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Practice report
MotoGP Emilia-Romagna GP

MotoGP Emilia Romagna GP: Bagnaia leads Martin, Marquez in second practice

Just three tenths separated Ducati trio Bagnaia, Martin and Marquez in the main practice session of the Misano weekend

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia edged MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin to top the second practice session for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

A late effort of 1m30.286s from Bagnaia on the factory Ducati was good enough to outpace Pramac rival Martin by a shade under two hundreds of a second at Misano, as Marc Marquez took third place on the year-old GP23.

Championship protagonists Martin and Bagnaia traded fastest times in the first quarter of the session, with Martin first to take to the top on a 1m31.325s and Bagnaia responding with a 1m31.129s.

Martin then broke the 1m32s barrier on his next flying lap, only for Bagnaia to fire back with a 1m30.924s to reclaim the top spot.

It took a second run from Martin to finally get the better of Bagnaia, the Spaniard getting down to a 1m30.884s after returning to the track on the same tyres.

A final flurry of laps followed in the final 15 minutes as all riders fitted a soft rear tyre. Martin lowered his benchmark to 1m30.585s to extend his advantage at the front, but Bagnaia managed to find almost a quarter of a second on him to swing the session back in his favour.

The late 1m30.286s effort from Bagnaia remained unbeaten until the end of the session, partly down to Martin losing his Pramac bike into the long Turn 8 left-hander with under four minutes left on the clock.

Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing

Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

Martin had improved to a 1m30.484s before his late tumble, putting him 0.198s down on Bagnaia’s best.

Gresini rider Marc Marquez, who was quickest in FP1, finished another tenth adrift in third place after posting a time of 1m30.585s on the best of the GP23 bikes.

Enea Bastianini was in the drop zone with the final 10 minutes to run, but the factory Ducati rider improved to a 1m31.0607s to take fourth ahead of an impressive Fabio Quartararo on the factory Yamaha.

Quartararo was the only representative for Yamaha in afternoon practice, with team-mate Alex Rins sitting out the session due to a high fever.

Franco Morbidelli took sixth place on the Pramac Ducati, while Marco Bezzecchi was seventh on the leading VR46 bike.

Both factory Aprilia riders earned an automated spot into Q2, with Maverick Vinales setting the eight-fastest time and team-mate Aleix Espargaro creeping up to 10th with a minute left in the session.

Tech3 KTM’s Pedro Acosta was the only rider from the KTM contingent inside the top 10 as he set split to two factory Aprilias in ninth, 0.705s down on Bagnaia’s best effort.

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

Martin wasn’t the only rider to crash in the dying minutes of the hour-long session, with VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio suffering a scary fall at Turn 13 and KTM rider Brad Binder also having a tumble at Turn 1.

Both riders will be forced to go through Q1, along with the likes of Jack Miller (KTM) and Alex Marquez (Gresini).

Between Miller in 11th and the younger Marquez in 13th, LCR’s Johann Zarco put in a solid effort to take 12th spot on the fastest of the Honda bikes.

MotoGP Emilia Romagna GP - FP2 results

   
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Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Speed Trap
1 Italy F. Bagnaia Ducati Team 1 Ducati 23

1'30.286

  168.504  
2 Spain J. Martin Pramac Racing 89 Ducati 22

+0.198

1'30.484

0.198 168.135  
3 Spain M. Marquez Gresini Racing 93 Ducati 25

+0.299

1'30.585

0.101 167.948  
4 Italy E. Bastianini Ducati Team 23 Ducati 27

+0.321

1'30.607

0.022 167.907  
5 France F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing 20 Yamaha 26

+0.600

1'30.886

0.279 167.392  
6 Italy F. Morbidelli Pramac Racing 21 Ducati 26

+0.646

1'30.932

0.046 167.307  
7 Italy M. Bezzecchi Team VR46 72 Ducati 26

+0.678

1'30.964

0.032 167.248  
8 Spain M. Viñales Aprilia Racing Team 12 Aprilia 26

+0.704

1'30.990

0.026 167.200  
9 Spain P. Acosta Tech 3 31 KTM 21

+0.705

1'30.991

0.001 167.198  
10 Spain A. Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team 41 Aprilia 24

+0.881

1'31.167

0.176 166.876  
11 Australia J. Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 43 KTM 23

+0.931

1'31.217

0.050 166.784  
12 France J. Zarco Team LCR 5 Honda 25

+0.964

1'31.250

0.033 166.724  
13 Italy F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46 49 Ducati 17

+1.107

1'31.393

0.143 166.463  
14 Spain A. Marquez Gresini Racing 73 Ducati 25

+1.227

1'31.513

0.120 166.245  
15 South Africa B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 33 KTM 22

+1.362

1'31.648

0.135 166.000  
16 Portugal M. Oliveira Trackhouse Racing Team 88 Aprilia 17

+1.382

1'31.668

0.020 165.964  
17 Spain R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team 25 Aprilia 25

+1.434

1'31.720

0.052 165.870  
18 Italy L. Marini Repsol Honda Team 10 Honda 26

+1.479

1'31.765

0.045 165.788  
19 Spain J. Mir Repsol Honda Team 36 Honda 25

+1.638

1'31.924

0.159 165.501  
20 Spain A. Fernandez Tech 3 37 KTM 20

+1.814

1'32.100

0.176 165.185  
21 Japan T. Nakagami Team LCR 30 Honda 24

+1.924

1'32.210

0.110 164.988  
22 Spain A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing 42 Yamaha 0

 

     

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