The World Champion and teammate Morbidelli lead the way on Friday; factory Hondas, Mir and Pecco way down the order
It’s a Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™ 1-2 at the end of Friday’s MotoGP™ action at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia, as Fabio Quartararo leads teammate Franco Morbidelli by 0.030s having set a table-topping 1:31.608. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) sits P3 heading into Saturday’s sessions as we see Pol Espargaro, Repsol Honda teammate Marc Marquez, Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) finish no higher than P20.
Early problems fail to halt Quartararo as big names struggle
It was far from an ideal start to FP2 for the reigning World Champion Quartararo. The Frenchman encountered an issue with his YZR-M1 at the beginning of his third lap, but he was back out on track with 30 minutes to go. Meanwhile,…