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MotoGP Italian GP: Bagnaia fastest in second practice, Rins second

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Jun 01, 2024 / 1911 Views

Bagnaia dominated the hour-long afternoon session with a 1m44.938s, but is currently under investigation from the FIM stewards for potentially blocking Alex Marquez on a flying lap late on.

Tech3 GasGas rookie Pedro Acosta recovered to third after a fast crash at Turn 13 halfway through the session, while Marc Marquez secured direct passage into Q2 for the first time since the Spanish GP.

FP1 pacesetter Maverick Vinales set the initial pace on the factory Aprilia with a 1m46.165s, though this was quickly bested by Marc Marquez with a 1m45.582s.

The Gresini Ducati rider’s lap, set with around 45 minutes remaining, stood as the benchmark until Vinales – fitted with a fresh soft rear tyre – edged clear with a 1m45.245s as the session ticked into its final 20 minutes.

Following his moment with Alex Marquez, in which the Gresini rider was left furious having felt like he was baulked at Turn 12 with 10 minutes to go, Bagnaia lit up the timing screens on his final flying lap.

The factory Ducati rider put in a 1m44.938s with four minutes to go, before heading back to pitlane without attempting any other efforts.

Alex Rins was his closest challenger on the factory Yamaha, 0.273s behind, with Acosta third fastest.

Alex Rins, Yamaha Factory Racing

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Miguel Oliveira leaped up to fourth late in the session on his Trackhouse Racing Aprilia, while Marc Marquez completed the top five.

Enea Bastianini was sixth on the second factory team Ducati, with championship leader Jorge Martin in seventh ahead of Alex Marquez, Vinales and his Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro.

A frantic final few minutes saw the top 10 order behind Bagnaia rapidly change, with Fabio Quartararo the biggest loser having slid from third to 11th on his Yamaha.

The 2021 world champion had to abort his final flying lap after suffering a scare on the front end into Turn 10.

He will face Q1 in qualifying on Saturday morning, as will all three factory team KTMs - Brad Binder, Jack Miller and Pol Espargaro.

LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami was fastest of the Hondas in 19th, while Luca Marini on the factory team RC213V was last.

MotoGP Italian GP - FP2 results:

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Speed Trap
1	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	1	Ducati	20	1'44.938		179.934
2	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42	Yamaha	23	+0.273 1'45.211	0.273	179.467
3	P. Acosta Tech 3	31	KTM	18	+0.388 1'45.326	0.115	179.271
4	M. Oliveira Trackhouse Racing Team	88	Aprilia	22	+0.402 1'45.340	0.014	179.248
5	M. Marquez Gresini Racing	93	Ducati	24	+0.407 1'45.345	0.005	179.239
6	E. Bastianini Ducati Team	23	Ducati	22	+0.465 1'45.403	0.058	179.141
7	J. Martin Pramac Racing	89	Ducati	25	+0.467 1'45.405	0.002	179.137
8	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	24	+0.474 1'45.412	0.007	179.125
9	M. Viñales Aprilia Racing Team	12	Aprilia	23
10	A. Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team	41	Aprilia	18	+0.523 1'45.461	0.049	179.042
11	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	21	+0.542 1'45.480	0.019	179.010
12	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49	Ducati	23	+0.712 1'45.650	0.170	178.722
13	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	23	+0.760 1'45.698	0.048	178.641
14	M. Bezzecchi Team VR46	72	Ducati	26	+0.791 1'45.729	0.031	178.588
15	F. Morbidelli Pramac Racing	21	Ducati	22	+0.821 1'45.759	0.030	178.537
16	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25	Aprilia	21	+0.846 1'45.784	0.025	178.495
17	J. Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	43	KTM	21	+0.860 1'45.798	0.014	178.472
18	P. Espargaro Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	44	KTM	19	+1.140 1'46.078	0.280	178.001
19	T. Nakagami Team LCR	30	Honda	22	+1.141 1'46.079	0.001	177.999
20	J. Zarco Team LCR	5	Honda	23	+1.576 1'46.514	0.435	177.272
21	J. Mir Repsol Honda Team	36	Honda	21	+1.646 1'46.584	0.070	177.156
22	L. Savadori Aprilia Racing Team	32	Aprilia	21	+1.802 1'46.740	0.156	176.897
23	A. Fernandez Tech 3	37	KTM	21	+1.936 1'46.874	0.134	176.675
24	L. Marini Repsol Honda Team	10	Honda	22	+2.124 1'47.062	0.188	176.365
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