FRANCESCO Bagnaia again captured the Sachsenring track record as the Italian and Aleix Espargaro both posted fastest times in quick succession today’s dazzling third free practice at the German MotoGP.

After Bagnaia had already broken the track circuit record yesterday, Espargaro came out and lowered it again this morning.

Not to be outdone, Bagnaia came out and twice bettered Espargaro’s time to wrestle back the track record with the fastest time of 1:19.765.

Spain’s Espargaro was just 0.064 seconds back with Bagnaia’s Ducati team-mate Jack Miller of Australia third fastest at 0.108 seconds back.

Reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo was sixth fastest overall as the Frenchman finished at 1:20.038.

Quartararo had to deal with an unusual problem at the end of the session when his visor came off his helmet, which forced him to return to the pits for repairs. – AFP, June 18, 2022.