Valencia MotoGP: Marini leads Ducati 1-2-3 in second practice

VR46 Ducati rider Marini was over a tenth clear of second-placed Jorge Martin (Pramac) in Friday’s second practice with a 1m30.217s. Jack Miller rounded out an all-Ducati top three, with Marc Marquez in fourth for Honda. 

A dramatic FP2 saw several crashes inside the first 10 minutes, with Franco Morbidelli first to go down in Sector 1 on his factory Yamaha before Gresini Ducati’s Fabio DiGiannantonio followed suit at Turn 2. 

Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro crashed at Turn 5, while Marquez also went down at Turn 1. 

Alex Rins was first to move to top of the timesheets on Suzuki’s last weekend in MotoGP, setting a 1m31.238s early on as Quartararo slotted into second with a 1m31.243s, 0.2s quicker than his FP1-topping time. 

Bagnaia’s quickest early attempt put him into 13th, a 1m31.661s the best he could muster, as he struggled to keep his factory Ducati on track and ran wide several times. 

Miller then went second-fastest behind Rins with a 1m31.204s, before he was demoted to third by Marini as Martin slotted into fifth with a 1m31.270s. 

RNF Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow was next to go down with a crash at Turn 2 before Marini again went quickest with a 1m31.110s. 

Bagnaia was able to improve to seventh late on in the session, with a 1m31.330s putting him less than 0.2s behind title rival Quartararo. 

The Yamaha man had a close moment with RNF’s Darryn Binder as the former moved up the inside at Turn 13, but the pair avoided contact. 

Bagnaia also had a moment late on, running wide at Turn 7. 

Martin went third-quickest on his 14th lap, setting a 1m31.195s, before the field pitted for fresh soft rear tyres with five minutes remaining. 

As the times began to tumble, Miller was first to break the 1m31s barrier, moving to the top of the order with a 1m30.608s.

But Marini recaptured the top spot several minutes later with a 1m30.217s and his time would remain unbeaten through the end of the session.

Espargaro and KTM rider Miguel Oliveira both took second briefly, but it was Martin who ended the session second-fastest ahead of Miller and Marquez.  

Gresini Ducati rider Enea Bastianini was fifth-quickest, with Oliveira in sixth. 

Pramac’s Johann Zarco finished seventh ahead of Quartararo and Bagnaia, with Brad Binder rounding off the top 10 for KTM. 

FP2 results:

Cla	Rider		Bike	Time	Gap
1	Luca Marini		Ducati	1'30.217
2	Jorge Martin		Ducati	1'30.322	0.105
3	Jack Miller		Ducati	1'30.345	0.128
4	Marc Marquez		Honda	1'30.390	0.173
5	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	1'30.394	0.177
6	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	1'30.422	0.205
7	Johann Zarco		Ducati	1'30.424	0.207
8	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	1'30.442	0.225
9	Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati	1'30.447	0.230
10	Brad Binder		KTM	1'30.519	0.302
11	Alex Rins		Suzuki	1'30.707	0.490
12	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	1'30.814	0.597
13	Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia	1'30.890	0.673
14	Joan Mir		Suzuki	1'31.004	0.787
15	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	1'31.014	0.797
16	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	1'31.016	0.799
17	Alex Marquez		Honda	1'31.148	0.931
18	Pol Espargaro		Honda	1'31.249	1.032
19	Cal Crutchlow		Yamaha	1'31.345	1.128
20	Raúl Fernández		KTM	1'31.598	1.381
21	Remy Gardner		KTM	1'31.621	1.404
22	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	1'31.672	1.455
23	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	1'31.762	1.545
24	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	1'32.420	2.203
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