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Styria MotoGP FP2: Aprilia’s Savadori fastest on damp track

by Josh Suttill
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Lorenzo Savadori was the surprise session-topper for Aprilia in a wet second MotoGP practice session ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring.

Following on from LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami going fastest in FP1, it was Savadori who emerged as the fastest rider on a damp but drying circuit.

Savadori topped the session with a 1m31.304s, over seven seconds slower than Nakagami’s morning benchmark.

Second fastest was Johann Zarco, who was 0.154s slower than Savadori on his Pramac Ducati machine. The top three was completed by defending champion Joan Mir.

The factory Ducati of Francesco Bagnaia was fourth fastest ahead of the second Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro and Suzuki’s Alex Rins.

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Both riders were able to continue with Marquez able to take the seventh-fastest time, ahead of the Tech3 KTM of Iker Leucona, who had an off early in the session at the Turn 1 right-hander.

The top 10 was completed by Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales and six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez.

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Championship leader Fabio Quartararo found himself down in 15th place at the chequered flag, just behind Jack Miller’s Ducati who risked it on slick tyres at the end of the session.

As the FP2 times were far slower than the FP1 efforts, Quartararo still has a provisional place in Q2 while FP2 session topper Savadori will currently need to take part in Q1.

KTM’s Dani Pedrosa was 21st fastest in the second practice session of his first MotoGP race weekend in three years, one place behind fellow returnee Cal Crutchlow – standing in for the injured Franco Morbidelli at Petronas Yamaha.

KTM’s Miguel Oliveira completed a single outlap following his nasty FP1 highside, and didn’t set a flying lap.

Practice 2 Results

Pos Name Team Bike Gap Next Gap Leader Best Time
1 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1m31.304s
2 Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati +0.154s +0.154s 1m31.458s
3 Joan Mir Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki +0.108s +0.262s 1m31.566s
4 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati +0.616s +0.878s 1m32.182s
5 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +0.049s +0.927s 1m32.231s
6 Alex Rins Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki +0.08s +1.007s 1m32.311s
7 Alex Marquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda +0.134s +1.141s 1m32.445s
8 Iker Lecuona Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM +0.098s +1.239s 1m32.543s
9 Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +0.142s +1.381s 1m32.685s
10 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda Team Honda +0.156s +1.537s 1m32.841s
11 Enea Bastianini Avintia Esponsorama Racing Ducati +0.183s +1.72s 1m33.024s
12 Luca Marini SKY VR46 Avintia Team Ducati +0.128s +1.848s 1m33.152s
13 Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda +0.263s +2.111s 1m33.415s
14 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati +0.018s +2.129s 1m33.433s
15 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +0.065s +2.194s 1m33.498s
16 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM +0.091s +2.285s 1m33.589s
17 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda +0.069s +2.354s 1m33.658s
18 Danilo Petrucci Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM +0.026s +2.38s 1m33.684s
19 Jorge Martin Pramac Racing Ducati +0.222s +2.602s 1m33.906s
20 Cal Crutchlow Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha +0.048s +2.65s 1m33.954s
21 Dani Pedrosa Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM +0s +2.65s 1m33.954s
22 Valentino Rossi Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha +0.628s +3.278s 1m34.582s
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