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Practice report

Assen MotoGP: Vinales leads rain-affected second practice

Yamaha's Maverick Vinales was fastest in the second MotoGP free practice at Assen, beating everyone except Jonas Folger by more than half a second.

Maverick Viñales, Yamaha Factory Racing

Maverick Viñales, Yamaha Factory Racing

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Maverick Viñales, Yamaha Factory Racing
Jonas Folger, Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Johann Zarco, Monster Yamaha Tech 3, Jonas Folger, Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team
Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati Team

It took Vinales five minutes to beat Danilo Petrucci's FP1 benchmark of 1m34.680s, but Folger soon took over with a 1m33.898s.

The first runs were interrupted by rain around 15 minutes into the session, but the field was able to re-enter a dry track just six minutes later.

Vinales soon reclaimed first place by going 0.077s quicker but, with rain predicted for Saturday, the session ended with a shootout as everyone tried to secure a place in the top 10.

Pramac Ducati's Petrucci and Tech 3 rider Johann Zarco both came close to demoting Vinales, but it was Marc Marquez who managed to lower the benchmark.

However, Vinales immediately fought back with a 1m33.696s and, unlike Marquez, improved with his next flyer as well by half a second.

His 1m33.130s time ended up the fastest lap of the session, with his closest challenger Folger being 0.367s off the pace.

Marquez's Repsol Honda was a further three tenths down in third, ahead of Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso, who used the bike that broke down at the beginning of FP1.

Cal Crutchlow put a second Honda in the top five, ahead of Valentino Rossi, who jumped up to sixth with a late flyer.

Petrucci, Zarco, Aspar Ducati's Alvaro Bautista and Dani Pedrosa took the final positions in the top 10.

Bautista's teammate Karel Abraham missed out on a potential automatic Q2 spot by 0.151s in 11th, while Jorge Lorenzo had a low-key session in 14th behind Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro.

Espargaro's teammate Sam Lowes had a crash at Turn 10 towards the end of the session, the Briton ending up 20th.

FP2 results

Pos.#RiderBikeTimeGap
1 25 spain Maverick Viñales  Yamaha 1'33.130  
2 94 germany Jonas Folger  Yamaha 1'33.497 0.367
3 93 spain Marc Marquez  Honda 1'33.782 0.652
4 4 italy Andrea Dovizioso  Ducati 1'33.790 0.660
5 35 united_kingdom Cal Crutchlow  Honda 1'33.828 0.698
6 46 italy Valentino Rossi  Yamaha 1'33.830 0.700
7 9 italy Danilo Petrucci  Ducati 1'33.890 0.760
8 5 france Johann Zarco  Yamaha 1'33.986 0.856
9 19 spain Alvaro Bautista  Ducati 1'34.103 0.973
10 26 spain Dani Pedrosa  Honda 1'34.148 1.018
11 17 czech_republic Karel Abraham  Ducati 1'34.299 1.169
12 43 australia Jack Miller  Honda 1'34.337 1.207
13 41 spain Aleix Espargaro  Aprilia 1'34.491 1.361
14 99 spain Jorge Lorenzo  Ducati 1'34.523 1.393
15 45 united_kingdom Scott Redding  Ducati 1'34.596 1.466
16 76 france Loris Baz  Ducati 1'34.605 1.475
17 29 italy Andrea Iannone  Suzuki 1'34.617 1.487
18 8 spain Hector Barbera  Ducati 1'34.759 1.629
19 42 spain Alex Rins  Suzuki 1'34.923 1.793
20 22 united_kingdom Sam Lowes  Aprilia 1'35.039 1.909
21 53 spain Tito Rabat  Honda 1'35.185 2.055
22 44 spain Pol Espargaro  KTM 1'35.373 2.243
23 38 united_kingdom Bradley Smith  KTM 1'36.334 3.204

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