Ducati completed a clean sweep of MotoGP Friday practice at the Sachsenring, as Francesco Bagnaia led a 1-2-3 for the Bologna marque in FP2.
Key moments:
> Five Ducatis in top six
> Espargaro fourth, Quartararo seventh
> New lap record
It only took a handful of minutes for the first sub-1m21s lap of the weekend to arrive, courtesy of Aleix Espargaro – who remained at the top of the timing sheets for much of the session.
But he was relegated to second by Jack Miller as the late-session soft-tyre runs commenced, before the other works Ducati of Bagnaia went a further tenth faster.
Bagnaia then improved again to a 1m20.018s, his benchmark stood almost two tenths clear of the Sachsenring lap record previously held by the currently-absent Marc Marquez.
VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini likewise went under Marquez’s lap record, slotting in between Bagnaia and Miller, while Espargaro wound up 0.008s off Miller’s effort.
The Pramac Ducati duo of Johann Zarco and Jorge Martin – the latter fresh off carpal tunnel syndrome surgery – completed the top six.
Championship leader Fabio Quartararo was seventh for Yamaha, ahead of the second Aprilia of Maverick Vinales, yet another Ducati – that of Gresini rider Fabio Di Giannantonio – and Suzuki’s Joan Mir.
Mir’s team-mate Alex Rins acquitted himself excellently despite nursing a fractured wrist, and finished 11th, 0.017s behind his team-mate.
There were no Hondas and no KTMs in the top 10, with the former headed by Takaaki Nakagami (LCR) in 12th and the latter led by Miguel Oliveira in 17th.
Practice 2 Results
| Pos | Name | Team | Bike | Gap Next | Gap Leader | Best Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 1m20.018s | ||
| 2 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | +0.115s | +0.115s | 1m20.133s |
| 3 | Jack Miller | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | +0.078s | +0.193s | 1m20.211s |
| 4 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | +0.008s | +0.201s | 1m20.219s |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Racing | Ducati | +0.045s | +0.246s | 1m20.264s |
| 6 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Racing | Ducati | +0.011s | +0.257s | 1m20.275s |
| 7 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | +0.124s | +0.381s | 1m20.399s |
| 8 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | +0.079s | +0.46s | 1m20.478s |
| 9 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | +0.067s | +0.527s | 1m20.545s |
| 10 | Joan Mir | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | +0.029s | +0.556s | 1m20.574s |
| 11 | Alex Rins | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | +0.017s | +0.573s | 1m20.591s |
| 12 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | +0.025s | +0.598s | 1m20.616s |
| 13 | Enea Bastianini | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | +0.131s | +0.729s | 1m20.747s |
| 14 | Pol Espargaró | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +0.069s | +0.798s | 1m20.816s |
| 15 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | +0.04s | +0.838s | 1m20.856s |
| 16 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | +0.01s | +0.848s | 1m20.866s |
| 17 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.049s | +0.897s | 1m20.915s |
| 18 | Alex Marquez | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | +0.138s | +1.035s | 1m21.053s |
| 19 | Darryn Binder | WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team | Yamaha | +0.06s | +1.095s | 1m21.113s |
| 20 | Stefan Bradl | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +0.004s | +1.099s | 1m21.117s |
| 21 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.151s | +1.25s | 1m21.268s |
| 22 | Remy Gardner | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.035s | +1.285s | 1m21.303s |
| 23 | Andrea Dovizioso | WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team | Yamaha | +0.473s | +1.758s | 1m21.776s |
| 24 | Raul Fernandez | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.044s | +1.802s | 1m21.82s |
