Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Buddh 2023
Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Buddh 2023

2023 Indian MotoGP: Friday practice LIVE UPDATES!

Francesco Bagnaia holds a 36-point title lead over Pramac’s Jorge Martin as MotoGP heads into the unknown with its Indian debut at the Bu🅠ddh Internationalꦉ Circuit.

Michelin is offering a wider choice o💯f tyres for this weekend, four fronts and three rears, as MotoGP faces its first new event without any prior testing in over a decade.

Toও help adapt to the new track, both Friday practice sessions will be extended, to 70mins each.

Riders ha🤪ve been using video games to try and learn the 13-turn ex-F1 track, which features several sizeable st🐷raights, the longest at just over 1km.

“This track will be an equaliser. Those who can adapt fast will gain a huge advantage. It’s an 🏅open race,” said RNF team boss Razlan Razali.

Missing this weekend are Ducati’s Enea Bastianini - who fra𓆏ctured his hand and ankle during a multi-rider pile-up in Catalunya, moments before team-mate Bagnaia was run over following a highside - and LCR Honda’s Alex Rins, who is still recovering from leg fractures at Mugello in May.

HRC test rider Stefan Bradl will replace Rins with Ducati test rider Mi♒chele Pirro in place of Bastianini.

13:03

That's it for Friday practice as Marini finishes fastest ahead of Martinಌ.

12:56

Nakagami has gone down and his bike is bei💦ng recovered on the cir📖cuit. 

12:55

Wow! Marini replaces Martin at the top of 🔯the leaderboard. 

12:54

A. Espargaro is i💟n contention once again as he𒐪 goes second - +0.043s down on Martin. 

12:51

Martin🐬 obliter༺ates the top time as he sets a first 1m 44s lap. 

12:45

Quartararo goes second behind Bezzecchi. 

12:43

Bezzecchi goes fastest once again! Great lap from the Italian as he moves a💃 tenth cl🐽ear of Vinales. 

12:39

Vinales goes top by over t🌱hree tenths before running off at turn one. 

12:39

Vinales ✃is on a very, very fast lap half 𒐪way around...

12:35

Marc Marquez hꦡas just moved up to P9 as the time attacks are about t꧋o begin with 20 minutes left of P2. 

12:31

🦹Michele Pirro has come to a stop in the gravel at turn one.&nbs🌃p;

12:26

Martin is your new paces☂etter as Luca Marini ha💎s crashed at turn one. 

12:10

Bezzecchi f♋ires his Ducati back to the top of the leaderboard before run💎ning off at turn one again. 

12:06

Espargaro matches Martin's time to go top. 

12:04

Espargaro has made the same mistake as Bezzecc🀅hi at turn one and has ran through the gravel🍨. 

12:02

Martin has now goneꦯ fastest after followi♕ng Espargaro. It's a time of 1:46.182s from the Pramac Ducati rider.

11:59

Aleix Espargaro ꦰgoes quickest by just under a tenth from Bezzecchi. 

11:58

Bezzecchi is pushing his luck as h𓄧e takes a trip through the gravel at turn one𓆏. 

11:54

After topping FP1 it is Marco Bezzecchi that's again showing great speed. he's currently top ahead ꧋of Jorge Martin.

11:50

Jack Miller has al🌃ready gone down at the start of Practice 2. 

11:46

We're underway wi💃th the second Friday MotoGP practice session at the Indi♕an grand prix.

11:21

There is only nine minutes left of Moto2 FP2 before the s🐲econd MotoGP practice gets underway at 11:45am. 

11:20

🉐The delay to P2 g꧑etting underway is due to a lack of marshals at their designated posts. Moto2 has running in the meantime.