Excellent start for the Marquez brothers in the first free practice session of the Spanish GP. On the Jerez track the two Ducati Gresini riders shine, with Alex in the lead 1.36.630 (with double new tyres), ahead of Marc (+0.507) and the two Aprilias, who confirm their good moment. In fact, Maverick Viñales, the winner of Austin, is third at +0.591, ahead of his teammate Aleix Espargaro (+0.673) and Franco Morbidelli (+0.917) who is starting to get to grips with his Ducati Pramac. Among the expected greats, there is the rookie Pedro Acosta tenth at 1.012 and the two official Ducatis delayed: Pecco Bagnaia is 12th at 1.162, with some initial problems with the engine mapping and with the Austin setting that didn’t work, right in front of his companion Enea Bastianini.
the top 10
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Completing the top-10 are: 6. Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati VR46) at 0.955; 7. Dani Pedrosa, wild car with Ktm, at 0.983; 8. Brad Binder (Ktm) at 0.988 and 9. World Championship leader Jorge Martin (Ducati Pramac) at 1.005.
the others
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So do the other Italians: Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati VR46) is 11th at 1,094; Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia wild card, is 23rd at 2,098 and Luca Marini sadly last with the Honda HRC. 14th place for the French Fabio Quartararo (+1.382) ahead of Miguel Oliveira, Jack Miller and Alex Rins. At 3pm pre-qualifying (Practice) with the 10 who will go directly to Q2.
