Weird free practice session that we have experienced at the Andalusian Grand Prix. Takaaki Nakagami led the session with a time of 1: 37.715 , just ahead of Johann Zarco. A Honda satellite pilot ahead of a Ducati, who also runs for Avintia. It is clear that the pilots have not taught everything.
On a weird weekend like this, a lot of time has been spent trying alternative things. In addition, the times have been slower than those of the morning , although faster than those of FP2 last Friday. In any case, a strange weekend at the moment.
The two official Yamaha have changed to hard rubber and have been very fast
Nakagami has at least saved Honda’s honor. Because there is no good news for the injured. Marc Márquez has not gone out on the track, as we expected, but it is that Cal Crutchlow and Álex Rins have had extreme suffering . Rolling very little and in the last positions, it would not be ruled out that they were erased from the weekend at some point.
Good news for Yamaha. Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi were the two fastest drivers of the day . They flew in FP1 and have also dedicated themselves to testing harder tires than those used in the Spanish Grand Prix. It seems that they have solved those problems, and also the motor ones, to return to the battle.
But the FP2 podium has probably been the rarest of the entire season. Because along with Nakagami, the second was Johann Zarco and the third was Pol Espargaró . The Frenchman has been one of the stars of the day. First he fell and then he was very present to block Espargaró and also cause the fall of the KTM.
If Nakagami’s and Zarco’s can be taken more lightly, not so much that of Espargaró and KTM. The bike is going very well in Jerez. We already saw it in the first weekend, but now it is corroborated. Brad Binder set the third best time in the morning, only behind the official Yamaha , and now Espargaró has repeated position. The podium is not impossible without Márquez and Rins.
Fabio Quartararo has tiptoed through this Friday . In the morning it finished thirteenth and in the afternoon it was sixth, but the World Cup leader does not fool anyone. His pace is very good and tomorrow he will bring it out in FP3, when the times that decide who enters directly into Q2 will be set.
Good news for KTM fans: @polespargaro is now fastest! 🔝
Bad news for KTM fans: The Spaniard is down at Turn 2! 😲#AndaluciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/MbTjenwL4I
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) July 24, 2020
Results FP2 MotoGP GP Andalucía 2020
Seventh has finished Joan Mir, who seems more focused on making a good classification. Upon him fall all the hopes of Suzuki. The best Ducati was that of Pecco Bagnaia, ninth, with Andrea Dovizioso twelfth . As always, they will look more in the race. Among the falls of the day have also been Iker Lecuona and Tito Rabat, all without physical consequences.