Enea Bastianini fastest in the second Portimao MotoGP practice as Marc Marquez also makes it into Q2 directly despite a late fall.
With track conditions much improved for the second MotoGP practice, lap times were already much faster than the morning after just five minutes as Brad Binder set a low 1m 39s time to lead the way.
Using a hard front and medium rear tyre combination, Marquez began showing serious pace on his second stint as he went within half a tenth of Binder’s top time. As Marquez returned to pit lane, the first 1m 38s lap of the weekend was pumped in by Ducati’s Jorge Martin. Next up was Marquez as the Spaniard set an identical lap time to Vinales before finding more time on his second effort.
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