Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Buddh 2023
Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Buddh 2023

2023 Indian MotoGP: Friday practice LIVE UPDATES!

Francesco Bagnaia holds a 36-point title lead over Pramac’s Jorge Martin as MotoGP heads into the unknown with its Indian deಌbut at the Buddh International Circuit.

Michelin is offering a wider choice of tyres for this weekend, four front🍌s and three rears, as MotoGP faces its first new☂ event without any prior testing in over a decade.

To help adapt to the new track, both ꦯFriday practice sessions will be extended, t♎o 70mins each.

Riders have been using videoℱ games to try and learn the 13-turn ex-F1 track, which features several sizeable straights, the longest at just over 1km.

“This track will be an equ📖aliser. Those who can adapt fast will gain a huge advantage. It’s an open race,” said RNF team boss Razlan Razali.

Missing this weekend are Ducati’s Enea Bastianini - who fractured his hand and ankle during a multi-rider🌳 pile-up in Catalunya, moments before team-mate Bagnaia was run over following a highside - and LCR Honda’s Alex Rins, who is still recoꦦvering from leg fractures at Mugello in May.

HRC test rider Stefan Bradl will replace Rins with Ducati test rider Michele Pirro 🍬in place of Bastianini.

13:03

That's it for Friday practice asꦯ Mari🍰ni finishes fastest ahead of Martin.

12:56

Nakagami has gone down and his bike is being rꦐecovered on the circuit. 

12:55

Wow! Marﷺini replaces Martin at🔥 the top of the leaderboard. 

12:54

A. Espargaro is in contention once again as he goes second - +0.04🍎3s down on Martin. 

12:51

Martin obli🐲terates the top time as he sets a first 1m 44s lap. 

12:45

Quartararo goes second behind Bezzecchi. 

12:43

Bezzecchi goes🐼 fastest once again! Great lap from the Italian as he moves a tenth clear of Vinales. 

12:39

Vinales goes top by over th🧸ree tenths before running off at turn one. 

12:39

Vinales𓃲 is on a very, very fast lap ha﷽lf way around...

12:35

Marc Marquez ha🉐s just moved up to P9 as the time attacks are about to begin with 20 minutes left of P🦩2. 

12:31

Michele Pir♉ro has come to a stop in the 🌸gravel at turn one. 

12:26

Martin is your new pacesetter as Luc𒅌a Marini has crashed at turn o✨ne. 

12:10

Bezzecchi fires his Ducati back to the🌠 top of the leaderboard befor🦋e running off at turn one again. 

12:06

Espargaro matches Martin's time to go top. 

12:04

Espargaro has made the same mistake as Bezzecchi at turn one and hꩵas ran through the gravel. 

12:02

M♛ꦬartin has now gone fastest after following Espargaro. It's a time of 1:46.182s from the Pramac Ducati rider.

11:59

Aleiꦺx Espargaro ♚goes quickest by just under a tenth from Bezzecchi. 

11:58

Bezওzecchi ♚is pushing his luck as he takes a trip through the gravel at turn one. 

11:54

After topping FP1 it is Mar🍒co Bezzecchi that's again showing great speed. he's currently top ahead of Jorge Martin.

11:50

Jackܫ Miller has already gone down at the start of Practice 2. 

11:46

We're underway with the second Friday MotoGP practice session at the Indian grand p🌜rix.

11:21

There isꦦ only nine minut▨es left of Moto2 FP2 before the second MotoGP practice gets underway at 11:45am. 

11:20

The delay to P2 getting underway✱ is due to a lack of marshals at their designated posts. Moto2 has running in the meantime.&nbs🦩p;