Alex Marquez topped MotoGP World Championship Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portugal. Riding his Michelin-shod BK8 Gresini Ducati Desmosedici GP24, the Spaniard turned a lap of 1:39.145 around the 2.85-mile (4.59 km) track and led the 22-rider field.
Marco Bezzecchi was second-best with a 1:39.341 on his Aprilia Racing RS-GP25.
Jack Miller was third with a lap of 1:39.378 on his Prima Pramac Yamaha YZF-M1.
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More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Alex Marquez tops FP1 at Portimao with Bezzecchi and Miller early contenders. The #73 was in mighty form at the front with five manufacturers split by 0.361s.
MotoGP FP1 at Portimao was topped by Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), with the 2025 runner-up looking to sign off his best season in MotoGP in style. Conditions remained dry despite a persistent threat of rain, with dark cloud rolling in over the hills of the Algarve late on.
Marquez set the pace throughout the session, eventually ending up 0.233s ahead of Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) who stuck in a lap right at the end of the session to go second. He was just ahead of Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) who flew the Yamaha flag… quite literally. The Australian launched his trademark jump on the exit of Turn 8 and was as stylish as ever. Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) clinched fourth ahead of Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Tech 3), who was the first crasher of the weekend at Turn 2 but was able to walk away. In all, five different manufacturers inside the top five and covered by less than four tenths of a second makes for a very unpredictable Practice session later in the afternoon.
Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was sixth as Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) just pipped teammate and Sepang podium finisher Joan Mir, both taking P7 and P8 respectively. Ninth place went the way of Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) with Indonesian GP winner Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) bagging P10.
Further back and it was a fine debut for Nicolo Bulega (Ducati Lenovo Team) finishing 14thhaving set the joint-most laps of anyone, setting his fastest lap on his final lap. There was a big scalp straight away for ‘Bulegas’, who wasn’t just less than a second away from the top time but also more than two tenths clear of teammate Francesco Bagnaia who struggled in FP1 in 17th. There was a late crash for Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) at Turn 1, with the Australian GP winner taken to the medical centre for a check-up.