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.

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