After a very strong start to Q2, M𝄹arc Marquez smashed his fastest lap in FP1 to go half a second clear of Jorge Martin at the start of second practice.

Extremely fast in sector four, Marquez was challenged by Pedro Acosta but the KTM rider couldn’t match the eight-tim꧋e world champion in the final section of the circuit.

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Acosta eventually got tജhe better of Marquez before being joined at the front by both Pertamina Enduro VR46 riders Fabio Dไi Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi.

Marquez then crashed his Ducati mac💟hine coming in the final couple of corners as he washed out the front-end of his Gresini bike at turn 12.

Marquez slowly made his way bac𒈔k to pit lane under the assistance of marshals who were pushi♚ng the number 93.

Mavericꦿk Vinales then usurped Acosta 🍨at the head of the leaderboard before Francesco Bagnaia moved into P2.

Following his spill at the end of FP1, Brad Binder, who was f𒅌ourth fastest after the opening stint, suffered another crash in what was turning into a difficult day for the factory KTM star.

As Binder returned to pit lane, Marquez headed ba♎ck out on circuit with the same soft rear tyre that he crashed with.

Marquez improved his personal best time although it wasn’t enoug💟h to move up from P10.

A rider who did improve his position on a used soft rear 🌃tyre was Martin, as the series leader went from seventh to first.

After a lull in the action, the final third of Practice 2 began with the factory Ducati duo setting very fast laꦡp times.

Bastianini moved up to second spot b🏅ehind Martin, before Bagnaia powered his GP24 bike to top spot.

Bagnaia was swiftly bumped down to second as Aleix Espargaro showed Apriℱlia’s true pace.

Di Giannantoꦑnio then smashed the top time as he went quickest by over four tenths from Acosta.

Di Gian♈nantonio’s sub 1m 31s lap w💙as proving tough to match although Acosta did reduce the gap to just over half a tenth.

Martin then set the new benchmark time of 1:30.531s after gaining a chunk of time o𝔍ver Di Giannantonioꦉ in sectors three and four.

Not comfortable at all with h🌸is GP23, Marquez then suffered another big moment on the exit of turn six a💎s he nearly highsided.

There were 🌞ℱlate falls for Bastianini and Binder, with the latter making it three crashes in one day.

The surprise of Practice 2 was Marc Marquez who failed to secure a top ten, however, Fabio Quartararo put his Yamaha inside ⛄the top ten.