Enea Bastianini fastest as Marc Marquez makes Q2 despite late fall
Enea Bastianini fastest in the second Portimao MotoGP practice as Marc Marquez also makes it int😼o Q2 directly despite a late fall.
With track conditions much 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 the tꦰop three was Marc Marquez, who was fastest in Free Practice 1 aboard his Gresini Ducati.
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Splitting Binder and Marquez was๊ Marco Bezzecchi, who enjoyed a stronger st🅷art to the Portuguese round after struggling in Qatar.
Withཧ his team-mate on top, Jack Miller☂’s attempts at matching the South African’s pace ended with a tumble at turn five.
Using a hard front and medium rear tyre cꦯombination, Marquez began showing serious pace on his second stint as he went within half a tenth of Binder’s top time.
Although Marquez failed to 𝔉take over top spot on his next couple of laps, the race pace being shown by Marquez was the best of any rider 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, t🐽he first 1m 38s lap of the weekend was pumpe๊d in by Ducati’s Jorge Martin.
As the time attacks began with just ov🌠er 20 minutes rౠemaining, Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami was first to significantly improve.
The Honda rider went quickest before Maverickဣ Vinales relegated the Japanese rider down to second spot.
Next up was Marquez a☂s the Spaniard set an identical lap 𒀰time to Vinales before finding more time on his second effort.
When action on track ramped up, Enea Bastianini was next to eye up t🌟op spot as he set two red sectors to begin his time attack.
Come 💎the end of the lap Bastia༺nini found even more time as he went half 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 wenಌt down at turn eight, before Marquez lost control of his machine at turn five.
Luca Marini al𝓰so went down it wha🌜t was another miserable day for the Repsol Honda man.
