Jorge Martín mantains consistency on second night in Losail

Aspar Mahindra rider continues top ten form with ninth fastest lap after improving bike

Today was the turn of the smaller category riders to contest just one session on track at Losail but there was no holding back in Moto3, as Navarro and Binder set the early pace before Livio Loi resumed his domination at the top of the timesheets.  Late efforts from Quartararo and Binder dislodged the Belgian, the Frenchman breaking the 2.05 barrier to lead a close field into tomorrow's qualifying. 
Working with used tyres was the main focus for Jorge Martín today at Losail as he continues to work towards Sunday night's race. The Aspar Mahindra rider spent the first part of tonight's session on old rubber, maintaining his strong and consistent pace from yesterday whilst also managing to solve some of the front chatter issues he has encountered here. The Spaniard's goal is to improve his performance on softer rubber ahead of qualifying tomorrow. Pecco Bagnaia was disappointed that he was unable to build on his strong start yesterday, the Italian having tested some updates  that he will not be able to use for the rest of the Grand Prix.  His focus now is to make the most of what he does have available. 
9th Jorge Martín 2.06.679 (12 laps): “At the start of the session we worked on very used tyres because we don't have many and we have to make the most of them; also it's good preparation for the race. We set a pretty positive pace on those tyres and I am happy with that. Afterwards we made a change because the rear of the bike felt low, which helped me to feel comfortable again. At the end of the session we put some soft rear and soft front tyres in but I don't have a good feeling with the soft front, I don't think any of the Mahindras do. The bike was folding on me a lot but I still managed to set two fairly fast laps. We have reduced the chatter we had yesterday but we need to eliminate it fully before tomorrow. We are on the right lines but we have to keep working hard to break into the 2'05s." 
28º Pecco Bagnaia 2.07.940 (12 laps): “At the start of the session we lost a little time because the gear lever was too high and I couldn't shift gear properly so I had to come in and fix that. We made a great start yesterday but we have taken a step backwards today. Yesterday we made a step forward with something that unfortunately we are not going to be able to use for this Grand Prix so we are going to have to make the most of the material we have here at Losail."