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Sepang MotoGP: Quartararo smashes new record in FP2
Fabio Quartararo blew his own Sepang lap record away as he gapped the field by an incredible six-tenths in FP2 for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Edited: Nov 1, 2019, 3:20 PM
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Having lowered the official MotoGP benchmark to a 1m59.027s this morning, the Frenchman was in record-breaking form again in second practice.
Not only did he become the first rider under the 1m59s on a race weekend, he did it comfortably with a stunning 1m58.576s.
With Andrea Dovizioso six-tenths back with a 1m59.206s, Quartararo now has the two fastest laps at the Sepang circuit to his name.
Valentino Rossi and Franco Morbidelli capped off a promising day for Yamaha, finishing up third and fourth after running fresh soft rears late in the session.
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Jack Miller was fifth, despite being over a second off the pace, followed by Aleix Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow.
Francesco Bagnaia was eighth quickest, however his 1m59.774s wasn't good enough to leave him sitting on an automatic passage to Q2.
Maverick Vinales ended up back in ninth, the Yamaha rider having been fastest with just 12 minutes to go. He was first into the 1m59s too, only to be swamped by the late pack of late improvers.
Another rider that failed to make an impact late in the session was early pacesetter Marc Marquez. The world champion set to his best lap, a 2m00.215s, just 12 minutes in, before sinking to 13th by the finish.
He's still sitting in a Q2 spot, though, thanks to his FP1 time.
Miguel Oliveira, meanwhile, was a no-show in that session, the Tech 3 rider out for the remainder of the weekend after struggling with his Phillip Island injuries in this morning's first practice.
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FP2 results:
Cla Rider Bike Time Gap 1 Fabio Quartararo
Yamaha 01'58.576 2 Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati 01'59.206 00.630 3 Valentino Rossi
Yamaha 01'59.284 00.708 4 Franco Morbidelli
Yamaha 01'59.502 00.926 5 Jack Miller
Ducati 01'59.593 01.017 6 Aleix Espargaro
Aprilia 01'59.707 01.131 7 Cal Crutchlow
Honda 01'59.711 01.135 8 Francesco Bagnaia
Ducati 01'59.774 01.198 9 Maverick Viñales
Yamaha 01'59.845 01.269 10 Alex Rins
Suzuki 01'59.849 01.273 11 Joan Mir
Suzuki 01'59.984 01.408 12 Danilo Petrucci
Ducati 02'00.057 01.481 13 Marc Marquez
Honda 02'00.215 01.639 14 Johann Zarco
Honda 02'00.268 01.692 15 Karel Abraham
Ducati 02'00.477 01.901 16 Pol Espargaro
KTM 02'00.658 02.082 17 Jorge Lorenzo
Honda 02'00.705 02.129 18 Andrea Iannone
Aprilia 02'01.190 02.614 19 Mika Kallio
KTM 02'02.017 03.441 20 Hafizh Syahrin
KTM 02'02.429 03.853 Miguel Oliveira
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