MotoGP: Bagnaia tops Friday practice at Assen

The Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia has claimed early bragging rights at the Motul TT Assen, with the fastest MotoGP lap in Friday Free Practice.

The weather cleared up for FP2 at the TT Circuit Assen and Bagnaia, who is looking for a return to his race-winning form after two consecutive zeroes, went as quick as a 1:33.274 on slick Michelin tires.

The ever-consistent Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) claimed second and that put him just ahead of the man who he is trying to overhaul in the World Championship, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™), who was third-quickest.

Friday Practice Results

Pos.	No.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	IT	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	01’33.2740	0.000	0.000
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	FR	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	01’33.5790	0.305	0.305
3	42	Alex Rins	ES	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	01’33.6110	0.337	0.032
4	43	Jack Miller	AU	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	01’33.8330	0.559	0.222
5	36	Joan Mir	ES	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	01’33.8990	0.625	0.066
6	12	Maverick Viñales	ES	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	01’33.9380	0.664	0.039
7	33	Brad Binder	ZA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	01’34.1270	0.853	0.189
8	5	Johann Zarco	FR	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	01’34.2860	1.012	0.159
9	72	Marco Bezzecchi	IT	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	01’34.3120	1.038	0.026
10	23	Enea Bastianini	IT	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	01’34.3160	1.042	0.004
11	30	Takaaki Nakagami	JP	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	01’34.5040	1.230	0.188
12	10	Luca Marini	IT	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	01’34.5360	1.262	0.032
13	73	Alex Marquez	ES	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	01’34.5990	1.325	0.063
14	4	Andrea Dovizioso	IT	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	01’34.6500	1.376	0.051
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	PT	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	01’34.6760	1.402	0.026
16	89	Jorge Martin	ES	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	01’34.8230	1.549	0.147
17	21	Franco Morbidelli	IT	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	01’34.8280	1.554	0.005
18	44	Pol Espargaro	ES	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	01’34.8340	1.560	0.006
19	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	IT	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	01’34.9020	1.628	0.068
20	32	Lorenzo Savadori	IT	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	01’35.0810	1.807	0.179
21	87	Remy Gardner	AU	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	01’35.2220	1.948	0.141
22	40	Darryn Binder	ZA	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	01’35.5710	2.297	0.349
23	6	Stefan Bradl	DE	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	01’35.9510	2.677	0.380
24	25	Raul Fernandez	ES	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	01’36.2260	2.952	0.275