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Brno MotoGP: Quartararo edges Marquez in FP2
Fabio Quartararo shaded reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez to top Friday afternoon's second practice session for this weekend's Czech Grand Prix at Brno.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Aug 2, 2019, 2:08 PM
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Andrea Dovizioso's benchmark time from the morning's opening practice session was immediately beaten by Alex Rins, who laid down a 1m56.674s to lead the early running.
That remained the top time until Maverick Vinales posted a 1m56.084s with just over half of the 45-minute session remaining, a time that stood until Marquez went top with the first sub-1m56s lap of the day, a 1m55.825s, with six minutes left on the clock.
But with just two minutes remaining, Petronas Yamaha rider Quartararo pulled out a 1m55.802s to go 0.023s faster than Honda rider Marquez.
Dovizioso had climbed to second late on in the session before being demoted to third by Quartararo, and ended up with an identical time to Ducati stablemate Jack Miller, a 1m56.071s - with the Australian credited with third place.
Behind that pair, Vinales was fifth on the best of the factory Yamahas, unable to improve on his earlier time and ending up 0.282s off the pace.
His teammate Valentino Rossi had an eventful session, suffering what appeared to be a blown engine midway through the session and cruising back to the pits with smoke pouring from his M1.
The Italian was soon back out on his second Yamaha however, and ended up ninth-fastest, behind Rins' Suzuki, Quartararo's teammate Franco Morbidelli and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda).
Completing the top 10 behind Rossi was Danilo Petrucci on the second factory Ducati.
Takaaki Nakagami (LCR) and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) both suffered crashes on their way to 12th and 15th respectively, split by top KTM rider Miguel Oliveira in 13th and Jorge Lorenzo's injury substitute at the works Honda team, Stefan Bradl, in 14th.
Suzuki wildcard Sylvain Guintoli was 17th-fastest, having been fifth in FP1 behind Oliveira.
Session results:
Cla # Rider Bike Time Gap 1 20 Fabio Quartararo
Yamaha 1'55.802 2 93 Marc Marquez
Honda 1'55.825 0.023 3 43 Jack Miller
Ducati 1'56.071 0.269 4 4 Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati 1'56.071 0.269 5 12 Maverick Viñales
Yamaha 1'56.084 0.282 6 42 Alex Rins
Suzuki 1'56.225 0.423 7 21 Franco Morbidelli
Yamaha 1'56.419 0.617 8 35 Cal Crutchlow
Honda 1'56.443 0.641 9 46 Valentino Rossi
Yamaha 1'56.527 0.725 10 9 Danilo Petrucci
Ducati 1'56.593 0.791 11 36 Joan Mir
Suzuki 1'56.620 0.818 12 30 Takaaki Nakagami
Honda 1'56.662 0.860 13 88 Miguel Oliveira
KTM 1'56.732 0.930 14 6 Stefan Bradl
Honda 1'56.876 1.074 15 41 Aleix Espargaro
Aprilia 1'56.958 1.156 16 53 Tito Rabat
Ducati 1'57.057 1.255 17 50 Sylvain Guintoli
Suzuki 1'57.098 1.296 18 29 Andrea Iannone
Aprilia 1'57.256 1.454 19 55 Hafizh Syahrin
KTM 1'57.484 1.682 20 5 Johann Zarco
KTM 1'57.496 1.694 21 17 Karel Abraham
Ducati 1'57.562 1.760 22 44 Pol Espargaro
KTM 1'57.792 1.990 23 63 Francesco Bagnaia
Ducati 1'57.893 2.091 View full results
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