Quartararo tops the second practice of British MotoGP

Fabio Quartararo was the only driver to lap under 1:58 seconds in Friday’s second practice of the British MotoGP at Silverstone.

In preparation for the lengthy penalty he will have to accept on Sunday for his role in a crash with Aleix Espargaro at Assen six weeks ago, the Yamaha rider spent the majority of the practice session practicing the penalty loop and doing race simulations.

Like most of his competitors, the reigning MotoGP world champion decided to switch to new tyres as the session drew to a close. Quartararo then recorded a time of 1:58.946 seconds to win FP2 and take the lead into Saturday.

Joan Mir had his best Friday in a while, finishing second overall and only 0.154 seconds behind Quartararo. The Spaniard outperformed Suzuki teammate Alex Rins, who had led for much of the race until slipping to eighth as a number of competitors improved.

Maverick Vinales continued his success from Assen by finishing third on the first Aprilia, ahead of FP1 leader Johann Zarco, with Espargaro’s sister RS-GP rounding out the top five.

KTM’s Miguel Oliveira finished sixth ahead of Rins, who struggled to find extra time at the latter end of the test despite having led for the majority of it. Enea Bastianini took eighth place while testing an interesting new set of mini-winglets on the back of his Gresini Ducati.

 Jack Miller recovered from an early collision at Stowe to finish the day in ninth While Marco Bezzecchi was the fastest rookie in tenth place,

Francesco Bagnaia will need to work hard on Saturday after finishing FP2 in 11th place, slightly ahead of Luca Marini of VR46, and Jorge Martin of the other Pramac entry in 13th. In 14th place, Alex Marquez, a fellow RC213-V driver, came in barely ahead of Stefan Bradl and Pol Espargaro.

With over a second behind the leading Quartararo, Andrea Dovizioso and Franco Morbidelli on their respective Yamaha prototypes continued to struggle, finishing 19th and 20th, respectively. Darryn Binder was 23rd on his M1 after losing to Stowe earlier in the practice.

BRITISH MOTOGP, SILVERSTONE – FREE PRACTICE (2) RESULTS

POS		RIDER	NAT	TEAM	TIME/DIFF	LAP	MAX
1	^3	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	1’58.946s	14/15	331k
2	^6	Joan Mir	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.154s	15/16	333k
3	^4	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+0.177s	15/15	329k
4	˅3	Johann Zarco	FRA	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	+0.188s	15/15	327k
5	^1	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+0.207s	14/15	329k
6	^8	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.217s	15/15	330k
7	˅4	Alex Rins	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.300s	11/18	330k
8	^8	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)	+0.412s	15/16	329k
9	^3	Jack Miller	AUS	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	+0.418s	13/14	332k
10	^3	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*	+0.432s	17/17	332k
11	˅9	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	+0.439s	14/15	331k
12	^7	Luca Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)	+0.450s	15/16	334k
13	˅4	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	+0.711s	15/16	331k
14	^1	Alex Marquez	SPA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+0.843s	14/16	327k
15	^7	Stefan Bradl	GER	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.855s	16/16	328k
16	˅5	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.906s	13/14	332k
17	^6	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)*	+1.040s	15/16	327k
18	˅13	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.057s	4/16	326k
19	^1	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)	+1.097s	15/16	328k
20	^1	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.192s	15/17	326k
21	˅11	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+1.198s	4/10	324k
22	˅5	Remy Gardner	AUS	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	+1.208s	14/15	330k
23	^1	Darryn Binder	RSA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*	+2.582s	2/10	326k
24	˅6	Raul Fernandez	SPA	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	+3.116s	7/11	329k