The KTMs lead after FP2: Miller was also excellent, finishing 2nd. Among the Ducatis, the Spaniard from the Pramac team did well, while the world champion struggled to find the right speed in the flying lap. Far away are Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo, 16th and 17th
Friday of the MotoGP in Australia opens in the name of Ktm: the Austrian manufacturer smiles with Brad Binder, the fastest at Phillip Island in Friday’s free practice thanks to a time of 1.27.943. He is followed by his teammate Jack Miller, 148 thousandths behind. And the contenders for the title, Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia? The Spaniard from the Ducati Pramac team did well, fourth (+0.279), preceded by 10 thousandths of an Aprilia driven by an excellent Maverick Vinales. The Italian, however, surprises on the negative side, finishing only eleventh. A placement that will force him to start from Q1 in qualifying.
the qualified
—
Pol Espargaro will also be there tomorrow in Q2: the Spaniard on Gas Gas finishes fifth, 420 thousandths from the top. Behind him the convalescent Marco Bezzecchi on the Ducati Mooney VR46 (+0.425). Seventh was Fabio Di Giannantonio (+0.509), who appeared very competitive. Enea Bastianini (+0.510) on the other factory Ducati, Aleix Espargaro (+0.513), riding the second Aprilia, and Johann Zarco (+0.513) also complete the top 10 and therefore also the list of qualifiers for Q2.
excluded
—
Bagnaia will have to gain access to the second phase of qualifying by challenging the drivers of the Japanese brands, who are in great difficulty. The best of the Honda riders is Alex Rins, 12th, while Marc Marquez and Joan Mir are even 16th and 18th. Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha is placed between the two standard bearers of the Repsol team, doing better than teammate Franco Morbidelli, twenty-second. The Aprilia Rnf are in difficulty: 14th Raul Fernandez, preceded by the homonymous Augusto on Gas Gas, while Miguel Oliveira is just 20th.
moto2 is moto3
—
Even the lower categories have started to become familiar with Phillip Island. In Moto2 the fastest on Friday was Fermin Aldeguer: the Spaniard from the Boscoscuro team, unleashed already in the first session, set a time of 1.32.548 in FP2. Behind him Aron Canet, 118 thousandths behind. Then the leader Pedro Acosta (+0.545), the only one of the big names not to improve in the afternoon. However, the Spaniard smiles when thinking about the difficulties of his title rival Tony Arbolino, only 12th (+1,201). In Moto3, however, David Munoz is the king of Friday, very fast in both sessions. The best lap was in FP2: 1.36.791. An excellent second was Stefano Nepa (+0.073), ahead of Diogo Moreira (+0.320). As for the big names, Ayumu Sasaki finishes fourth, while world leader Jaume Masia is sixth. Only tenth Daniel Holgado.
the ranking
—
This is the ranking after FP2
Brad Binder (Ktm) 1.27.943Jack Miller (Ktm) +0.148Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) +0.269Jorge Martin (Pramac) +0.279Pol Espargaro (GasGas) +0.420Marco Bezzecchi (VR46) +0.425Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini) +0.509 Enea Bastianini (Ducati) +0.510Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) +0.513Johann Zarco (Pramac) +0.513Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) +0.699Alex Rins (Lcr) +0.701Augusto Fernandez (GasGas) +0.713Raul Fernandez (Rnf) +0.716Alex Marquez (Gresini) +0.718Marc Marquez (Honda) +0.847Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) +0.994Joan Mir (Honda) +1.064Luca Marini (VR46) +1.221Miguel Oliveira (Rnf) +1.768Takaaki Nakagami (Lcr) +1.807Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha) +1,965
October 20 – 07:57
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2023-10-20 05:57:46
#MotoGP #Australia #free #practice #Binder #Martin #4th #Bagnaia #difficulty #11th
