MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix: Fernandez on Top as Aprilia Dominates
Raul Fernandez posted a 1m28.725s lap record as Aprilia placed three riders in the top three and six riders secured direct Q2 spots.
- On Friday, Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez set a new lap record of 1min 28.725sec to top the MotoGP practice session at the Indonesian Grand Prix, leading an Aprilia 1-2-3 finish.
- The hour-long Practice, delayed by a connectivity issue in the FIM stewards room, featured numerous crashes including spills for Enea Bastianini and Fabio Quartararo throughout the afternoon at Mandalika.
- Fernandez finished ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin, securing the top three for Aprilia, while Pedro Acosta placed fourth on the factory KTM and Marc Marquez rounded out the top five.
- Fabio Di Giannantonio, Quartararo, Alex Marquez, Franco Morbidelli, and Pecco Bagnaia secured direct Q2 spots, while no Honda riders qualified directly, with Luca Marini as the brand's leading runner in 14th.
- Following the crash-strewn day, other riders face Q1, including 2025 Indonesian Grand Prix winner Fermin Aldeguer in 15th and Joan Mir's stand-in Aleix Espargaro in 22nd.
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Fernandez logs record lap at Indonesia MotoGP practice
The SuperFile-Trackhouse racer clocked 1min 28.725sec at a dry Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit to push Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi, who had led after the first session, into second place by 0.219sec. Championship leader Jorge Martin, also on Aprilia, came third, with fellow Spaniards Pedro Acosta and reigning champion Marc Marquez behind him. Fabio di Giannantonio was sixth, followed by Fabio Quartararo, Alex Marquez, Franco Morbidelli a…
Redacción deportes, 9 Oct (EFE).- The Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia RS-GP) has led the favorite group of the category, in the first free workouts for the Indonesian MotoGP Grand Prix that has been played in the Mandalika circuit, together with the Spaniards Marc Márquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP26) and Jorge Martín (Aprilia RS-GP). [...] The entry Raúl Fernández sets a new record and dominates the official practice was first published in HolaNew…
Raúl Fernández has started as a plane in Indonesia. The Madrid trackhouse driver led an Aprilia-dominated practice with three drivers in the top-3 (Raúl, Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martín). Fernández set the bar very high by lowering his previous time in more than half a second, stopping the time at 1:28.725. No one ... Continue reading "Raúl Fernández is exhibiting in Indonesia with a record time and Martin wins the first battle at Marquez"
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