Listen to this article The rescheduled second practice session on Saturday was extended from 45 minutes to an hour to make up for Friday’s running being cancelled due to freight delays. With no FP3 taking place this weekend due to the revised schedule, the qualifying groups were decided on the combined order at the end of FP2. Most of the field focused on race running in the opening half of FP2, with conditions identical to what will likely be experienced on Sunday in the 25-lap grand prix. Though long running was the priority, that didn’t stop Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro – starting his 200th MotoGP race this weekend – from moving up to second on the combined times straight away with a 1m39.116s. With 15 minutes of the session gone, Espargaro bettered Takaaki Nakagami’s F …

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