Roberts 8th, Beaubier 11th On Friday In Jerez-- MotoAmerica

MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier ended the opening day of the Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain at Jerez with the eighth and 11^th fastest times, respectively, with the pair just .556 and .632 of a second from Friday fast man Jake Dixon.

Italtrans Racing’s Roberts, who won his first Moto2 Grand Prix a week ago in Portugal, ended up the quickest of the American duo with his 1:42.202 from FP2 a full second quicker than his FP1 time that had him 20^th on the time sheets. Beaubier, meanwhile, was fifth in FP1 and improved just slightly by .014 of a second to record a 1:42.278 in FP2. Beaubier had two lowside crashes on the day – one in each session.

Beaubier’s American Racing teammate Sean Dylan Kelly ended the day 28^th with a .379 of a second improvement from FP1 to FP2.

The day was led by Autosolar GASGAS Aspar’s Dixon, the Brit lapping at a best of 1:41.646. Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Augusto Fernandez and IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia’s Ai Ogura were second and third fastest, respectively.