Marc Marquez topped MotoGP World Championship free practice one (FP1) Friday morning at Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his Michelin-shod Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici GP25, the Six-time World Champion turned a lap of 1:58.702 around the 3.7-mile (5.9 km) track and led the 23-rider field.
Franco Morbidelli was second-best with a 1:59.067 on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Alex Marquez was third with a lap of 1:59.123 on his BK8 Gresini Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Marc Marquez pockets FP1 top spot at Silverstone. The #93’s advantage sits at 0.3s over VR46’s Morbidelli after the opening stint of the weekend.
Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) will lead the MotoGP field into Practice this afternoon at the Tissot Grand Prix of the United Kingdom after setting a 1:58.702 in FP1, a lap good enough to beat second place Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) by 0.365s. Third place went the way of Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) as we enjoy a sunny–but–chilly start to proceedings at Silverstone.
Fronting the Aprilia charge was Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) in P4, with Yamaha and KTM enjoying positive starts to the weekend with a P5 and P6 thanks to Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Maverick Viñales’ (Red Bull KTM Tech3) efforts.
Back-to-back polesitter Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) sat out the first 10 minutes of FP1 after disobeying marshals in Le Mans, the Frenchman finished P7 ahead of eighth place Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team).
In the final two minutes of the session, Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) suffered a fast crash at Turn 2. Thankfully, the reigning Moto2 World Champion was back on his feet following the off.
Tune into MotoGP Practice at 16:00 local time (UTC+1) to see who will gain automatic Q2 entry.