Practice report

Misano MotoGP: Quartararo leads Petronas 1-2 in FP2

MotogP championship leader Fabio Quartararo led a Petronas Yamaha 1-2 ahead of Franco Morbidelli in second practice for the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano.

The opening stages of FP2 were fairly frantic, with top sport switching hands five times across the first 15 minutes of running.

Alex Rins set the benchmark on his Suzuki at a 1m34.050s, which was quickly beaten by Tech 3 rookie Iker Lecuona with a 1m33.998s.

FP1 pacesetter Maverick Vinales continued his work on the hard rear tyre he ended the opening session on, and shot to the top of the order with a 1m33.817s, before the works KTM of Pol Espargaro edged ahead with a 1m33.769s.

Quartararo dropped the pace to a 1m33.370s on his Petronas Yamaha, though Joan Mir on the sister Suzuki went even quicker with a 1m33.236s.

Rins and Quartararo returned to spot as the session entered its second half, though Vinales once again re-established himself as the fastest with a 1m32.928s with just over 14 minutes remaining on a hard rear tyre with 23 laps on it.

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In the closing stages of the session, the timing screens began to light up as much of the field started time attacks on fresh rubber.

Having crashed at Turn 6 with 26 minutes remaining, Brad Binder guided his KTM to a 1m32.920s with four minutes to go to go fastest of all.

It was short-lived, however, as Morbidelli blasted that lap time away with a 1m32.367s.

This came under threat from his team-mate Quartararo on his final lap, with the Frenchman setting the best time of the day with a 1m32.189s to end Friday fastest of all.

Morbidelli’s second quickest time was not surmounted by Espargaro on the KTM, while Lecuona continued to impress in fourth ahead of Valentino Rossi, who set his 1m32.732s on the medium tyre rather than the soft.

Vinales was shuffled back to sixth in the end, with Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci top Desmosedici runner in eighth ahead of Binder and Styrian GP winner Miguel Oliveira – ensuring all four KTMs made it into the top 10 in FP2.

Aleix Espargaro ran as high as third in the latter stages on his Aprilia, but ended the session 10th, beating Andrea Dovizioso – who seemed to encounter more technical dramas - on the works Ducati by 0.009 seconds.

No Suzuki made it into the top 10 on the combined times in 13th and 15th respectively, while Takaaki Nakagami was the fastest Honda rider in 12th on his year-old LCR bike.

The returning Francesco Baganaia was 17th on his Pramac Ducati, trailing teammate Jack Miller, while Avintia’s Tito Rabat completed the field.

San Marino Grand Prix - FP2 results:

Cla	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'32.189
2	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'32.367	0.178
3	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'32.476	0.287
4	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1'32.675	0.486
5	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'32.732	0.543
6	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'32.742	0.553
7	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'32.825	0.636
8	Brad Binder	KTM	1'32.920	0.731
9	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1'32.935	0.746
10	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'32.936	0.747
11	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'32.945	0.756
12	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'32.975	0.786
13	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'33.015	0.826
14	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1'33.049	0.860
15	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'33.124	0.935
16	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'33.368	1.179
17	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'33.400	1.211
18	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1'33.568	1.379
19	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1'33.631	1.442
20	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'33.696	1.507
21	Alex Marquez	Honda	1'33.806	1.617
22	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'33.923	1.734
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