Free Practice 2 saw anot🐭her very s💮low start as several riders came out to test the conditions before heading straight back to their garages.

A red flag then came out less than 15ꦚ minutes into the session as Cape Barren Geese made their way o🍷nto circuit.

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Once the action resumed, lap time꧒s began to roll in with immediate effect as Michael Rinaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚldi dropped below the 1m 30s barrier.

Nicolo Bu🍎lega slotted into second spot but the former MotoGP rider was over half a second down on Rinaldi.

Toprak Razgatlioglu then cut the Ducati rider’s lead to just under three tenths before home favourite Remy Gardner p🔯opped up to second sp🥂ot.

Sam Lowes had a big moment at turn two as he slid his way into the left-hander ☂which caused him to carry too much speed before running through the gravel.

Andrea Locatelli then went quickest for Yamaha, although the Italian was slower than his lap record pace in FP1.🐎 

A frustrated figure, Al𒁃varo Bautista’s difficult start to 2024 continued as he returned to pit l🦂ane in 14th spot.

Bautista was seen shaking his head before wagging his fin🐓ger at the Ducati mechanics.

Alex Lowes was having no such concerns though as he set a new official lap record thanks to a t🍰ime of 1:29.042s

Without a lap time until eight minutes rema🅺ining, Jonathan Rea began moving up the order by going 15th with his first attempt.

Free Practice 1

Rain halted running as only two 🌞riders c♐locked more than two laps in the opening practice of 2024.

But that didn’t stop Locatelli from setting a new lap reco🅠rd, although the Yamaha rider was slower than the fastest time in the test earlier this week𒈔.

Philipp Oettl led the way in൩ terms of lap comp🥂leted with 11, while rookie Andrea Iannone managed ten laps aboard his Ducati Panigale V4 R.