KTM's Pol Espargaro led the second MotoGP practice for the Styrian Grand Prix, with LCR's Takaaki Nakagami trailing him at the Red Bull Ring. Espargaro's Austrian GP came off the rails at the restart, with a strong victory chance going walking after he ran out of his preferred medium tyres, while a crash with Tech3 KTM's Miguel Oliveira ended his afternoon early. Showing good pace all weekend during the Austrian GP, Espargaro picked up where he left off by topping the combined timesheets on Friday. The KTM rider led the early part of the session with a 1m24.301s, which he improved to a 1m24.203s just seven minutes into the afternoon outing. This stood for some time as race preparation...
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