Catalunya MotoGP: Aleix Espargaro secures top spot with a new lap record in Friday Practice

Aleix Espargaro secures top spot but it's not the day Marc M🅰arquez was hoping for as he fails to finish in the top ten.

Aleix Espargaro Catalunya
Aleix Espargaro Catalunya

KTM were impressive to start the second Friday MotoGP practice session as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller went top before team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder took over at the top.

Pedro Acosta was also fast despite being emboirled in a tussle with Fabio Diꦕ Giannantonio coming out of turn ten.

Miller soon returned to the top of the leaderboard ahead of Bindܫer and Acosta, while Maverick Vinales lost some rear bodywork less than five minutes into the session.

But KTM’s hot start was soon diminished when Binder suffered a big f🗹all going thr💖ough turn two.

Binder m🍰omentarily lost the front coming out of turn one before it lifted off the tarmac, causing a slip o♒ff on the exit of the corner.

Sporting sꦫome new aero on the side of his factory Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo soon needed repairs to his M1 after losing the front at turn five.

After three falls on Friday at Le Mans, Binder’s crash streak continued as he suffered a second turn two fall in Practice 2 at Catal🍎unya.

Although it wasn’t as vicious a crash this time around, the South🐻 African rider 🌜went down again at turn two.

Not finished there with the crashes, Fabio Di Giannantonio jo✤ined nam🔯esake Fabio Quartararo in going down at turn five.

Marc Marquez💫 was one of the first riders to begin the soft tyre runs, however, Marquez failed to deliver a big lap despite finding timeꦉ and moving up to fifth.

Maverick 🌟Vinales was the next to try his hand and he did find a big chunk in lap time as he went quickest ahead of Miller. 

There was an impressive turn of pace from Yamaha’s Alex Rins as the Spaniard moved up to P5🌼. 

Vinales improv🐬ed again before team-mate Aleix Espar꧅garo went top with a low 1m 39s time.

Top spot then changed again as Martin went close to beating his lap ♛reco𓄧rd from last season.

Martin set another fastest la🦩p with his next effort, while Pramac Ducati team-mate Franco Morbidelli moved into P5.

As Morbidelli nearly matched Martin one lap later, Di Giannantonio suffered ✃his second fall,🧜 this time at turn ten.

Acosta then jumped upಞ to second - +0.011s behind Marꦅtin which pushed Binder outside the top ten.

Late drama took place for Gresi♒ni Ducati as Alex Marquez crashed, leading to himself but also brother Marc failing to secure automatic Q2 places.

At the front, 𝔍Aleix Espargaro claimed top spot with a new lap record aheadܫ of Binder and Acosta.

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