Aprilia duo Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales quickest in practice for MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix
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Published 28/04/2023 at 16:40 GMT
Francesco Bagnaia - last year’s winner - Fabio Quartararo and current championship leader Marco Bezzechi all finished outside the top 10 at FP2 for the the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix. Third place was taken by Dani Pedrosa, FP1's quickest, but top spot was taken by Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro. In second spot was Espargaro's Aprilia team-mate Maverick Vinales.
Aleix Espargaro
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Aprilia duo Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales were quickest in FP2 for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday.
The session at Jerez gave riders an hour to practise ahead of the weekend’s race, following FP1 where Dani Pedrosa had been quickest.
In the second runout, Pedrosa was third quickest, while Francesco Bagnaia - last year’s winner - Fabio Quartararo and current campaign leader Marco Bezzecchi all finished outside the top 10.
That could lead to a competitive qualifying on Saturday morning in the first session as big names attempt to put right their early struggles having failed to go directly into Q2.
Marc Marquez’s injury replacement Iker Lecuona struggled throughout and finished slowest after suffering a crash early into the session, which brought out a red flag.
Espargaro snatched top spot by just 0.002 seconds from his stable mate, with Jack Miller third in the session and fifth on the combined times.
FP3 and qualifying take place from Saturday at 09:00 UK time on BT Sport, with the sprint at 14:00.
The main race itself is on Sunday at 14:00.
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