MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia has responded to latest type threats from Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin to set the quickest lap at Misano on Friday.
Bagnaia was quickest in scorching afternoon temperatures on the San Marino Grand Prix and his house circuit the place he gained MotoGP races in 2021 and 2022. The Italian remains to be struggling to alter route easily on the GP24 after his crash in Aragon final Sunday and waited till the ultimate minutes to clock a time simply three-tenths of a second from the lap document, set by Martin final yr.
Martin, the present championship chief, was third quickest and fewer than three tenths behind his important title rival, with Marc Marquez splitting the pair in second. The Catalan is competing on the venue of his earlier win in 2021 with Honda – having ended his win drought final weekend at Aragon.
Franco Morbidelli claimed the San Marino GP in 2020 and was in a position to enter the highest 10 and due to this fact additionally Q2 along with his final flying effort. The Italian positioned leapt as much as fourth place and registered his lap time regardless of a crash by Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro that activated yellow lights and flags by means of Flip 1 and Flip 2 with lower than two minutes to go.
In fifth was Bagnaia’s team-mate Enea Bastianini who labeled forward of Tech3’s Pedro Acosta in sixth – the primary of the non-Ducati riders.
The Spaniard initially fronted the session by matching one of the best lap instances from FP1, however then had a sluggish velocity crash into Flip 8, one in all solely six left hand corners on the historic structure, with seven minutes of the session remaining.
Pedro Acosta, Pink Bull GASGAS Tech3
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One other native, Marco Bezzecchi, was seventh for VR46 Ducati with Maverick Viñales as the primary of the Aprilia quartet in eighth.
Fabio Quartararo hovered within the prime 10 for many of the session regardless of a glitch with a swingarm wing that snapped off his Yamaha on the method to Flip 8 in addition to a number of off-track or off-line excursions. The Frenchman produced his best observe tempo of the season for ninth place and a Q2 spot.
Jack Miller grabbed a tow from Bagnaia to occupy tenth and the final Q2 spot, however KTM team-mate Brad Binder was eleventh and the principle sufferer of Morbidelli’s last-gasp effort, and being dumped out of the highest 10 within the dying seconds means the South African has work to do as a way to burst out of Q1 on Saturday morning.
Aleix Espargaro led his youthful brother Pol, because the siblings settled in twelfth and thirteenth for Aprilia and KTM respectively, with Miguel Oliveira 14th for Trackhouse Aprilia.
Honda may once more rely on Johann Zarco as its main rider on the RC213V, as manufacturing facility rider Joan Mir missed the Friday motion as a result of a abdomen virus, however he ought to have the ability to be part of Q1 tomorrow.
MotoGP San Marino GP – FP2 outcomes
