MotoGP Misano-2 FP2 LIVE: Jack Miller sets the record straight!

With first match point for Fabio Quartararo, the last race of Valentino Rossi at home, the return of Marc Marquez in the foreground, theformalization of Darryn Binder in MotoGP in 2022,arrival of Ducati in MotoE in 2023 and l'probable announcement concerning the future VR46 team in the premier category, the program for this Made in Italy and Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix is ​​already more than tempting and will undoubtedly keep MotoGP enthusiasts in suspense until Sunday afternoon.

Many lines have already been written on all these subjects and it is probably not really useful to return to them at the moment: you already know everything there is to know, especially as for the fight for the title, the last edition, which took place at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli just a month ago, was won by Francis Bagnaia just 3 tenths ahead fabio quartararo.

This won't help us much in determining a favorite for the race between the two championship leaders separated by 52 points in favor of the Frenchman! One will therefore be prey to the pressure of double or nothing on a route where he excels (victory in September, leading the race in 2020), while the other will in theory have to know how to ensure the essentials, even if that. if necessary, to have to wait for its consecration until Portugal… But The Devil will it still come out of its box on Sunday, an expected dry day?

In fact, the only thing really certain concerns the temperatures, expected around 12° on Sunday, much lower than the 26° of the September race. Will this change the hierarchy for the top players in the category? We'll know in a few hours...

While waiting for this perhaps decisive day for the championship, the morning showed us an imperial Johann Zarco in the wet, before Marc Marquez, Jack Miller, Jorge Martin, Franco Morbidelli, Francesco Bagnaia, Miguel Oliveira, Danilo Petrucci, Iker Lecuona and Joan Mir, while fabio quartararo settled for an 18th position in these tricky conditions.

The temperatures are now 16° in the air and 16° on the asphalt, while the track is still wet but it is no longer raining despite a very heavy sky.

By the time the 24 pilots (Lorenzo Savadori et Michele Pirro being wildcards for Aprilia and Ducati) are preparing for this second 45-minute session, let's enjoy these few live moments thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

Misano-2 MotoGP™	09/2021	10/2021
FP1	1'32.666 Maverick Vinales (See here)	1'42.374 Johann Zarco (See here)
FP2	1'42.097 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'41.305 Jack Miller (See here)
FP3	1'31.936 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP4	1'32.197 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Q1	1'31.876 Enea Bastianini (See here)
Q2	1'31.065 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Warm Up	1'32.521 Alex Rins (See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Quatararo, Batianini (See here)
All time lap record	1'31.065 Francesco Bagnaia 2021 (See here)

When the red lights go out... Pol Espargaro rushes first while conversely Jack Miller and Fabio Quartararo let everyone go.

In terms of tires, everyone uses the soft rear but, unlike this morning, a few mediums are appearing at the front.

At the end of the first round, Jack Miller turns out to be the fastest in 1'43.369 in front Fabio Quartararo, Iker Lecuona and Johann Zarco.

In the next passage, Francesco Bagnaia demonstrates if necessary that we will have to count on him by inserting himself between the Australian and the Frenchman.

Miguel Oliveira achieves the second beat, but Jack Miller registered immediately after 1'41.833, the best time of the day so far.

Johann zarco is provisionally positioned second but remains 1,3 seconds behind the Australian. For the greatest pleasure of Borgo Panigale, Francesco Bagnaia is inserted between the two leading Ducatis, even if his teammate improves further in 1'41.547: visibly, the track is drying, or at least improving...

After this first run, the overall hierarchy has changed somewhat compared to this morning so we now find Jack Miller 1,1 seconds ahead Johann Zarco, Iker Lecuona, Francesco Bagnaia, Marquez, Luca Marini, Jorge Martin, Fabio Quartararo, Miguel Oliveira and Michele Pirro, no less than 5 Ducatis in the top 10!

Note that fabio quartararo use the tires already mounted this morning...

For the moment, alone Johann zarco et Valentino Rossi did not improve their times this morning.

A little before mid-session, Jack Miller maintains its domination over the session by achieving 1'41.305.

Mid-session, the Ducati box reminds Francis Bagnaia for a change of motorbike while the sun makes a shy appearance. Miguel Oliveira is then the first driver to switch to a medium rain rear tire, followed in this direction by Brad Binder et Lorenzo Savadori.

Espargaro Pol minor fall at turn #13, Miguel Oliveira rose to 5th then 3rd place. The effect Guy Coulon ?

Both Suzuki riders entered the top 10, excluding them for the moment Fabio Quartararo.

During the last five minutes, the trajectory begins to dry but no one takes the slick bet. In fact, there are no big improvements other than John Zarco who went from fifth to third place in the session, while remaining slower than his time this morning.

Lorenzo Savadori also improves by positioning his Aprilia in fifth place.

In extremis, Francis Bagnaia seems able to progress but his lap is canceled for going out of track limits.

In extremis, Johann zarco completes the second part of the session and Alex Espargaro completes the virtual podium.

Jack Miller, Johann Zarco, Aleix Espargaro, Iker Lecuona, Miguel Oliveira, Luca Marini, Lorenzo Savadori, Francesco Bagnaia, Danilo Petrucci and Jorge Martin are therefore currently pre-qualified for Q2 while the weather forecast predicts a partly wet Saturday and a dry Sunday.

Emilia Romagna MotoGP Grand Prix FP2 results at Misano:

Credit Ranking: motogp.com