JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain — Ducati’s
Italian rider
Francesco Bagnaia signaled a return to form by topping the free
practice times for the Spanish MotoGP ahead of championship leader Fabio
Quartararo on Saturday.
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The pair will do
battle for pole position in qualifying at the Jerez circuit later in the day
for the sixth race of the 21-race season on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Bagnaia ran Quartararo a close
second for the title in 2021 but made a poor start to this season before
declaring that he was starting to “feel better on the bike” after an
eight-place finish in last weekend’s race in Portugal.
Defending world champion Quartararo is running high
on confidence after his win last weekend and flung his Yamaha round the track
just a fraction of a second slower than Bagnaia.
In bright sunshine, the Japanese Honda rider Takaaki
Nakagami was third on the fast, dry track.
Six-time world champion
Marc Marquez was fourth on the track
where he has won three times at this level but also one on which he fell
heavily, leading to a long injury lay-off in 2020.
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