Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Silverstone 2023
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Silverstone 2023

LIVE UPDATES: Friday practice from the Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring

Francesco Bagnaia heads into the Austrian MotoGP with a 41-point lead over Jorge Martin after finishing second at Silverstone.

Aleix Espargaro was the race winner last time out as he looked to keep Aprilia's impressive form going. 

Stya tuned as Crash.net brings you the latest news and updates throughout the Austrian MotoGP weekend. 

18 Aug 2023
15:13
Friday practice comes to a close

That's it for Practice 2 as Bezzecchi tops it ahead of Vinales and Bagnaia. Binder was fourth and Zarco fifth. 

15:11

Bezzecchi is returning to pit lane on the back of a scooter that's being ridden by Valentino Rossi after running out of fuel. 

15:07
Bez sets a new lap record

Bezzecchi breaks the lap record to go fastest from Bagnaia. It's a 1:28.533s from the Italian. 

15:04

Binder into second as he cuts Bagnaia's lead down to under a tenth. 

15:02

Wow! Bagnaia goes under the 1m 29s barrier by over two tenths. What a lap by the world champion. 

15:00

What a lap by Marc Marquez as he goes second fastest. 

14:56

Quartararo goes back into the top ten as Bastianini has gone down at the chicane. 

14:54

Marc Marquez runs off track after nearly running into the back of Enea Bastianini. 

14:53

Quartararo and Marc Marquez are out on soft rear tyres. 

14:47

Rain flags are being waved but it looks to be very light at the moment. 

14:46

Marc Marquez is really struggling with the Honda. It looks like a handful to ride. 

14:38

Franco Morbidelli gets it wrong at turn four and runs throught the gravel. 

14:35

Stunning pace from Vinales as he goes close to beating his own time again. 

14:33
Vinales goes top

As he does it. VInales goes fastest by nearly four tenths. There's still 38 minutes remaining but lap times are very fast already. 

14:32

Vinales is on a big, big lap at the moment. He is half way around and could go top...

14:29

After topping FP1, Zarco is now the first rider outside of the top ten as Bezzecchi continues to lead. 

14:22
Bez to the front of the leaderboard

Bezzecchi goes top with a time of 1:29.450s. 

14:20

Riders are wasting no time as soft tyres have already been thrown into action as heavy rain could be coming soon. Binder is fastest as it stands.

14:11

And we're underway with MotoGP FP2 in Austria.

14:00

Good afternoon and welcome back to Friday practice at the Red Bull Ring. There has been a slight delay to Practice 2 which should get underway within the next 15 minutes. 

10:34
Ducati claim top spot in FP1

Zarco finishes fastest ahead of Quartararo and Vinales

10:31

Johann Zarco goes quickest by nearly four tenths ahead of Quartararo. 

10:29

Bezzecchi runs through the gravel for the second time in this session. This time it's turn two for the Italian. 

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