Practice report

MotoGP Valencia GP: Marini fastest in FP2, Quartararo and Bagnaia in the top 10

Luca Marini topped FP2 for MotoGP’s Valencia Grand Prix as title contenders Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia finished in eighth and ninth.

The VR46 Ducati rider was over a tenth clear of second-placed Jorge Martin for Prima Pramac in Friday’s second practice, with a 1m30.217s.

Jack Miller rounded out an all-Ducati top three, with Marc Marquez in fourth for Honda.

A dramatic FP2 saw several crashes inside the first 10 minutes, with Franco Morbidelli first to go down in the first sector on his factory Yamaha before Gresini Ducati’s Fabio Di Giannantonio followed suit at Turn 2. Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro crashed at Turn 5, while Marquez also went down at Turn 1.

Alex Rins was first to top the timesheet on Suzuki’s last weekend in MotoGP, setting a 1m31.238s early on as Quartararo slotted into second with a 1m31.243s, 0.2s quicker than his FP1-topping time.

Bagnaia’s quickest early attempt put him into 13th, a 1m31.661s the best he could muster, as he struggled to keep his factory Ducati on track and ran wide several times.

Miller then went second-fastest behind Rins with a 1m31.204s, before he was demoted to third by Marini as Martin slotted into fifth with a 1m31.270s.

RNF Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow was next to go down with a crash at Turn 2 before Marini again went quickest with a 1m31.110s.

Bagnaia was able to improve to seventh late on in the session, with a 1m31.330s putting him less than 0.2s behind title rival Quartararo.

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team

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The Yamaha man had a close moment with RNF’s Darryn Binder as the former moved up the inside at Turn 13, but the pair avoided contact.

Bagnaia also had a moment late on, running wide at Turn 7.

Martin went third-quickest on his 14th lap, setting a 1m31.195s, before the field pitted for fresh soft rear tyres with five minutes remaining.

As the times tumbled, Miller was first to enter the 1m30s, with a 1m30.608s putting him quickest. But Marini recaptured the top spot several minutes later with a 1m30.217s, the quickest time of the day.

KTM rider Miguel Oliveira both took second briefly, but it was Martin who ended the session second-fastest ahead of Miller and Marquez.

Gresini Ducati rider Enea Bastianini was fifth quickest, with Oliveira in sixth.

Pramac’s Johann Zarco finished seventh ahead of Quartararo and Bagnaia, with Brad Binder rounding off the top 10 for KTM.

MotoGP Valencia GP - FP2 results

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Luca Marini	Ducati	21	1'30.217
2	Jorge Martin	Ducati	20	1'30.322	0.105	0.105
3	Jack Miller	Ducati	18	1'30.345	0.128	0.023
4	Marc Marquez	Honda	19	1'30.390	0.173	0.045
5	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	20	1'30.394	0.177	0.004
6	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	21	1'30.422	0.205	0.028
7	Johann Zarco	Ducati	21	1'30.424	0.207	0.002
8	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	21	1'30.442	0.225	0.018
9	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	20	1'30.447	0.230	0.005
10	Brad Binder	KTM	20	1'30.519	0.302	0.072
11	Alex Rins	Suzuki	22	1'30.707	0.490	0.188
12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	19	1'30.814	0.597	0.107
13	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	17	1'30.890	0.673	0.076
14	Joan Mir	Suzuki	18	1'31.004	0.787	0.114
15	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	21	1'31.014	0.797	0.010
16	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	15	1'31.016	0.799	0.002
17	Alex Marquez	Honda	19	1'31.148	0.931	0.132
18	Pol Espargaro	Honda	19	1'31.249	1.032	0.101
19	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	19	1'31.345	1.128	0.096
20	Raúl Fernández	KTM	19	1'31.598	1.381	0.253
21	Remy Gardner	KTM	20	1'31.621	1.404	0.023
22	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	21	1'31.672	1.455	0.051
23	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	13	1'31.762	1.545	0.090
24	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	20	1'32.420	2.203	0.658
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