David Alonso set the quickest time in Moto2 practice at the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), posting an all-time COTA lap record of 2:05.847 in Friday afternoon running. Alonso’s lap aboard his CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires was the only time in the 2:05s and shaved roughly 1.508 seconds off the previous COTA benchmark of 2:07.355 set in 2025.

Manuel Gonzalez was second in that session with a 2:06.341 (he suffered a crash), Barry Baltus third with a 2:06.453, followed by Filip Salac (4th), Senna Agius (5th), Tony Arbolino (6th), Ivan Ortola (7th), Celestino Vietti (8th), Izan Guevara (9th) and Joe Roberts (10th, 2:06.853).

Earlier and later practice sessions showed similarly tight margins. Celestino Vietti topped FP1 with a 2:06.724 on an HDR SpeedRS Team Boscoscuro, with David Alonso second (2:06.779) and Tony Arbolino third (2:06.863); the gap between first and second in FP1 was just 0.055 seconds. Tony Arbolino then led FP2 with a 2:06.159 on his REDS Fantic Racing Kalex, Senna Agius was second in FP2 with a 2:06.369 on a Liqui Moly Dynavolt IntactGP Kalex and Alonso Lopez third with a 2:06.402 on an Italjet Gresini Moto2. Across sessions, multiple front-running teams ran Kalex chassis on Pirelli tires, and the practice times provided a snapshot of early pace for the weekend.

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