Mooney VR46’s Luca Marini secured the Friday celebrations at Valencia after heading an all-Ducati top three in FP2. Having repeatedly challenged throughout the 45-minute session, Marini’s 1’30.217 was enough to hold off Prima Pramac’s Jorge Martin and Ducati Lenovo’s Jack Miller as the opening day came to a close, Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez recovering from an early off to spoil the Bologna party in fourth.
FP2 kicked off with Franky Morbidelli in the gravel after losing the Monster Energy Yamaha at turn two. Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins topping the early times thanks to a 1’31.
238 from Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo and Miller while Marquez crashed the Repsol out at the first corner. Turn five claimed Aleix Espargaro’s Aprilia with just ten minutes of the session dispatched as Quartararo refined the 1’31.1 target.
Miller matching for second with just 0.055s splitting the pair until Marini arrived three-thousandths faster than his fellow Ducati and Rins completed the rapid top four, 0.034s back.