Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin headed the second Friday MotoGP practice session at Aragon, with title hopeful Fabio Quartararo breaking up Ducati’s dominance.
Key moments:
> Espargaro down again
> Four Ducatis in top five
> Yet Quartararo an impressive second
> Marquez getting faster
Each of the 24 riders in the field improved on their FP1 times after just 10 minutes of FP2 running, before times got better still during the late-session soft-tyre time attacks.
A 1m47.402s from Martin was enough to lift him to the top just moments after Quartararo had taken first, at a track where the reigning champion has had little success in his premier-class career.
Martin’s team-mate Johann Zarco was a close third behind Quartararo, while Enea Bastianini (Gresini Ducati) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) made it four Desmosedicis in the top five.
Marc Marquez ran the new Kalex-produced swingarm on his Honda bike extensively through the session, and used it on his fastest lap – which elevated him to eighth, and could’ve been even better had he not had a major moment through the final corner.
Yet Marquez’s efforts were only good enough for Honda to end FP2 as the fifth-fastest manufacturer, with not only Ducati and Yamaha but Suzuki and Aprilia ahead, courtesy of sixth-placed Alex Rins and seventh-placed Maverick Vinales respectively.
Vinales spent a big chunk of the session leading, before the late improvements shuffled him down.
His title-contending Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro crashed again in the early minutes of the session, this time at the downhill Turn 14 right-hander, and was unable to get himself into the top 10 despite having topped FP2.
Marquez’s fellow injury returnee Joan Mir was only 21st, 1.2s off the pace.
Practice 2 Results
| Pos | Name | Team | Bike | Gap Next | Gap Leader | Best Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1m47.402s | ||
| 2 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | +0.074s | +0.074s | 1m47.476s |
| 3 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Racing | Ducati | +0.033s | +0.107s | 1m47.509s |
| 4 | Enea Bastianini | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | +0.074s | +0.181s | 1m47.583s |
| 5 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | +0.056s | +0.237s | 1m47.639s |
| 6 | Alex Rins | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | +0.026s | +0.263s | 1m47.665s |
| 7 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | +0.013s | +0.276s | 1m47.678s |
| 8 | Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +0.083s | +0.359s | 1m47.761s |
| 9 | Jack Miller | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | +0.039s | +0.398s | 1m47.8s |
| 10 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | +0.093s | +0.491s | 1m47.893s |
| 11 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | +0.018s | +0.509s | 1m47.911s |
| 12 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.001s | +0.51s | 1m47.912s |
| 13 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | +0.039s | +0.549s | 1m47.951s |
| 14 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | +0.051s | +0.6s | 1m48.002s |
| 15 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.04s | +0.64s | 1m48.042s |
| 16 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | +0.187s | +0.827s | 1m48.229s |
| 17 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | +0.246s | +1.073s | 1m48.475s |
| 18 | Alex Marquez | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | +0.046s | +1.119s | 1m48.521s |
| 19 | Cal Crutchlow | WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team | Yamaha | +0.01s | +1.129s | 1m48.531s |
| 20 | Darryn Binder | WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team | Yamaha | +0.087s | +1.216s | 1m48.618s |
| 21 | Joan Mir | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | +0.003s | +1.219s | 1m48.621s |
| 22 | Raul Fernandez | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.067s | +1.286s | 1m48.688s |
| 23 | Pol Espargaró | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +0.055s | +1.341s | 1m48.743s |
| 24 | Remy Gardner | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | +0.009s | +1.35s | 1m48.752s |
