German MotoGP - Free Practice (2) Results
Marquez takes over at the top during Free Practice 2 for the German MotoGP.
Rins had been fastest on the hard rear tyre, before Marquez and others fitted new rear softs for a flying lap in the closing minutes.
Marquez takes over at the top during Free Practice 2 for the German MotoGP.
Rins had been fastest on the hard rear tyre, before Marquez and others fitted new rear softs for a flying lap in the closing minutes.
Bagnaia missed the session to undergo medical checks after a fall in FP1, but is expected to return for FP3.
Marquez, who has the new Honda frame with carbon fibre bracing available this weekend, is seeking his tenth successive pole and race victory at the Sachsenring.
Team-mate Jorge Lorenzo is absent after fractures to his vertebrae last weekend at Assen and is being replaced by HRC test and wild-card rider Bradl.
LCR riders Nakagami and Crutchlow are both carrying leg injuries, the Japanese from Assen and the Englishman from a bicycle accident.
| German MotoGP - Free Practice (2) Results | |||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max | |
| 1 | ^1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1'20.705s | 23/26 | 294k |
| 2 | ^2 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.341s | 20/26 | 292k |
| 3 | ˅2 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | +0.360s | 20/23 | 291k |
| 4 | ^1 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.488s | 22/23 | 293k |
| 5 | ^6 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | +0.560s | 20/21 | 296k |
| 6 | ^4 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.687s | 22/23 | 294k |
| 7 | = | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Ducati (GP19) | +0.737s | 22/23 | 295k |
| 8 | ^7 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) | +0.779s | 19/20 | 291k |
| 9 | ˅3 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) | +0.784s | 18/24 | 295k |
| 10 | ˅7 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.833s | 23/24 | 290k |
| 11 | ^3 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +0.838s | 5/19 | 295k |
| 12 | ^1 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.936s | 22/23 | 290k |
| 13 | ^7 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* | +0.973s | 13/24 | 292k |
| 14 | ^3 | Stefan Bradl | GER | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.988s | 21/23 | 294k |
| 15 | ˅6 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.024s | 21/21 | 287k |
| 16 | ˅8 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +1.053s | 19/21 | 291k |
| 17 | ˅5 | Karel Abraham | CZE | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | +1.192s | 23/23 | 290k |
| 18 | ^1 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | +1.194s | 23/23 | 291k |
| 19 | ˅3 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | +1.296s | 20/20 | 292k |
| 20 | ^2 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.503s | 19/20 | 289k |
| 21 | = | Tito Rabat | SPA | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | +1.757s | 24/24 | 292k |
| 22 | ˅4 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP18)* | No Time | ||
Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than FP1.
= Rider is same position as FP1.
˅X Rider is X positions lower than FP1.
* Rookie.
Fastest FP1 time:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 21.390s
Official Sachsenring MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda1m 20.270s (2018)
Fastest race lap:
Jonas Folger GER Yamaha1m 21.442s (2017)
