Racing Team (Kalex)+0.733s16Ivan OrtolaSPAQJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI (Boscoscuro)+0.752s17Albert ArenasSPAItaljet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)+0.785s18Filip SalacCZEElf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro)+0.814s19Alex EscrigSPAKLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)+1.111s20Joe RobertsUSAOnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex)+1.153s21Daniel HolgadoSPACFMOTO    Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex)+1.203s22Zonta van den GoorberghNEDRW – Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex)+1.220s23Alonso LopezSPABeta Tools SpeedRS (Boscoscuro)+1.250s24Marcos RamirezSPAOnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex)_1.466s25Jorge NavarroSPAKLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)+1.484s26Celestino ViettiITABeta Tools SpeedRS (Boscoscuro)+1.873s27Harrison VoightAUSQJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI (Boscoscuro)+1.919s28Yuki KuniiJPNIDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)+2.111s

The remaining slot in Q2 went to Barry Baltus for Fantic in twelfth, Izan Guevara in the second Blu Cru Pramac bike in13th and Ayumu Sasaki in 14th for RW Idrofoglia.

There were several crashers in the second session, with Daniel Holgado the first off, spinning through the grass, spending much of the session with no time as the Aspar mechanics frantically tried to get him back on track, which they did, with Holgado 21st.

Marcos Ramirez, Celestino Vietti, Gonzalez and replacement rider Harrison Voight all also fell in the session.

FP1 got off to a quiet start as the riders mainly stayed in their garage, waiting for the track to dry as much as possible before venturing out.

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Eventually it was Dixon who lead the way, with rookie Alonso just 0.066s slower.  Moreira built on his momentum in third, with Agius off to a good start at home in fourth and Arbolino fifth.

Alonso Lopez was the first to fall, swiftly followed by championship leader Gonzalez, who was sent spinning – and heading to the medical centre for further checks, finishing the session 22nd.

Vietti also fell in both sessions.

Daniel Munoz was met with a technical issue, pulling off track and into the pits.

Australian rider Voight (27th in Practice) got a run out at home, replacing Unai Orradre at QJMotor – Frinsa – MSI.

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Alex Escrig (19th) has a long lap penalty to serve for causing a crash at the last round. The Forward eider git off to the worst possible start, with a bike issue in FP1, leaving him without a time to his name.

2025  Australian  Moto2  – Free Practice (1) ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime1Jake DixonGBRElf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro)1m 31.346s2David AlonsoCOLCFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex)+0.066s3Diogo MoreiraBRAItaltrans Racing Team (Kalex)+0.163s4Senna AgiusAUSLiqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)+0.208s5Tony ArbolinoITABLU CRU  Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)+0.355s6Aron CanetSPAFantic Racing (Kalex)+0.408s7Daniel HolgadoSPACFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex)+0.586s8Adrian HuertasSPAItaltrans Racing Team (Kalex)+0.724s9Mario  AjiINAIDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)+0.742s10Izan GuevaraSPABLU CRU  Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)+0.793s11Barry BaltusBELFantic Racing (Kalex)+1.032s12Joe RobertsUSAOnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex)+1.221s13Ayumu SasakiJPNRW – Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex)+1.273s14Filip SalacCZEElf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro)+1.316s15Darryn BinderRSAItaljet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)+1.368s16Marcos RamirezSPAOnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex)+1.370s17Albert ArenasSPAItaljet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)+1.525s18Celestino ViettiITABeta Tools SpeedRS (Boscoscuro)+1.619s19Collin VeijerNEDRed Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)+1.664s20Ivan OrtolaSPAQJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI (Boscoscuro)+1.863s21Manuel GonzalezSPALiqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)+1.896s22Zonta van den GoorberghNEDRW – Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex)+2.101s23Jorge NavarroSPAKLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)+2.514s24Harrison VoightAUSQJMOTOR – FRINSA — MSI (Boscoscuro)+2.667s25Daniel MunozSPARed Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)+2.849s26Yuki KuniiJPNIDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)+3.436s27Alonso LopezSPABeta Tools SpeedRS (Boscoscuro)+8.269s28Alex EscrigSPAKLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)No Time