Espargaro tops Friday practice at Red Bull Ring

Pol Espargaro laid down the gauntlet in FP2 at the BMW M Grand Prix of Styria. The Spaniard set a 1:23.638 in the latter stages of Friday afternoon’s shootout to lead the way on the combined times by over two tenths from FP1 pacesetter Jack Miller. Takaaki Nakagami and Joan Mir finished inside the top three in the afternoon sun, but Andrea Dovizioso remains third overall thanks to his FP1 time.

Styrian GP Combined Friday Practice Results

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’23.638
2 MILLER Jack 43 AUS Pramac Racing Ducati 0.221
3 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 0.225
4 OLIVEIRA Miguel 88 POR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 0.260
5 NAKAGAMI Takaaki 30 JPN LCR Honda Honda 0.266
6 MIR Joan 36 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0.269
7 RINS Alex 42 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0.371
8 VINALES Maverick 12 SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.422
9 MORBIDELLI Franco 21 ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 0.549
10 BINDER Brad 33 RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0.613
11 LECOUNA Iker 27 SPA Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 0.663
12 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0.728
13 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.740
14 QUARTARARO Fabio 20 FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 0.743
15 MARQUEZ Alex 73 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 0.825
16 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 0.870
17 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 0.879
18 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda Honda 0.922
19 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0.985
20 RABAT Tito 53 SPA Esponsorama Racing Ducati 1.168
21 BRADL Stefan 6 GER Repsol Honda Team Honda 1.276