Pedro Acosta convincingly led the first practice session of the Moto2 Thai GP. The rider comes to Buriram with the first opportunity to clinch the championship title.
After the initial flying laps, Alonso López (Beta Tools SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) was in the lead, but he was quickly overtaken by his teammate Fermín Aldeguer before returning to the top spot. However, this situation was short-lived, as Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) overtook the #21.
The championship leader strengthened his position but was unable to hold off Jake Dixon (Inde GasGas Aspar/Kalex). With just over 13 minutes elapsed, Aldeguer returned to the front, where he stayed for just under 20 minutes before Acosta took the lead and held onto it until the end.
The Spanish rider further improved his lap time twice before the end, finishing with a time of 1m36.266s. He was only 88 thousandths ahead of Aldeguer, with Dennis Foggia (Italtrans Racing Team/Kalex) in third. Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia/Kalex) recorded the fourth-fastest time ahead of Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS/Kalex) – the only one who can still prevent Acosta from becoming the champion.
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