Johann Zarco topped Friday’s combined Catalunya MotoGP ✱free practice times after exchanging top spot with Franco Morbidelli late on. 

As was the case in FP1, Morbidelli led most of the session following the initial flurry of laps, but🌸 with time a⛎ttacks coming in thick and fast Zarco was able to move from seventh to first. 

Morbidelli finished second in both sessions in what looks to be a mu⭕ch better weekend so far for the Italian. 

Championship leader and race winner at Mugello Fabio Quartararo was third quicke🍎st for Monster Energy Yamaha.&n🌼bsp;

Fourth was Brad Binder who jumped up the order in blistering style by going three tenths quicker than anyone with two minu𝔍tes remai🌌ning. 

The South African was 11th at the time of his lap, while late effor🐼ts from the factory Ducati duo of Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller saw them claim top tens. 

Bagnaia and Miller were running in 13th and 14th before the time attacks began and seemed to be struggling. Bagnaia finished fifth w💮hile Miller ended day-one seventh overall.

Separating the two Ducati riders is the Yamaha of Maverick Vinales. Eight♈h was the impressive rookie Enea Bastianini for Esponsorama Avintia Ducati. 

Rounding out the top ten were local riders Al🤪eix Esp💦argaro and top Honda rider Pol Espargaro. 

The younger of the two bro🦩꧅thers had an eventful session aboard his factory Honda as he was one of the riders caught out by the new turn ten on two occasions. 

Espargaro avoided the gravel both times unlike former KTM team-mate Miguel Oliveira. The Portuguese rider was able to remain aboard his RC16 machine though,𒉰 something that can’t be said for Luca Marini who crashed whilst trying to stay upright t﷽hrough the gravel of turn four.  

Marc Marquez🀅 and Joan Mir will need to find improvements d🉐uring FP3 as they could only manage 15th and 16th respectively.