With track conditions muc🍎h improved for the second MotoGP practice, lap times were already much faster than the morning after just five minutes as Brad Binder set a low 1m 39s time to lead the way.

Joining Binder in th🤡e top three was Marc Marquez, who was fastest in Free Practice 1 aboard his Gresini Ducati.

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Splitting Binder and Marquez was Marco Bezzecchi, who enjoyed a stronger start to the Portu𝕴guese round after struggling in Qatar.

With his team-mate on toꩲp, Jack Miller’s attempts at matching the South African’s pace ended with a tumble at turn five. 

Using a hard front and medi🍬um rear tyre combination, Marquez began showing serious pace on his second stint as he went within half a tenth oဣf Binder’s top time.

Although Marquez failed to take over top spot on his next couple of laps, the race pace being shown by ꦚMarquez was the best of any ri♛der on circuit.

With Pedro Acosta also threatening top spot, Marquez finally🌊 moved the benchmark time forward as he set a 1:39.110s to go top by nearly a tenth.

As Marquez♏ returned ♔to pit lane, the first 1m 38s lap of the weekend was pumped in by Ducati’s Jorge Martin.

As the time attacks began with just over 20 minutes remaining, Hꦑonda’s Takaaki Nakagami was first to significantly improve.

The Honda rider went quickest before Maverick Vinales relegꦍated the Jap꧅anese rider down to second spot. 

Next up w🍸as Marquez as the Spaniard set an identical lap time to Vinales before finding more time on his second ef💎fort.

When action on track ramped up, Enea Bastianini was next to eye up top spot as he set two red sectors to 🌄begin his time attack.

Come the end of the lap Bastianini found even more time as h𓆏e went haඣlf a second clear of Marquez’ top time.

Drama then followed for another Ducati rider as 🌳Alex Marquez crashed at turn 14, while Aleix Espargaro also🅘 suffered a tip-off in sector three.

There was a flurry of fallers late on as Franco Morbidelli went down at turn eight, before Marquez lost cont🌌rol of his machine at🔜 turn five.

Luca Marini also went down it what was another miserable day for the Rep😼sol Honda man.