Quartararo tops Friday practice in Barcelona

Rookie Fabio Quartararo
Rookie Fabio Quartararo

Fresh from arm pump surgery less than two weeks ago, Petronas Yamaha SRT’s Fabio Quartararo has ended Friday at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya at the top of the times, thanks to a final flying lap time of 1:40.079 at the end of FP2.

The rookie heads Mission Winnow Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso by nearly three tenths, with Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) completing the top three.

Friday Results

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 QUARTARARO Fabio 20 FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 1'40.079
2 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Mission Winnow Ducati Ducati 0.281
3 NAKAGAMI Takaaki 30 JPN LCR Honda Honda 0.302
4 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0.314
5 BAGNAIA Francesco 63 ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 0.392
6 MORBIDELLI Franco 21 ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 0.438
7 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.441
8 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Mission Winnow Ducati Ducati 0.520
9 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 0.613
10 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda Honda 0.623
11 RINS Alex 42 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0.648
12 ABRAHAM Karel 17 CZE Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 0.648
13 ZARCO Johann 5 FRA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0.692
14 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 0.737
15 VINALES Maverick 12 SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.768
16 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0.799
17 MILLER Jack 43 AUS Pramac Racing Ducati 0.869
18 RABAT Tito 53 SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 0.928
19 MIR Joan 36 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0.991
20 OLIVEIRA Miguel 88 POR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 1.251
21 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1.445
22 SYAHRIN Hafizh 55 MAL Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 1.448
23 GUINTOLI Sylvain 50 FRA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1.908
24 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Aprilia Racing Test Team Aprilia 2.077