Jerez MotoGP: Petrucci leads Ducati one-two in red-flagged FP2 - autosport.com

Danilo Petrucci led his factory Ducati team-mate Andrea Dovizioso in a second MotoGP practice session at Jerez that was red-flagged shortly before the end.

As he had done in FP1, Honda rider Marc Marquez controlled the majority of the session, with a 1m38.154s keeping him on top for most of the 45-minute running.

Marquez was the first to improve as the final fast laps started, but he only went faster by seven thousandths of a second and was soon denied by LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow.

The Briton was then beaten by Petrucci, who set a time of 1m37.909s with just three minutes on the clock and shortly before the session a red flag was shown.

The stoppage was caused by Karel Abraham and Bradley Smith crashing at Turn 5 in quick succession, with Abraham's Avintia Ducati bike, plus plenty of debris, left on track.

MotoGP reported KTM rider Smith had been taken to the medical centre for a check-up after his crash.

The break lasted only a few minutes, leaving time for one more fast lap, but the majority of the top riders could not improve - meaning Petrucci ended up topping the session.

Dovizioso did manage to get up to second as he beat Crutchlow by 0.001 seconds, with Marquez taking fourth.

The Yamahas of Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo (pictured above) improved after the red flag to secure fifth and sixth, and were followed by three more Hondas - wildcard Stefan Bradl, LCR's Takaaki Nakagami and the second factory bike of Jorge Lorenzo.

The same nine riders are currently in the top 10 of the overall classification as well, with the final Q2 spot currently occupied by Jack Miller - who was 11th in FP2, and narrowly beaten by Pramac Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia.

Pol Espargaro was the top KTM in 12th as his team-mate Johann Zarco suffered his second crash of the day at Turn 2.

Tech3 rider Hafizh Syahrin also fell, and completed just three laps in the session. Joan Mir was another to crash but still ended up close to team-mate and Austin race winner Alex Rins, who was only 16th as neither Suzuki finished in the overall top 10.

After taking 16th in FP1, Valentino Rossi continued to struggle and was 14th in second practice.

FP2 times

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Gap	Laps
1	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	Ducati	1m37.909s	18
2	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Ducati	0.097s	17
3	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	0.195s	20
4	Marc Marquez	Honda	Honda	0.238s	21
5	Maverick Vinales	Yamaha	Yamaha	0.332s	18
6	Fabio Quartararo	Petronas Yamaha	Yamaha	0.461s	21
7	Stefan Bradl	Honda	Honda	0.464s	20
8	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda	Honda	0.505s	19
9	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	Honda	0.536s	19
10	Francesco Bagnaia	Pramac Ducati	Ducati	0.684s	17
11	Jack Miller	Pramac Ducati	Ducati	0.697s	23
12	Pol Espargaro	KTM	KTM	0.726s	18
13	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	Aprilia	0.767s	19
14	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Yamaha	0.772s	20
15	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	Aprilia	0.812s	19
16	Alex Rins	Suzuki	Suzuki	0.838s	22
17	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Suzuki	0.880s	20
18	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha	Yamaha	0.991s	20
19	Tito Rabat	Avintia Ducati	Ducati	1.201s	21
20	Johann Zarco	KTM	KTM	1.457s	17
21	Karel Abraham	Avintia Ducati	Ducati	1.623s	16
22	Miguel Oliveira	Tech3 KTM	KTM	1.865s	21
23	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	Aprilia	1.995s	15
24	Hafizh Syahrin	Tech3 KTM	KTM	2.985s	3