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.

Marc Marquez in the wet
Red Bull Ring – the sun breaks through late

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