Friday saw Jake Dixon finish top in Moto2 at the Circuit of the Americas as the paddock moved on to Austin, Texas for roundꦏ three of the championship.

The wet conditions had not subsided by the time the intermediate class hit the track, and it was on⛦ce again a chance for the Elf Marc VDS rider to show his prowess in the wet.

FP1 had already been a Dixon showcase in the spray of COTA, exiting the session with eleven minutes to run, happy with his time which held firm at the top of the timesheets, only returning for aꦛ practice start.

His return to track fo🐷r the timed session saw him go faster and gu✃arantee his Q2 spot in style as he set a best of 2m 18.501s to sign off from Friday at the top of the timesheets.

Tony Arbolino came closest to Dixon, with his late effort for Blu Cru Pramac Yamaha propelling him to second - 0.601s slower in the tricky, dꦜamp conditions.

Alonso Lopez was the only other rider wi🌳thin a second of the top lap, third for Team HDR Heidrun, completing an all Boscওoscuro top three.

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Daniel Holgado once again impressed, taking top rookie honours in fourth as the to🎃p Kalex performer for CFMoto Power E🎶lectronics Aspar.

Celestino Vietti wasn’t far off in fifth for on the second HDR Heidrun bike, completingಌ a solid opening day for the team.

ಞAlex Escrig built on his best ever race weekend in Argentina with sixth, the best of the Forward riders .

Barry Baltus was only marginally slower to finish the day in seventh for Fantic Racing,﷽ clear of Marcos Ramirez, one of the last riders to make gains as the chequerd flag waved to move up from fourteenth to eighth for American Racing at the home round foꦍr the team.

Sergio Garcia rema⛄ins out o💝f action at QJMotor - Frinsa  - MSI. His replacement in the USA is Oscar Gutierrez.  He fell in FP1 but was a much improved ninth in the second session.

Yukii Kunii was at home on the wet securing a top ten place overnight 🌊for Honda Team Asia, as the Moto2 rookies had mixed f♔ortunes in the wet.

Aron Canet was cauti⭕ous after a close save in the morning but did enough for eleventh on the second Fantic machine, moving ahead of twel🌳fth placed Zonta van den Goorbergh, who had a solid session for RW - Idrofoglia.

The remaining Q2 placements went to Senna Agius ( Liqui Moly Intact GP) in 13th and Mario Aji (Honda Team Asia), with Ivan Ortola just bei🔴ng pushed out of the slots for the second qualifying session at the close of Practice.

Second behind Dixon in the opening session went to a late effoꦍrt from Joe Robert🍸s, allowing the American to slip ahead of Deniz Oncu on home soil.

Neither came close to that form in the second session, 🤡with Oncu down in 16th and Roberts even further off the pace in 23rd.

There were more surprising names at the tail end of the Friday timesheets with Manuel Gonzalez not making headway from 27th in FP1, the championship leader finishing a♐ surprising 26th and almost four seconds off Dixon’s lead pace.

Fil♏ip Salac, Dixon’s teammate, also had a day to forget in last overall.

Gonzale🍨z was already struggling✃ on his Liqui Moly Dynavoly Intact GP bike abfore he was the only faller in Practice.

The first minutes on track in FP1 also saw Friday crashes for Darryn Binder and Adrian Huertas, who was investigated for sliding out under the South African riders yellow flag, as well as several near misses including a huge moment for Oncu, while Canet pulled off his massive sav⭕e from what looked like a guarant♚eed crash.