Yuki Takahashi improved from just 27th after a crash in first practice for the Spanish Moto2 Grand Prix to lead th♑e second Friday session at Jerez.

The Japanese, riding for reigning world champion's Gresini Moriwaki, knocked 1.8sec from his opening se🥀ssion time, despite windy conditions meaning that many best laps were set in the morning.

But while Takahashi's recovery was impressive, rei𝓡gning 125cc wor𓆏ld champion and home star Marc Marquez performed a similar feat.

The Spaniard lost a large part of the session after technical troubles with his Catalunya Caixa Repsol Suter, b꧙ut charged up the order to second, just 0.095sec from Takahashi, by the tiꦑme the flag was shown.

Takahashi's best𒈔 lap was a 1min 44.044sec, while the🌺 best of the day was a 1min 43.527sec set by Interwetten Suter's Thomas Luthi in FP1.

Stefan❀ Bradl, winner from pole in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix, was second overall behind🔜 Luthi thanks to his morning time with Takahashi (fifth in Qatar) a 'combined' third.

Friday practice (2) - Jerez:

1. Takahashi (Moriwaki) 1m 44.044s
2. Marquez (Suter) +0.095s
3. Simon (Suter) +0.109s
4. Luthi (Suter) +0.160s
5. A. Espargaro (Pons Kalex) +0.204s
6. Iannone (Suter) +0.219s
7. Corti (Suter) +0.240s
8. Redding (Suter) +0.272s
9. Bradl (Kalex) +0.405s
10. de Angelis (MotoBI) +0.446s

21. Coghlan (FTR) +1.261s
28. Smith (Tech 3) +1.587s