MotoGP: Lecuona tops rain-hit final Friday practice
In the afternoon, 10 minutes before the end of Moto3™ FP2, the Styrian heavens opened. A mostly wet Practice 2 prevailed for the MotoGP riders in what was an almost carbon copy of seven days ago – a dry line appearing in the latter stages.
Iker Lecuona (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing) was the first rider to head out on slicks with five minutes to go, and the young Spaniard comfortably went 0.8s clear at the summit. Lecuona’s eventual 1:27.520 was 3.3s faster than Zarco’s second place time, but it didn’t affect the combined standings ahead of Saturday’s crucial FP3 session.
Practice 2 Results
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time | Behind | Gap |
1 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | SPA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1’27.520 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
2 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1’30.917 | 3.397 | 3.397 |
3 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1’31.237 | 3.717 | 0.320 |
4 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’31.353 | 3.833 | 0.116 |
5 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 1’31.812 | 4.292 | 0.459 |
6 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | LCR Honda CASTROL | Honda | 1’31.961 | 4.441 | 0.149 |
7 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1’32.190 | 4.670 | 0.229 |
8 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’32.404 | 4.884 | 0.214 |
9 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1’32.784 | 5.264 | 0.380 |
10 | 33 | Brad BINDER | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1’33.319 | 5.799 | 0.535 |
11 | 89 | Jorge MARTIN | SPA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1’33.408 | 5.888 | 0.089 |
12 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | 1’33.536 | 6.016 | 0.128 |
63 | Francesco BAGNAIA | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 1’33.647 | 6.127 | 0.111 | |
88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1’33.951 | 6.431 | 0.304 | |
10 | Luca MARINI | ITA | SKY VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 1’34.497 | 6.977 | 0.546 | |
46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 1’34.697 | 7.177 | 0.200 | |
35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 1’34.701 | 7.181 | 0.004 | |
23 | Enea BASTIANINI | ITA | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 1’34.754 | 7.234 | 0.053 | |
36 | Joan MIR | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1’35.307 | 7.787 | 0.553 | |
9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1’35.622 | 8.102 | 0.315 |