15:01
Bezzecchi snatches the lap record away from Vinales.
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08 Sep 2023
15:02
Lap record set by Bezzecchi to end Practice fastest
That's it for afternoon practice as Bezzecchi tops it ahead of Vinales, Pedrosa, Martin and Marini.
15:00
Slightly off line heading into turn 15 and it's cost Aleix Espargaro as he's joined his brother in crashing. Espargaro will need to go through Q1.
14:59
Big risk but big reward for Marquez as he goes third after using a two from Pedrosa, who went second.
14:58
Raul Fernandez has gone down at turn 14 as has Pol Espargaro at turn 15.
14:54
We're entering the final runs for every rider, but can anyone beat Vinales' lap record?
14:52
There's now four tenths between VInales and Bezzecchi.
14:51
Vinales breaks the lap record!
Wow! Vinales has just broken the lap record. It's the first-ever sub 1m 31s lap.
14:50
Correction it was a turn three fall for Miller. Meanwhile, Bezzecchi has gone quickest.
14:48
Disaster for Jack Miller as he's gone down at turn one. Miller had just moved into the top ten.
14:43
Aleix Espargaro moves into the top ten after his latest flying lap, but the double winner last time out is half a second down on Martin's time.
14:40
As Martin goes top on a medium rear tyre, Quartararo, Di Giannantonio and Marini are all out on soft rear tyres.
14:38
Unbelievable! Pedrosa goes even quicker and leads by over a tenth from Martin.
14:37
Pedrosa is continuing to lead the way with less than half the session remaining. Time attacks will begin soon.
14:26
Dani Pedrosa's stunning start to the weekend is continuing as he goes top.
14:22
Not for the first time this season, Marc Marquez is following Francesco Bagnaia, something he could be doing next season on a Ducati machine.
14:16
Bezzecchi and Vinales are still over four tenths clear of Martin, Pirro and Luca Marini.
14:11
The pace is certainly ramping up at Misano as Marco Bezzecchi is putting his left wrist injury to one side. The Italian has narrowly gone quicker than Vinales.
14:10
Vinales now blasts his way into the 1m 31s barrier and increases his lead by four tenths.
14:08
It's not Maverick Vinales who fires himself to the top of the leaderboard after setting the quickest lap of the weekend so far.
14:07
Martin goes top for Ducati but only by -0.024s.
14:06
Lap times are already challenging the top time from FP1 as Brad Binder leads the way for KTM.
14:00
Practice 2 is underway at Misano.
13:58
Michele Pirro was fastest for Ducati during this morning's Free Practice 1.
