Mugello MotoGP: Bagnaia fastest in FP2 from Quartararo

Bagnaia's best time of 1m46.732s came in the dying seconds of the Friday afternoon session as most riders opted to close out the day with a fresh soft rear tyre.

Among those not to do so was Marc Marquez, who surpassed his own FP1 benchmark on only his second flying lap - setting a 1m47.062s that went unchallenged until the closing stages.

With six minutes left on the clock, Danilo Petrucci deposed the Honda rider by setting a 1m47.012s, before Pol Espargaro went fastest aboard the KTM, becoming the first to break into the 1m46s.

Factory Ducati man responded with a 1m46.863s moments later, but that was then beaten by Quartararo's 1m46.778s on the Petronas Yamaha and then Bagnaia's last-ditch session-topping effort.

Petrucci ended up third ahead of Espargaro, while Maverick Vinales was the fifth and final rider to crack the 1m47s barrier on the best of the works Yamahas.

Marquez's early lap was still good enough for sixth, followed by Alex Rins' Suzuki, Cal Crutchlow's LCR Honda and Jack Miller's Pramac Ducati.

Franco Morbidelli completed the top 10 - and thus the provisional Q2 positions - on the second Petronas SRT bike, fractionally ahead of Andrea Dovizioso's Ducati in 11th.

Johann Zarco was 12th on his KTM despite becoming the first crasher of the weekend with a late fall at the sweeping Palagio left-hander.

That was soon followed by Miller running into the gravel and crashing at the following bend, Correntaio.

Aleix Espargaro once again led Aprilia's efforts, albeit down in 16th after ending up fifth in FP1, while Valentino Rossi was nearly a full second off the pace in 18th place.

Jorge Lorenzo was a lowly 20th on the second works Honda, 1.382s slower than Bagnaia.

Session results

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'46.732
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'46.778	0.046
3	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'46.863	0.131
4	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'46.966	0.234
5	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'46.973	0.241
6	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'47.062	0.330
7	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'47.167	0.435
8	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'47.170	0.438
9	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'47.185	0.453
10	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'47.268	0.536
11	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'47.347	0.615
12	5	Johann Zarco	KTM	1'47.419	0.687
13	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1'47.421	0.689
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'47.483	0.751
15	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'47.579	0.847
16	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'47.612	0.880
17	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'47.686	0.954
18	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'47.726	0.994
19	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	1'47.887	1.155
20	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	1'48.114	1.382
21	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'48.146	1.414
22	55	Hafizh Syahrin	KTM	1'48.496	1.764
23	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1'48.914	2.182
View full results