The Red Bull Ring welcomed the MotoGP paddock for the second weekend in succession this morning with sunny and dry conditions, while a shower delivered a wet start of FP2 in the afternoon. Yet, the track was drying up towards the end of the second Free Practice later on.

Thereby, Danilo Petrucci clocked the 18^th fastest lap in FP1, trying out several settings on his KTM RC16, but didn’t go head out again when the track was drying in the afternoon as the tarmac was still not dry enough to deliver competitive lap times in order to improve overall. At the same time, Iker Lecuona ended up in P19 this morning, was shining bright in FP2. The Spanish youngster was fastest in the wet conditions, but also on the drying line and headed the field with more than three seconds advantage in the end.

Danilo Petrucci

Position: 18^th

Time: 1:24.755

Laps: 31

"This morning we tried something that was working good in terms of setup. We obviously still have to reduce the wheelie out of the corners in order to try to be as fast as possible on the straight. For sure, the first four corners are the trickiest for us, but I felt quite ok. Hopefully, we can improve our lap time tomorrow, especially compared to last week and try to be as close as possible to the front."

Iker Lecuona

Position: 19^th

Time: 1:24.792

Laps: 44

“In the morning, I was struggling a bit with the grip. I don’t know why, but I couldn’t improve my lap time, so we need to work on this. But when the thunderstorm arrived this afternoon, I spoke with my team and we decided to do a race simulation as the race on Sunday could happen in these conditions. So, I went out with the wet tyres, I felt very good like always and was very fast. Then I did a flag to flag to start to feel the track with the slicks and maybe work out a limit for Sunday. I felt good and managed to improve. Thank you to my guys for their great work! Tomorrow we’ll keep that way.”