While the likes of Jorge Martin and COTA MotoGP race winner Alex Rins fou𝓀nd early improvements to begin FP2, Aleix Espargaro instead suffered a crash at turn nine. 

Yellow flags then came out shortly after as Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori, who is replacing t♎he injured Miguel Oliveira at RNF this weekend, went down in sector three. 

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There were plenty more crashes that follow🌟ed as Joan Mir was next to run into trouble as he lost the front-end of his Repsol Honda at turn seven. 

Franco Morbidelli was next to fall fro🍌m his factory Yamaha machine, before Augusto Fernandez and Alex ܫMarquez suffered separate crashes. 

Lucky to get away without injury, Marquez was seen bouncing through the gravel before 🍷getting back to his feet immediately.  

Adding his name to a very unw♊anted list, Martin then crash🎀ed at turn 10 which left his Pramac Ducati in bad shape. 

After his early fall, there were more drama𝔍s for Espargaro as the Aprilia rider slowed on the entry 🅷to turn one.

As the factory Apr♏ilia rider put his left hand up to warn the oncoming riders, Espargaro was seen looking towards the left side of his motorcycle, however, it was unclear what the issue was. 

Going from bad to worse, Mir made another mistake wit﷽h just over 20 minut♑es remaining, however, this time the Spaniard avoided crashing for a second time in this session. 

The 2020 MotoGP champion instead ran through the gravel at turn 11 be🥃fore re-entering the circuit. 

Af🤡ter nearly coming unstuck at turn seven, Bagnaia’s stand-in teammate Danilo Petrucci did just that as he became the eighth ri💖der to fall in FP2 - same corner as Bagnaia’s error.

Push🎀ing on in a bid to crack the top ten, Quartararo had two big wobbles on the exit of turn three and again on t🐼he approach to turn four. 

With the time atta☂cks now fully underway with 15 minutes remaining, Quartararo put his previous scare to one side by going fifth. 

That quickly became sixth though, as Martiౠn went third fastest before Binder shot to the top of the leaderboard.&nbsღp;

Looking for a tow as has been common over the last few seasons, Marquez latched onto the back of Bagnaia to begin 𓆏their ♍first time attack.

However, the world champion was having none of it as he pitted and made Marquez go forཧ a flying lap on his own.

When Marquez was back behind Bagnaia and Martin for the final stint, the Honda rider did make improvements before a fast crash at turn nine which left his RC213🐽V in a complete mess. 

Meanwhile, Quartararo was pushed out of the top ten while Bagnaia managed to squeeze in t𝓡hanks to a P9 finish.