This Saturday started in the best way for Marc Márquez in MotoGP, with the Spaniard being the fastest in FP2. Pecco Bagnaia managed to pass for the lead, as did Fabio Quartararo, but in the end the #93 left no room for doubt about who the fastest was.
The 30-minute session got off to a rocky start with Franco Morbidelli crashing at turn 4 of the Spanish circuit, the third fastest rider from yesterday crashed and led to the yellow flag being raised.
Bagnaia was the fastest at this very early stage, with a lap of 1:38.439s.
Seconds later the red flag was shown due to the ‘track conditions’: Morbidelli's impact on the protective barrier, which clipped the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team rider, had to be replaced.
That was a big one! 😱 Here is CCTV footage of Franky's crash 👇#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/oT4XoweCrp
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) April 26, 2025
🚩Red flag 🚩 Air-fence needs to be re-deployed at T4 #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/Pb3s9CYn4h
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) April 26, 2025
The pitlane opened at 10:19 local time and with a few laps already done after that, Bagnia continued to be the highlight of the session with a time of 1:37.139s, 0.415s ahead of Pedro Acosta. Shortly afterwards Álex Rins also went down, not seriously, and many riders saw their lap times cancelled.
Thumbs up from @Rins42 after a front-end crash at T6 💥👍 #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/KSlv8KrKHi
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) April 26, 2025
With 19 minutes of the session still to go, the times were falling again, with several riders improving their records, but number one was Marc Márquez, with a lap almost at second 36, specifically in 1:37.002s, which now left Bagnaia, who also improved his time, 0.095s behind. Maverick Viñales was third at 0.117s.
Soon after, it was Fabio Quartararo's turn to show that he can make the M1 competitive in one lap, beating Bagnaia and coming within 0.056s of the #93.
Quartararo didn't want to stop there and on his eighth lap he moved to the front of the session and was first, already inside the second 36, in 1:36.983s. At this stage Acosta crashed out, with the KTM Spaniard not getting hurt.
A T13 tumble for @37_pedroacosta, but he gets back up 👍#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/mOBG0JAVdI
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) April 26, 2025
The session went into pause mode, with many riders in the garage of their respective teams.
At the restart things didn't go so well for Bagnaia crashed, not seriously, at turn 7 of the circuit, with just over seven minutes remaining in the session. Life wasn't easy for Rins who, again at turn six, crashed again and with a heavy impact on the guard rails: it was no wonder that the red flag was raised again given the space left by the guard rails.
Another crash, this time around at T7! And it's @PeccoBagnaia 💥#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/2pLL473dy2
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) April 26, 2025
A second FP2 crash for @Rins42 😱 Glad to see he's already up and walking#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/32RE4OHYOP
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) April 26, 2025
With the clock ticking just over two minutes into the session Marc Márquez retook the lead after completing a lap in 1:36.923s, but the Ducati Spaniard didn't stop there, improving to 1:36.677s.
Note to Viñales who finished second, 0.210s behind the #93, with Quartararo in third.
