Styrian MotoGP: Savadori tops wet second practice for Aprilia
Aprilia rookie Lorenzo Savadori topped a wet second practice for the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix ahead of Johann Zarco on the Pramac Ducati.
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Light rain ahead of the second session ensured Takaaki Nakagami’s 1m23.805s from FP1 as the best time of Friday, as FP2 was mostly run on a wet track.
MotoGP’s wet-weather specialist Danilo Petrucci was the first out on track to test the conditions on his Tech 3 KTM, followed by teammate Iker Lecuona.
Lecuona set the initial benchmark with a 1m37.716s, but immediately crashed at Turn 1 – though suffered no damage and carried on.
Petrucci deposed Lecuona soon after with a 1m36.188s, before the latter returned to top spot with a 1m35.611s, which he improved to a 1m34.319s two laps later.
With just over 15 minutes of the 45-minute session gone, Marc Marquez shot to the top of the order with a 1m33.334s, bettering this to a 1m33.206s on his following tour.
At mid-distance, Marquez edged further clear of the field with a 1m32.841s which went unchallenged until the closing eight minutes of the session when the track began to dry out.
Pramac’s Johann Zarco was the first to better Marquez’s time with a 1m32.807s, before factory Ducati counterpart Francesco Bagnaia went quicker with a 1m32.310s.
Aprilia’s Savadori then took over top spot with a 1m31.304s, while Jack Miller on the other factory team Ducati was the first to venture out on slick tyres.
Miller’s adventure ultimately came to nothing substantial, the Australian 14th at the chequered flag.
Savadori held onto top spot, 0.154s clear of Zarco, while world champion Joan Mir completed the top three on his Suzuki.
Bagnaia was a further 0.616s behind Mir ahead of the sister Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro, while Alex Rins was sixth on the Suzuki.
Alex Marquez leaped up to seventh with his final effort on the LCR Honda, heading Lecuona, Maverick Vinales on the only Yamaha in the top 10 in FP2 and Marc Marquez on the factory Honda.
Championship leader Fabio Quartararo was 2.1s off the pace in 15th in typically difficult session for Yamaha riders in drying conditions, with Petronas SRT stand-in Cal Crutchlow 20th and the retiring Valentino Rossi on the sister SRT M1 22nd.
Petrucci was shuffled back to 18th after his early run at the sharp-end, while factory KTM rider Miguel Oliveira only completed an out-lap in FP2 due to pain in his wrist from his FP1 crash.
Styrian GP - FP2 results:
Cla | # | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 32 |
Lorenzo Savadori
|
Aprilia | 1'31.304 | ||
2 | 5 |
Johann Zarco
|
Ducati | 1'31.458 | 0.154 | |
3 | 36 |
Joan Mir
|
Suzuki | 1'31.566 | 0.262 | |
4 | 63 |
Francesco Bagnaia
|
Ducati | 1'32.182 | 0.878 | |
5 | 41 |
Aleix Espargaro
|
Aprilia | 1'32.231 | 0.927 | |
6 | 42 |
Alex Rins
|
Suzuki | 1'32.311 | 1.007 | |
7 | 73 |
Alex Marquez
|
Honda | 1'32.445 | 1.141 | |
8 | 27 |
Iker Lecuona
|
KTM | 1'32.543 | 1.239 | |
9 | 12 |
Maverick Viñales
|
Yamaha | 1'32.685 | 1.381 | |
10 | 93 |
Marc Marquez
|
Honda | 1'32.841 | 1.537 | |
11 | 23 |
Enea Bastianini
|
Ducati | 1'33.024 | 1.720 | |
12 | 10 |
Luca Marini
|
Ducati | 1'33.152 | 1.848 | |
13 | 44 |
Pol Espargaro
|
Honda | 1'33.415 | 2.111 | |
14 | 43 |
Jack Miller
|
Ducati | 1'33.453 | 2.149 | |
15 | 20 |
Fabio Quartararo
|
Yamaha | 1'33.498 | 2.194 | |
16 | 33 |
Brad Binder
|
KTM | 1'33.589 | 2.285 | |
17 | 30 |
Takaaki Nakagami
|
Honda | 1'33.658 | 2.354 | |
18 | 9 |
Danilo Petrucci
|
KTM | 1'33.684 | 2.380 | |
19 | 89 |
Jorge Martin
|
Ducati | 1'33.906 | 2.602 | |
20 | 35 |
Cal Crutchlow
|
Yamaha | 1'33.954 | 2.650 | |
21 | 26 |
Dani Pedrosa
|
KTM | 1'33.954 | 2.650 | |
22 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Yamaha | 1'34.582 | 3.278 | |
23 | 88 |
Miguel Oliveira
|
KTM | |||
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