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Valencia MotoGP: Marini leads Ducati 1-2-3 in second practice
Luca Marini topped FP2 for MotoGP’s Valencia Grand Prix as title contenders Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia finished in eighth and ninth respectively.
Megan White
Edited: Nov 4, 2022, 4:13 PM
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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 View full results
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