After taking his second Grand Prix win of the season in France two weeks ago, Sergio Garcia arrives in Barcelona for the Catalan Grand Prix with the championship lead back in his control.

Qualifying

Sergio Garcia continued his strong form this weekend by taking Moto2 pole position in qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, his first pole in Moto2.

Garcia, at 1:41.894, was the only rider in the 1:41s in qualifying, and he finished 0.240 seconds ahead of Fermin Aldeguer, who made it a Boscoscuro 1-2.

Celestino Vietti completed the top three having come through Q1, and Aron Canet followed the same path to qualify fourth, alongside Albert Arenas and Manuel Gonzalez on row two.

Daniel Munoz, Alonso Lopez, and Joe Roberts make up row three, while Ai Ogura rounds out the qualifying top 10. Jake Dixon and Senna Agius will join the #79 on the fourth row.

P2

Moto2 World Championship leader Sergio Garcia topped P2 in Catalunya, the Spaniard setting a new lap record.

When it was initially set, Garcia's 1:41.917 record put him seven-tenths clear at the top of the times, but that was trimmed to under one-tenth by the end of the session courtesy of Joe Roberts and Jake Dixon, who were the only other riders in the 1:41s.

Somkiat Chantra was fourth, ahead of Manuel Gonzalez, Alonso Lopez, Daniel Munoz, Fermin Aldeguer, Albert Arenas, and Ai Ogura who completed the top 10.

The final four direct Q2 spots were taken by Filip Salac, Zonta van den Goorbergh, Izan Guevara, and Tony Arbolino. Aron Canet missed out by over one-tenth compared to Arbolino.

P1

Jorge Navarro delivered one of the surprises of the season in Moto2 P1, topping the session on the unfavoured Forward machine.

Navarro wildcarded for the Italian team in Spain and was as uncompetitive as the brand's other riders, Alex Escrig and Xavi Artigas. 17th in FP on Friday morning in Barcelona showed better for Navarro than Escrig in 31st and Artigas in 32nd, but his time-topping 1:42.807 in P1 was a complete shock. Indeed, it was a lap record for now-WorldSSP regular Navarro.

Second place went to Joe Roberts, but he left Navarro as the only rider in the 1:42s. Daniel Munoz, Bo Bendsneyder's replacement at the GasUp team, led the session for much of it, but slipped to third by the end.

Manuel Gonzalez was fourth when he watched Navarro take the lap record from him, while Fermin Aldeguer rounded out the top five.

Aron Canet was sixth, ahead of Filip Salac, Sergio Garcia, Alonso Lopez, and Tony Arbolino who completed the top 10.

Albert Arenas, Ai Ogura, Senna Agius, and Izan Guevara took the final four provisional Q2 spots, which will be decided in P2 on Saturday morning.

FP

Manuel Gonzalez left Le Mans with the all-time lap record for Moto2 in his pocket, although his French GP weekend was marred by a crash in the race. In Barcelona, he has begun in the same record-breaking way, his 1:42.860 the new benchmark in the intermediate class.

Gonzalez was the only rider in the 1:42s in Free Practice, Alonso Lopez - second-fastest - only managing a 1:43.042.

Jake Dixon was third, 0.002 seconds behind Alonso, while Joe Roberts was almost three-tenths further adrift in fourth.

Ai Ogura was fifth, ahead of Aron Canet and Somkiat Chantra. World Championship leader and Moto2 French Grand Prix winner Sergio Garcia was down in eighth after a late crash at turn 10, while Bo Bendsneyder's replacement, Daniel Munoz, impressed again in ninth. Fermin Aldeguer rounded out the top 10.

Full Moto2 results from Free Practice in Barcelona are below.