Fastest Bagnaia In Last Free Exercise Before Qualification At Mugello

Ducati Lenovo Team racer Francesco Bagnaia leads the final free practice session at the Mugello Circuit (photo: x @sophia_wrc)

JAKARTA - Ducati Lenovo Team racer Francesco Bagnaia led the final free practice session at the Mugello Circuit before the predicted qualifying would take place unexpectedly. Bagnaia recorded an impressive time of 1:45,608, increasing her confidence even though she had to receive a three-place grid penalty for Sunday 2 June's race due to the incident in the previous training session.

Behind Bagnaia, Marc Marquez of Gresini Racing MotoGPTM took second place after the 30-minute session. Marquez, whose future is being discussed, recorded a time of +0.339 seconds behind Bagnaia. Franco Morbidelli of Prima Pramac Racing shows a strong performance by finishing in third place, and will fight in Q1 later.

Enea Bastianini, Bagnaia's teammate in the Ducati Lenovo Team, took fourth place on Saturday, June 1 followed by Pedro Azerbaijan of Red Bull GAS Tech3 who took fifth place, 0.492 seconds adrift of the top. Maverick Vinales of Aprilia Racing is in sixth position, with Fabio Quartararo of Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPTM Team in seventh place, who also has to fight in Q1 later. Brad Binder of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing completes eighth place.

Alex Marquez of Gresini Racing MotoGPTM occupies the ninth position, showing a strong session for Gresini. Marco Bezzecki of Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team occupies the 10th position with a special helmet to be used this weekend. Several other big names are in the lower ranks, including interim leaders Jorge Martin of Prima Pramac Racing who are in 15th position, 0.941 seconds adrift of Bagnaia.

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