Prior to the session getting underway a big update ✨confirmed changes to the 📖MotoGP practice schedule.

Practice 2 instead became FP2 as lap times woul😼d not count towards Q2. Saturday’s final practice has become the all-important session as lap times will dictate who go through directly to Q2.

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Wi♉th lap times over 15 seconds slower than that of FP1, finding a rhythm proved tricky as Augusto Fernandez led the way.

Raul Fernandez made it a 1-2 alongside his namesake ahead of Enea Bastianini, Joan Mir and Jack Miller. That was until the latter🧸 popped his factory KTM machine up to second spot.

The star of FP1, Pedro Acosta was doing very little to dampen the hype as he moved 🀅three tenths clear of team-mate Augusto Fernandez.

While lap times contin🏅ued improving, Fernandez and Acosta remained at the verꦗy front of the field.

Miller momentarily went quickest but Fernandeꦆz responded with a time of 𒈔2:06.834s.

After a lull in riders improving, Marc Marquez began showing his true pace as he went close to t🔯hree tenths clear of Fernandez.

Rain started to fall again as Marc Marquez remained at theꦐ top, although this time a🍌round it was a very brief spell.

Behind Marquez was KTM’s ♕quartet of riders led by Fernandez, while the next best Ducati was Bastianini in P7, one spot behind Raul Fernandez🌺.

Rounding out the top ten were Fabio Di Giannantonio🌸, Alex Marquez ♍and Johann Zarco.