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Practice report

Jerez MotoGP: Petrucci tops red-flagged FP2

Danilo Petrucci led his factory Ducati teammate Andrea Dovizioso in second MotoGP practice at Jerez, which was red-flagged shortly before the end.

Danilo Petrucci, Ducati Team

Danilo Petrucci, Ducati Team

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Like FP1, the afternoon session was controlled for the majority by Marc Marquez, whose 1m38.154s kept him on top for most of the 45-minute running.

It was Marquez who improved first as the final fast laps started, but he was only faster by seven thousandths of a second and Cal Crutchlow soon demoted him.

The Briton was then beaten by Petrucci, who set a time of 1m37.909s with just three minutes on the clock and shortly before the session was red-flagged.

The stoppage was caused by Karel Abraham and Bradley Smith crashing at Turn 5 in quick succession with the former's Avintia Ducati bike and lots of debris left on track.

The break lasted only a few minutes and the field had time for one more fast lap, but the majority of the top riders couldn't improve, and Petrucci ended up topping the session.

Dovizioso was second as he beat Crutchlow by 0.001s with Marquez taking fourth.

The Yamahas of Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo improved after the red flag to secure fifth and sixth respectively followed by three more Hondas: wildcard Stefan Bradl, LCR's Takaaki Nakagami and Jorge Lorenzo.

The same nine riders are currently in the top 10 of the overall classification as well, with the final Q2 spot currently belonging to Jack Miller - who was 11th-fastest in FP2, narrowly beaten by Pramac Ducati teammate Francesco Bagnaia.

Pol Espargaro was the top KTM in 12th as his teammate Johann Zarco suffered his second crash of the day at Turn 2. Tech 3 rider Hafizh Syahrin also fell and completed just three laps in the session.

Joan Mir also crashed and was only 17th but still close to teammate Alex Rins, who took 16th as neither Suzuki finished in the overall top 10.

After taking 16th in FP1, Valentino Rossi continued to struggle as he only took 14th in FP2.

FP2 results

Cla # Rider Bike Time Gap
1 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci
Ducati 1'37.909
2 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati 1'38.006 0.097
3 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow
Honda 1'38.104 0.195
4 93 Spain Marc Marquez
Honda 1'38.147 0.238
5 12 Spain Maverick Viñales
Yamaha 1'38.241 0.332
6 20 France Fabio Quartararo
Yamaha 1'38.370 0.461
7 6 Germany Stefan Bradl
Honda 1'38.373 0.464
8 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami
Honda 1'38.414 0.505
9 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Honda 1'38.445 0.536
10 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia
Ducati 1'38.593 0.684
11 43 Australia Jack Miller
Ducati 1'38.606 0.697
12 44 Spain Pol Espargaro
KTM 1'38.635 0.726
13 29 Italy Andrea Iannone
Aprilia 1'38.676 0.767
14 46 Italy Valentino Rossi
Yamaha 1'38.681 0.772
15 41 Spain Aleix Espargaro
Aprilia 1'38.721 0.812
16 42 Spain Alex Rins
Suzuki 1'38.747 0.838
17 36 Spain Joan Mir
Suzuki 1'38.789 0.880
18 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli
Yamaha 1'38.900 0.991
19 53 Spain Tito Rabat
Ducati 1'39.110 1.201
20 5 France Johann Zarco
KTM 1'39.366 1.457
21 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham
Ducati 1'39.532 1.623
22 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira
KTM 1'39.774 1.865
23 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith
Aprilia 1'39.904 1.995
24 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin
KTM 1'40.894 2.985

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