Binder sets the fastest time in Sepang as Crutchlow dominates the wet

Spaniard Pol Espargaró (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) objected to the second round of free practice. Penalized with three loss of positions In the starting lineup of the Malaysian race, another rider avoids the Frenchman’s bike, which creates a tight danger situation to annoy another rider, Johann Zarco (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), by driving too slow at a certain point of the track and within the riders’ dash area.

At the start of this second MotoGP training session, track conditions were not the best, but with the rain stopped, the strong prototypes are likely to succeed. dry one “strip” of the circuitThey were quite long.

By the way, at the head of the classification were such extraordinary names as the Italians. Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha YZR M 1), although followed by water experts such as Johann Zarco or the Italian marco bezzecchi (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), George Martin (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), Alex Marquez (Honda RC 213 V) or Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (KTMRC16).

Spaniard Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP), who was severely hampered by technical problems on his two bikes in the morning and could barely run five laps, managed to intensify his preparations for the Malaysia race, even though the track conditions were not the best. for Try to improve your situation.

As the laps passed, Morbidelli was replaced by the French Zarco at the head of the table, and then the Spanish Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP) began to show a small lane on the asphalt, although not enough. for roll in the morning recordings.

The classification of the second round slowly dropped, with changes in the ranking of heroes as Miguel Oliveira of Portugal took the lead with seven minutes left, followed by Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha YZR M 1) and Fabio Quartararo. , when Australia Jack Miller and teammate “Pecco” Bagnaia decided to hit the track on dry tires and they weren’t the only ones.

This decision was immediately noticed on the track as Alex Márquez moved up to first place, but was later overtaken by both Cal Crutchlow and Cal Crutchlow. “Peko” BagnaiaBehind them were Jack Miller, Johann Zarco and Maverick Viñales, but it was the morning that mattered.

Thus, they were placed in the second direct classification after the leader of the day, Brad Binder, and Alex Rins and Marc Márquez. Enea Bastianini, Joan Mir, Jorge Martín, Fabio Quartararo, Fabio di Giannantonio, Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi.

Other than that, and thus complicating his situation a bit, “Pecco” Bagnaia has come to an end. Mathematically can be declared champion in Sepanghowever, for this he would have to improve his performance significantly, especially considering that his most direct rival, Fabio Quartararo, is way ahead of him on the timeline.

Meanwhile, behind him, Aleix Espargaró saved the furniture as best he could After crashing with one of his bikes in the morning, having technical problems with the second, and facing much worse asphalt in the afternoon session, finishing in an alarming twentieth position just behind teammate Maverick Viñales as a result of the rain.

Neither did Alex Márquez, Jack Miller, Pol Espargaró or Johann Zarco qualify for the second division; wet conditions.