Aleix Espargaro finished second in Practice at the Aragon MotoGP, ꦐbut he played a part in a historic day for Aprilia.

Behind Espargaro, Maverick Vinales was third, Raul Fernandez ninth, and Miguel Oliveira 10th, meaning the Noale factory put all four of its bik♈es in Q2 for the first time.

“The last GPs, the RS-GP was not bad, so I think it’s j꧂ust that Maverick [Vinales] and I are always in Q2,” Espargaro told MotoGP.co🌺m.

“I’m happy that today the Trackhouse guys [Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez] were very fast and join us. I think i🌠t’s the first time in our history that we put four bikes in the top 10, so I’m very happy, I think we deserve it.”

Espargaro’s day had not staಌrted well, the #41 languishing in 22nd at the end of FP1, last overall on Friday morning for the second weekend in succession after he was 25th in FP1 at the Red Bull Ring.

“This morning I struggled a bit with the new [asphalt], trying ꦇto understand the grip was diffi🧸cult for me,” he explained.

“You don’t have enou⛎gh tyres to use the good tyres in every session, so you use the worst one in FP1. So,♚ altogether it makes my life really difficult this morning.”

It turned around in the afternoon for Espargaro, though with his feeling with the RS-GP returning to so🌟mething more ordinary.

“But this afternoon I started to feel better, more standard feeling,” he s𒈔aid. “I was very competitive in the last part of the session which mꦰakes me very happy.”