MotoGP, Misano 2 FP2 LIVE: Pedro Acosta the fastest ahead of Fabio Quartararo

Francesco Bagnaia continues to reign supreme at the Misano circuit by setting the fastest time in practice for the MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The Ducati rider completed a lap in 1'30.286s, improving on his own record set two weeks ago at the same venue.

However, this session was not easy, marked by numerous falls and yellow flags disrupting the rhythm of the drivers. George Martin, the championship leader, also suffered a crash at Turn 8 as he tried to push his limits. Fortunately, the rider Pramac escaped unscathed and secured his place in Q2 despite this mishap.

Marc Marquez, on the Ducati GP23 Gresini, took third place despite a session marked by some difficulties. He had to change bikes to achieve his best lap, showing his determination to remain competitive. Enea Bastianini, fourth, also suffered a fall at the end of the session but without serious consequences.

fabio quartararo, for its part, continues to give hope to Yamaha with a solid fifth time. The Frenchman seems to have regained competitiveness on this circuit, a performance that could mark a turning point in his season.

bagnaia showed his intention to dominate from the start of the session, setting a first reference time of 1'30.924s after just 15 minutes. Martin briefly took the lead with a time of 1'30.844s, but this lap was cancelled due to a yellow flag, caused by a crash.Augusto Fernandez. A few moments later, bagnaia responded with his record time of 1'30.286s, an untouchable time for the rest of the session.

The end of the session was marked by a series of falls, including that of Fabio DiGiannantonio at turn 9. The driver VR46 fell hard into the gravel, heightening concerns about his already injured shoulder. If his condition allows him to continue, he will have to go through the Q1 after finishing 13th in the trials.

Despite the incidents, Marc Marquez fought for an excellent third time, while Maverick Vinales et Aleix Espargaró have secured a place in Q2 for Aprilia. Pedro Acosta, despite falling at the start of the session, managed to qualify directly for Q2, being the only driver KTM to do it.

Other KTM riders, including Jack Miller et Brad Binder, all suffered falls during this session. Miller finished 11th, just outside Q2, while Binder could not do better than 15th. Alex Marquez, victim of an accident, finished 14th, and Miguel Oliveira, faced with technical problems, could not do better than 16th.

Johann zarco, on the Honda LCR, took 12th place, whilealex rins was absent due to health problems.

Here we are at the second free practice session, preliminary to the qualifying that will follow immediately. What will it have in store for us? Before we know, here is the table that summarizes the facts known so far:

MotoGP™ Emilia-Romagna, Misano	2024-1	2024-2
FP1	1'31.707s Jorge Martin (See here)	1'32.082s Marc Marquez
Practice	1'30.685 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'30.286s Francesco Bagnaia
FP2	1'31.237 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'31.451s Pedro Acosta
Q1	1'30.903 Aleix Marquez (See here)	(See here)
Q2	1'30.304 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	(See here)
Sprint	Martin, Bagnaia, Morbidelli (See here)	(See here)
Warm Up	1'31.687 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	(See here)
Course	Marc Marquez, Bagnaia, Bastianini (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'30.304 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'30.286 Francesco Bagnaia

Welcome !!

The hostilities will begin this morning with FP2 which will take place in a few minutes before we get to the heart of the matter with the qualifying sessions (Q1/Q2) and the cherry on the cake that we devour this afternoon with the Sprint race.. A great show to follow in our company!!

It's gone for 30min

Rins is on track today, the latter being unwell yesterday and not having participated in all the sessions of the day. He will therefore go through Q1

MMarquez sets the reference time in 1.32.082:XNUMXs. He is ahead of Martin, Morbidelli, Bagnaia and Vinales.

We should also note the presence of Di Giannantonio despite his heavy fall yesterday, the latter having complained of shoulder problems.

"El Diablo on the attack"!! 4th best time in 1'31.918s

At 17min, MMarquez goes the distance with his time of 1.31.490s ahead of Martin, Quartararo, Acosta, Morbidelli, Bastianini, RFernandez, Binder, Bezzecchi and Bagnaia

A little detour into the sandbox for Miller…

Clouds of midges accompanying the pilots...scary!!!

10min left

Bagnaia makes the effort and takes the best time in 1.31.472s

Quartararo takes control in 1.31.455s

Fall of MMarquez.

End of session

The ranking is as follows at the end of the session: Acosta, Quartararo, Bagnaia, MMarquez, Martin

 

MotoGP, Misano 2 FP2: times