Marco Bezzecchi topped MotoGP World Championship Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, in Italy. Riding his Michelin-shod Aprilia Racing RS-GP25, the Italian turned a lap of 1:46.199 around the 3.26-mile (5.24 km) track and led the 22-rider field.
Pedro Acosta was second-best with a 1:46.1999 on his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing RC16. Bezzecchi and Acosta recorded equal lap times.
Acosta’s teammate Brad Binder was third with a lap of 1:46.252.
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Bezzecchi and Acosta set identical lap times, Aprilia and KTM lead Mugello FP1. It’s not often that the top two in a session set the same time to the thousandth of a second but this is Mugello, where anything can happen – and most probably will.
Meandering its way through the hills of Tuscany, the rather peaceful surroundings of Mugello are shattered by MotoGP™ every year and 2025 is no different. The first of four rounds in five weeks has ignited with FP1 and Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) leading the way, even if it was his second time that gave him top spot, having matched Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) on his last lap.
Leaving it late with his last flying lap, Marco Bezzecchi charged to the top to demote Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing). The Italian, racing at home, set the exact same time as the KTM rider but leads the way into the afternoon, courtesy of his second fastest time being faster. Acosta would have improved again before running wide on his final flying lap at the final corner, going into the gravel. Ultimately taking P2, an interesting observation was that the #37 KTM, following on from the Aragon Test, was not using any rear aero package. He was ahead of teammate Brad Binder, with the South African once again at the top of the top speed charts at 362.4km/h. Championship leader Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) was fourth and the best Ducati, whilst Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) rounded out the top five.
Making it four manufacturers inside the top six, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) was sixth and back in better form than two weeks ago at Aragon. Three KTMs in the top seven as Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) in P7, whilst Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) took P8. The winner of the last three Italian GPs was still struggling, with two laps in the closing ten minutes being ruined by missed apexes; the frustration was clear for the #63.Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) was ninth whilst Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) made it all five manufacturers inside the top ten.
One crasher at Arrabbiata 1 was Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team), although he was soon back in the box and all OK whilst his teammate was back in action too. Ai Ogura crashed at Silverstone in FP2 and was ruled out of Aragon but returned with P15 in FP1 at Mugello, a circuit he’s stated isn’t preferred for his riding style. The top 15 were all covered by less than nine tenths of a second, making for an intriguing and high energy afternoon of Practice to determine who goes into Q2 directly and who will face the dreaded dogfight of Q1.