No pain for Márquez in Austin, who leads MotoGP FP2

October 1, 2021

The Honda rider, who still carries considerable limitations in his right arm, seems to have controlled the pain at the Circuit of the Americas, where he remained among the top positions throughout the entire training session, and where he left Jack Miller 15 thousandths behind. , the second best classified.

The third fastest was Fabio Quartararo, who finished two tenths behind Márquez, and thus recovered from the poor start of the Grand Prix – he was 15th in the first practice.

Pol Espargaró, fourth, confirmed the good fit of the Hondas on the Texas track, something that became even clearer with Takaaki Nakagami’s fifth position.

Pecco Bagnaia was sixth, already half a second behind the rider from Cervera (Lleida) and 14 thousandths ahead of Jorge Martín (seventh).

Johann Zarco concluded the eighth, while Alex Rins (ninth) and Enea Bastianini (tenth) closed a picturesque top ten . The Beast , who two weeks ago, in Misano, climbed the podium for the first time, seems to have found the way to bring out his best version, something that Joan Mir, the current champion, who finished 13th and was left out, has not yet achieved from the group of runners who provisionally have a place in the second qualifying selection ( Q2 ).

If it rains on Saturday morning, something quite likely if we look at the weather forecast, Mir will find himself in Q1 with Valentino Rossi (17th) and Aleix Espargaró (19th), who was unable to complete the test due to a fall in last minutes.

Results of the FP2 of the 2021 MotoGP Americas GP

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Cla	Pilot	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval
1	Marc Marquez	17	2’04.164
2	Jack Miller	17	2’04.179	0.015	0.015
3	Fabio Quartararo	17	2’04.366	0.202	0.187
4	Pol Espargaro	16	2’04.552	0.388	0.186
5	Takaaki Nakagami	16	2’04,612	0.448	0.060
6	Francesco Bagnaia	16	2’04.663	0.499	0.051
7	Jorge Martin	15	2’04,677	0.513	0.014
8	Johann Zarco	15	2’04.723	0.559	0.046
9	Alex Rins	18	2’04.802	0.638	0.079
10	Enea Bastianini	16	2’04.836	0.672	0.034
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