Enea Bastianini leads a ruthless display from Ducati in Misano MotoGP FP2

Just like qualifying in Austria, Enea Bastianini proved to be the fastest rider when it came to producing a time attack during the closing stages of Misano MotoGP FP2.
Enea Bastianini, Ducati MotoGP Misano, Italy 2022
Enea Bastianini, Ducati MotoGP Misano, Italy 2022

While news that Marc Marquez intendsꦿ to make his MotoGP return at next week’s two-day Misano test was confirmed by HRC at the start of FP2, the on-track action saw Johann Zarco become the fir༺st crasher of the wee🀅kend. 

The Pramac rider lost the front at turn one, a fate both factory Yama⛦ha riders Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli nearly suffered in FP1. Zarco’s GP22 machine suffered considerable damage and was thus not used again. 

After Z꧒arco’s early fall, Ducati’s start to FP2 took another big blow as Francesco Bagnaia went down at turn 13. 

In a position 🧜to create history this weekend - Bagnaia will become the first Ducati rider to win four consecutive MotoGP races for the ꦕItalian brand should he claim victory on Sunday - Bagnaia was able to momentarily keep hold of second place on the leaderboard.

However, that soon changed when Aprilia began to show their true pace. Aleix Espargaro went quickest after༒ setting the fastest lap of the weekend to that point, while Maverick Vinales split Quart﷽araro and Bagnaia in third. 

While Aprilia were turning up the heat in terms of quick laps, Alex Rins suffered from not havin⛄g enough heat in the left side of his front tyre as he crashed at turn 15. 

Backing up the notion 💖that Aprilia should be back to fighting for the win after a disappointing Austrian MotoGP, Vinales set a blinding time of 1:31.882s to go three tenths clear of Espargaro. 

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:After fi🍬nishing se💃cond in FP1, Jack Miller also made his way up the order as he split the two Aprilias with 15 minutes꧋ remaining. 

Fresh off his one-year deal with Aprilia RNF for 2023, Miguel 𓆉Oliveira made a good 𒁏start to the Misano Grand Prix for KTM as he positioned himself in seventh with ten minutes to go. 

Once again showing how strong he was in the final sector, Quartararo, who began to challenge Vin😼ales for top spot, gained nearly a tenth of a second to go fastest by 0.004s. 

With the all-important time attacks underway, Oliveira’s good start to Friday practiℱce came to a disappointing end as he crashed at turn 10.

With just one lap needed in order to make the difference, Bagnaꩵia jumped up to first place with a time of 1:31.631s, however, Bastianini went even quicker to make it a Ducati 1-2. 

Things then got even better for the Italian manuf🍃acturer as Miller went third, one place ahead of Zarco.

Unable to fight back, Quartararo had to settle for fifth place w❀hile Vinales and Espargaro made it sixth and se🌸venth for Aprilia. 

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