13:55
It's Ducati domination at the moment as Marquez is the only non-Ducati rider inside the top five.
Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo Valencia MotoGP 2022
Valencia MotoGP - Friday Free Practice as it happened
The final round of the 2022 MotoGP season sees Valencia host the title decider between Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo.
Bagnaia leads the Yamaha rider by a sizable 23 points, meaning Quartararo must win the Grand Prix if he’s to have any chance of claiming his second title in two seasons.
Battles for third and fifth in the championship are also to be decided as Aleix Espargaro leads Enea Bastianini by one point, while Jack Miller holds the advantage over future team-mate Brad Binder in fifth and sixth.
Crash.net will bring you all the latest news and updates throughout the weekend.
04 Nov 2022
13:58
Marini fastest in FP2
Marini takes day-one honours in Valencia with Martin, Miller, Marquez and Bastianini rounding out the top five.
13:53
Wow! Marini goes nearly four tenths clear of Marquez who has gone second.
13:51
We have the first sub 1m 31s lap of the weekend as Miller blasts his way to the top of the leaderboard.
13:45
There's just ten minutes remaining so time attack runs won't be far away.
13:41
Big moment between Yamaha riders as Quartararo puts a move on Darryn Binder at the final corner. There was contact made.
13:39
Ducati are on the march as Marini goes quickest and Jorge Martin jumps into third.
13:38
Bagnaia makes a rare top ten appearance on day-one as he goes seventh fastest.
13:34
Crutchlow is in the gravel
Cal Crutchlow is next to crash at turn two and is not happy.
13:28
Quartararo, Marini, Miller and Rins are separated by just +0.089s at the moment.
13:27
Thankfully the early crash-fest seems to have stopped as Luca Marini and Jack Miller have moved into the top three.
13:24
Marquez' turn one crash occured at just under 130 km/h. A very fast fall for the Honda man.
13:21
Aleix Espargaro is down for Aprilia
Make that four fallers early on as Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro has gone down at turn five.
13:18
Rapid crashes as Marquez is next
What is going on at the start of FP2 as Marquez is next to crash, this time at turn one.
13:17
Di Giannantonio follows suit
Fabio Di Giannantonio is down at turn two.
13:16
Morbidelli suffers early fall
Morbidelli has gone down in sector one. The Yamaha rider appears to be ok.
13:14
Bagnaia has had an early off track moment after running wide at turn eight.
13:10
And we're underway with FP2 in Valencia!
12:55
Quartararo fastest in FP1
Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP, Valencia MotoGP, 4 November
12:52
Good afternoon and welcome back to Friday practice at the Valencia MotoGP. Coming up shortly is FP2.
09:42
Quartararo fastest!
Quartararo tops FP1 with Bagnaia only 16th. The same result on Sunday and the Yamaha rider would be crowned world champion.
09:37
It doesn't appear like many riders are opting to go for a time attack to end FP1. Most riders have instead not pitted and remained on used tyres with three minutes left.
09:33
Quartararo and the Yamaha appear to be making the difference as the lap develops, which was highlighted by Bastianini going fastest in sector one before losing chunks of time throughout the remainder of the lap.
