Thailand MotoGP - Free Practice (2) Results
Rookie Quartararo heads the Friday practice timesheets for the Thai MotoGP at Buriram, as Yamaha fill the top three places.
Marquez - who will be crowned the 2019 MotoGP champion if he scores at least two points more than Dovizioso on Sunday - returned to action after a big morning highside required a trip to hospital for checks on his leg and back... and went straight to the top of the timesheets with what was then the best lap of the weekend!
Rookie Quartararo heads the Friday practice timesheets for the Thai MotoGP at Buriram, as Yamaha fill the top three places.
Marquez - who will be crowned the 2019 MotoGP champion if he scores at least two points more than Dovizioso on Sunday - returned to action after a big morning highside required a trip to hospital for checks on his leg and back... and went straight to the top of the timesheets with what was then the best lap of the weekend!
The Repsol Honda rider remained fastest until his rivals fitted new soft rubber in the closing stages. By contrast, Marquez remained on a used soft rear tyre and settled for sixth place.
KTM's Espargaro is returning from a left wrist fracture at Aragon.
Rainstorms are a possibility on Saturday and Sunday.
| Thailand MotoGP - Free Practice (2) Results | |||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max | |
| 1 | ^1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | 1'30.404s | 21/22 | 324k |
| 2 | ˅1 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.193s | 18/21 | 324k |
| 3 | ^4 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.221s | 19/21 | 324k |
| 4 | ^1 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Ducati (GP19) | +0.294s | 17/18 | 330k |
| 5 | ^1 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.329s | 20/21 | 325k |
| 6 | ˅3 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.487s | 3/23 | 329k |
| 7 | ^5 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +0.603s | 16/18 | 325k |
| 8 | ˅4 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | +0.623s | 20/20 | 329k |
| 9 | = | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* | +0.682s | 17/18 | 326k |
| 10 | ^1 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.690s | 22/23 | 326k |
| 11 | ˅3 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | +0.711s | 18/19 | 327k |
| 12 | ˅2 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP18)* | +0.750s | 18/19 | 326k |
| 13 | ^5 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.940s | 18/20 | 328k |
| 14 | = | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.020s | 20/21 | 324k |
| 15 | ˅2 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | +1.095s | 20/21 | 325k |
| 16 | ˅1 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +1.108s | 17/19 | 323k |
| 17 | ^5 | Karel Abraham | CZE | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | +1.184s | 18/18 | 327k |
| 18 | ˅2 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | +1.528s | 20/21 | 323k |
| 19 | ˅2 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | +1.532s | 14/15 | 320k |
| 20 | ˅1 | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +1.545s | 19/19 | 328k |
| 21 | ˅1 | Mika Kallio | FIN | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | +1.587s | 19/20 | 320k |
| 22 | ˅1 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +2.180s | 17/18 | 322k |
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:
Maverick Vinales SPA Yamaha 1m 30.979s
Official Buriram MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 30.031s (2018)
Fastest race lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 31.471s (2018)
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
