15:04
Espargaro tops day-one ahead of Vinales, Bagnaia, Zarco and Binder. Quartararo and M. Marquez fail to make the automatic Q2 places.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Red Bull Ring, Austria 2023
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Francesco Bagnaia leads the MotoGP standings by over 60 points and heads into the Catalan MotoGP round as the clear favourite, although the Italian has never won or stood on the podium in Barcelona.
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01 Sep 2023
15:00
New lap record from Espargaro which looks like it will be good enough for top spot.
14:58
Vinales shoots to the top of the leaderboard with another great lap. He lead the way by over two tenths.
14:54
What a final sector from Zarco as he gains nearly two tenths on Espargaro.
14:49
Vinales goes top once again! Great lap from the Aprilia rider.
14:47
Fastest lap of the weekend comes in from Di Giannantonio as he sets a time of 1:39.621s.
14:43
Johann Zarco goes quickest after finding time in the final sector.
14:41
Time attack runs are beginning to come in with 20 minutes remaining. One of the first to swap to a soft-soft combination is Franco Morbidelli.
14:37
Vinales goes fastest and leads Bagnaia, Di Giannantonio, A. Espargaro and Oliveira.
14:33
Vinales has a soft rear tyre and is flying...
14:31
Huge moment for Vinales on the exit of turn 13 as Raul Fernandez has gone down.
14:30
Bagnaia has now overtaken Binder following a move on Marc Marquez. Its clear where the Ducati is gaining on other bikes which is acceleration out of the corners.
14:25
That has all changed now as Bagnaia goes from 20th to first. The world champion has fitted a new medium rear tyre.
14:23
Three of the last four world champions are last at the moment - Bagnaia, Mir and Marquez are rounding out the final three positions.
14:20
Fabio Di Giannantonio is having a great second practice for Gresini as he goes fastest. Great lap from the Italian.
14:16
It's been a tough start to second practice for Francesco Bagnaia, as the Italian is 20th at present.
14:12
Oliveira, Vinales, Binder, Bezzecchi, Zarco, A. Marquez, A. Espargaro, Di Giannantonio, Martin, Marini is your top ten at the moment.
14:09
Disaster for Honda as Nakagami has jumped off his bike with a technical issue.
14:04
As was the case in FP1, Marc Marquez has elected to follow his brother at the start of this all-important second practice.
14:00
MotoGP Practice is underway at Catalunya.
13:46
Good afternoon and welcome back to day-one of the Catalan MotoGP. The second practice of the day gets underway at 14:00 UK time.
10:32
Aprilia lock out the top two spots in Barcelona
A. Espargaro finishes fastest from Vinales and Binder.
10:27
Espargaro goes top by two tenths as he sets a time of 1:39.809s.