Francesco Bagnaia starts his Saturday off as the quickest rider on track ahead of the KTM Test Rider, Pol Espargaro.
After the ten riders who automatically get into the second Qualifying session were decided in the Friday Afternoon Practice session, Saturday morning is for Race Pace in MotoGP.
In the Friday afternoon Practice, it was Francesco Bagnaia who topped the session. The Italian then went on and topped the Saturday morning session ahead of Qualifying.
The KTM Test Rider, Pol Espargaro, has used his experience around the Red Bull Ring to finish Saturday Practice in second place. However, the Spaniard has to go through the first Qualifying session.
Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin put their Ducati's in third and fourth place. Marquez feels the best he has all year on the Ducati and Martin has an injured finger after cutting it last night after Practice had finished.
Fabio Quartararo managed to get his Yamaha into the top five on Saturday Morning. The French rider finished Friday down in 13th place.
Both Factory Aprilia riders ended the Saturday morning Practice session inside the top ten. Maverick Vinales finished the session in sixth and Aleix Espargaro finished in ninth.
Alex Marquez was the final Ducati rider to get in the top ten on Saturday Morning in seventh place.
Finally, two KTM riders were also inside the top ten with Pedro Acosta in eighth and Jack Miller in tenth place.
MotoGP Austria, Free Practice Two Full Results:
2024 Austrian MotoGP | Red Bull Ring | Free Practice 2 Results | Round 11 of 20 | |||||
Pos | Name | Nat. | Team | Bike | Lap Time |
1 | Pecco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP24 | 1:29.243 |
2 | Pol Espargaro | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | 1:29.295 |
3 | Marc Marquez | ESP | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati GP23 | 1:29.344 |
4 | Jorge Martin | ESP | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati GP24 | 1:29.374 |
5 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha M1 | 1:29.516 |
6 | Maverick Vinales | ESP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:29.520 |
7 | Alex Marquez | ESP | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati GP23 | 1:29.640 |
8 | Pedro Acosta | ESP | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM RC16 | 1:29.808 |
9 | Aleix Espargaro | ESP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:29.822 |
10 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | 1:29.841 |
11 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati GP23 | 1:29.868 |
12 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:29.903 |
13 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP24 | 1:29.908 |
14 | Raul Fernandez | ESP | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:30.112 |
15 | Joan Mir | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | 1:30.113 |
16 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V | 1:30.114 |
17 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati GP24 | 1:30.200 |
18 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | 1:30.290 |
19 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda RC213V | 1:30.320 |
20 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:30.338 |
21 | Alex Rins | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha M1 | 1:30.342 |
22 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | 1:30.400 |
23 | Augusto Fernandez | ESP | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM RC16 | 1:30.562 |
24 | Stefan Bradl | DEU | HRC Test Team | Honda RC213V | 1:30.968 |