Marquez, who suffered a scary high speed crash in the FP1 session, showed his resilience and detemination once again to come out on top of a highly competitive session.

Ai Ogura was very impressive for trackhouse in second, and it appears that the Ducati-Aprilia battle will be very competitive throughout the weekend.

It was a crash-filled session all round with incidents for Jorge Martin, Di Giannantonio, Bastianini, Morbidelli, Toprak, Alex Marquez, Binder, Acosta and Ogura. Fortunately, none of the incidents were serious and all riders remain uninjured.

Maverick Vinales did not take part in the session and has wtihrawn from the remainder of the weekend due to a recurring shoulder injury.

MotoGP returns to the iconic Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas this weekend as Marc Marquez looks to secure his first win of the season and catch up to Aprilia riders Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin.Check out the full weekend schedule as well as where to watch the all the action here.