2022 MotoGP French Grand Prix: Full Friday practice results

The Italian, twice a winner in the 2022 season on his year-old GP21 bike, lapped 0.202s faster than Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro in a soft rubber time attack late in the second free practice session.

Bastianini had already seen a lap quicker than Espargaro’s benchmark scrubbed, having set the time under yellow flags caused by a crash for VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini.

But Bastianini…