MotoGP Silverstone: Aleix Espargaro fires warning to Ducati with stunning lap time in Practice 2

Aleix Espargaro stuns Ducati with a stunning time during Practice 2 at the British MotoGP. 
Aleix Espargaro, British MotoGP 4 August
Aleix Espargaro, British MotoGP 4 August

A🐼fter a dominant FP1, Ducati were moved off top spot as Brad Binder was the only rider to break into the 1m 59s barrier.

With many riders opti🙈ng for a long run to begin the session, Marco Bezzecchi included, time attacks began with just over 30 minutes remaining as the Mooney VR46 rider went fastest in sector one.

On a ne🐷w soft rear tyre, Bezzecchi attempted to match Binder’s timeღ but ultimately went two tenths slower. 

Bezzecchi then used the performance of his soft tyre to go fastesꩲt on his next lapܫ around, which was moments before teammate Luca Marini crashed.

Practice 2 was a much better session for Francesco Bagnaia, as the current series leader spent the majority of it inside th🌄e top five. 

The same could not be said for Fabio Quartararo, although the Yamaha rider was one of the riders who began ♌the session with an extensive race run. 

Sep💛arated by just under half a tenth, Bezzecchi’s early time attack run was enough to keep him clear of Vinales, as Aleix Espargaro became the next to try his luck with a soft tyre. 

Clawing back time as his lap developed, Espargaro proಌduced a brilliant final sector in order to jump ahead of Bezzecch𒈔i.

As the qualไifying simulations kicked into full gear, Binder and Jack Miller were setting very fast sectors as the former wnet quickest.

However, Binder’s time at the top lasted 🔯just a few s﷽econds as Miller went a tenth clear of his teammate. 

The factory KTM pair were then dislodged by Maverick Vinales, who jumped into topಞ spot thanks to a time of 1:59.218s.&n༒bsp;

While several riders were in contention to better🐻 Vinales’s time, no one managed to do so intially as a result of Vinalওes’ stunning final sector. 

But th🅘at all changed when Bezzecchi, who was the most consistent rider throughout Frid𒉰ay practice, narrowly missed out on setting a 1m 58s time.

Then ca🌜me a big moment as Bezzecchi crashed on his out-lap at the star❀t of his final time attack run. 

The Italian suffered a big landing after a highside at turn seven and was att༒ended to by marshals before managing to walk away under his own power.

Bagnaia then became the first rider to break into the 1m 58s barrier, before Martin and Binder both did the𒁃 same in order to move ahead of the world champion. 

Ducati failed to secure top spot though, as Aleix Es🍷pargaro 🦋went fastest with a stunning 1:58.183s.

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