MotoGP | GP Assen, FP2: Bagnaia the fastest, Quartararo is third

MotoGP Dutch GP Free Practice 2 – The MotoGP class riders were able to run on slick tires in the second part of the FP2 at Assen, a track that will host the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday, the eleventh stage of the 2022 MotoGP.

With the track gradually drying out, the fastest at the end of the session was Pecco Bagnaia, who, fresh from the Sachsenring crash, took his Ducati to the top with a time of 1:33.274.

The Piedmontese rider beat Aleix Espargarò on Aprilia and Fabio Quartararo on Yamaha, separated by 0.178s and 0.305s respectively. Both the Spaniard and the Frenchman showed an excellent feeling with their respective bikes and the historic Assen track.

Very good Alex Rins, who after having withdrawn from the German Grand Prix due to a wrist fracture caused by the accident triggered by Takaaki Nakagami in Barcelona, ​​returned to the track setting the fourth fastest time, ahead of Jack Miller's Ducati Factory and the team. mate Joan Mir.

Rounding out the Top Ten and also in virtual Q2 are Maverick Vinales with the Aprilia, Brad Binder with the KTM, Johann Zarco with the Ducati Pramac and the rookie Marco Bezzecchi with the Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team.

With the forecast calling for rain for FP3, all the others including our Enea Bastianini (Ducati Gresini), Luca Marini (Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team), Andrea Dovizioso (Yamaha WithU RNF), Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha Factory), Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini) and Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia tester) could be forced to take part in Q1.

Rookie FP2 MotoGP Dutch GP TT Assen

The best rookie was Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team) 10th, followed by Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini) 20th, Remy Gardner (KTM Team Tech 3) 22nd, Darryn Binder (Yamaha WithU RNF) 23rd and Raul Fernandez (KTM Team Tech 3) 25th.