MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia says he was “reliving the nightmare” of last year’s Indonesian Grand Prix during a tough Friday at the Mandalika track. Bagnaia managed to safely bag a place in Q2 for Saturday morning’s qualifying session in Indonesia, but was facing a potential repeat of 2023 in Indonesia.

Enea Bastianini picked up from where he left off in Misano less than a week ago as he topped the timesheets in Mandalika during Friday Practice for the Indonesian Grand Prix courtesy of a scintillating new lap record with just under ten minutes of the session remaining.

And on a sweltering Friday in Indonesia, Bastianini led the way with a new lap record of 1m29.630s to lead points leader Martin (Pramac Ducati) by just 0.040s. Franco Morbidelli -