Luca Marini led a Ducati 1-2-3 in the second MotoGP practice at Valencia, but points leader Francesco Bagnaia was only ninth.
Key moments:
> Quartararo and Bagnaia 0.005s apart
> Marquez best of the rest behind Ducati trio
> Several early crashes
Marini already narrowly headed Yamaha’s title hopeful Fabio Quartararo at the top of the timing screens coming up to the final minutes, when riders kicked off initial qualifying simulations with fresh soft rear tyres.
And, though briefly deposed, the Italian – yet to finish on the podium in MotoGP – lifted his VR46-run Desmosedici GP22 to first place shortly before the chequered flag, courtesy of a 1m30.217s that proved enough for him to end the day as the pace-setter.
Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin and Bagnaia’s factory team-mate Jack Miller completed the top three, with only Honda’s Marc Marquez preventing a Ducati 1-2-3-4 by beating Gresini Ducati rider Enea Bastianini to fourth by 0.004s.
Quartararo wound up eighth, just 0.005s clear of Bagnaia despite a seemingly stronger Friday overall – the Frenchman needing to win to retain the MotoGP crown and for Bagnaia to finish outside the top 14.
There were many crashes in the early going in the session, before things counterintuitively settled down towards the end despite the pace picking up.
Among the first-sector fallers were Yamaha riders Franco Morbidelli and Cal Crutchlow, Gresini Ducati rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marquez, taking a tumble at Turn 1 after having fallen at Turn 2 in first practice.
There was also an off for Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro but further along the track, at Turn 5.
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The only other incidents of note were Quartararo having to barge past fellow Yamaha rider Darryn Binder with a forceful Turn 13 move, and Suzuki rider Alex Rins harmlessly bumping into future Honda stablemate Marquez while lining up for practice starts.
Practice 2 Results
Pos | Name | Team | Bike | Gap Next | Gap Leader | Best Time |
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1 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 1m30.217s | ||
2 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Racing | Ducati | +0.105s | +0.105s | 1m30.322s |
3 | Jack Miller | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | +0.023s | +0.128s | 1m30.345s |
4 | Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +0.045s | +0.173s | 1m30.39s |
5 | Enea Bastianini | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | +0.004s | +0.177s | 1m30.394s |
6 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.028s | +0.205s | 1m30.422s |
7 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Racing | Ducati | +0.002s | +0.207s | 1m30.424s |
8 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | +0.018s | +0.225s | 1m30.442s |
9 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | +0.005s | +0.23s | 1m30.447s |
10 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.072s | +0.302s | 1m30.519s |
11 | Alex Rins | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | +0.188s | +0.49s | 1m30.707s |
12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | +0.107s | +0.597s | 1m30.814s |
13 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | +0.076s | +0.673s | 1m30.89s |
14 | Joan Mir | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | +0.114s | +0.787s | 1m31.004s |
15 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | +0.01s | +0.797s | 1m31.014s |
16 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | +0.002s | +0.799s | 1m31.016s |
17 | Alex Marquez | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | +0.132s | +0.931s | 1m31.148s |
18 | Pol Espargaró | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +0.101s | +1.032s | 1m31.249s |
19 | Cal Crutchlow | WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team | Yamaha | +0.096s | +1.128s | 1m31.345s |
20 | Raul Fernandez | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.253s | +1.381s | 1m31.598s |
21 | Remy Gardner | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.023s | +1.404s | 1m31.621s |
22 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | +0.051s | +1.455s | 1m31.672s |
23 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | +0.09s | +1.545s | 1m31.762s |
24 | Darryn Binder | WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team | Yamaha | +0.658s | +2.203s | 1m32.42s |
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