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