Celestino Vietti led Moto2 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, in Italy. Riding his MB Conveyors SpeedRS Team Boscoscuro on Pirelli control tires, the Italian rider lapped the 3.26-mile (5.25 km) road course in 1:49.420, topping the field of 27 riders and breaking Diogo Moreira’s All-Time Lap Record of 1:49.745 from 2025.
Izan Guevara was second-best with a time of 1:49.431 on his BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Boscoscuro.
Manuel Gonzalez did a third-fastest 1:49.530 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.
American Joe Roberts finished Friday afternoon’s practice session 14th with a best time of 1:50.381 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
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More from a press release issued by MotoGP:
Vietti flies at Mugello to take Friday honours. Second last time out but racing at home for the first time in 2026, the #13 carried on his solid Barcelona form.
Setting his fastest lap time on the 14th of his 16 laps, Vietti was once again mighty on Friday, whilst it was a Boscoscuro 1-2 with Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) showing strength behind his fellow Catalan GP podium finisher, just 0.011s adrift. Championship leader and Catalan GP winner Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) was strong in third place as just 0.110s covered the top three.
Putting in a late lap towards the end of Practice, Filip Salač (OnlyFans American Racing Team) was a solid fourth place, whilst Alonso Lopez (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) continued his strong form of late to complete the Friday top five. In another stellar performance, Alex Escrig (KLINT Racing Team) was sixth.
Big names to miss the automatic Q2 cut included Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team), who, despite his best efforts, only managed 15th. ELF Marc VDS Racing Team duo Deniz Öncü and Aron Canet were only 16th and 18th respectively, whilst Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing) was only 19th. A big fight for Q1 honours incoming on Saturday then…
