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Practice report

Assen MotoGP: Vinales leads Quartararo in FP2

Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales topped the second practice session of the Dutch TT, coming just 0.011s shy of the track's MotoGP lap record.

Maverick Vinales, Yamaha Factory Racing

Maverick Vinales, Yamaha Factory Racing

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Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso led most of the session with a 1m33.223s before the field put on new tyres for the last five minutes of FP2.

Vinales then went four tenths faster, before managing another big improvement to set a 1m32.638s, coming up just short of teammate Valentino Rossi's lap record set in 2015.

Fabio Quartararo again completed a Yamaha 1-2, going 0.180s slower than Vinales, with Danilo Petrucci completing the same top three as in FP1 on the best of the Ducatis.

Petrucci was followed by his teammate Dovizioso and Suzuki's Alex Rins.

Andrea Iannone held a shock lead for a few seconds early in the session after following Marc Marquez for a fast lap, but another attempt at a fast lap at the end of FP2 resulted in a crash.

The Aprilia rider was still sixth in the session, narrowly outpacing Marquez (Honda) and Joan Mir (Suzuki).

A late improvement from Rossi put the Italian ninth and into a provisional Q2 spot, with Cal Crutchlow completing the top 10 on the LCR Honda.

KTM had a low-key session, with its quickest rider Pol Espargaro only taking 15th and Johann Zarco crashing at Turn 7.

Session results:

Cla # Rider Bike Time Gap
1 12 Spain Maverick Viñales
Yamaha 1'32.638
2 20 France Fabio Quartararo
Yamaha 1'32.818 0.180
3 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci
Ducati 1'32.952 0.314
4 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati 1'33.223 0.585
5 42 Spain Alex Rins
Suzuki 1'33.305 0.667
6 29 Italy Andrea Iannone
Aprilia 1'33.355 0.717
7 93 Spain Marc Marquez
Honda 1'33.413 0.775
8 36 Spain Joan Mir
Suzuki 1'33.415 0.777
9 46 Italy Valentino Rossi
Yamaha 1'33.517 0.879
10 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow
Honda 1'33.727 1.089
11 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia
Ducati 1'33.815 1.177
12 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham
Ducati 1'33.854 1.216
13 43 Australia Jack Miller
Ducati 1'33.874 1.236
14 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli
Yamaha 1'33.963 1.325
15 44 Spain Pol Espargaro
KTM 1'33.971 1.333
16 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami
Honda 1'34.040 1.402
17 5 France Johann Zarco
KTM 1'34.194 1.556
18 53 Spain Tito Rabat
Ducati 1'34.370 1.732
19 41 Spain Aleix Espargaro
Aprilia 1'34.537 1.899
20 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira
KTM 1'34.628 1.990
21 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin
KTM 1'35.250 2.612
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo
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