MotoGP Free Practice 1 Austin: Luca Marini the best, Bagnaia 7th, Bezzecchi crashed

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In the first session in Texas, Valentino Rossi’s brother with the Ducati VR46 precedes Quartararo and Zarco. Out of the ten Morbidelli and the World Championship leader Bezzecchi, who slipped harmlessly

April 14, 2023 ( edit April 14, 2023 | 7:14 pm)

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In Texas the first bullet fired is by Luca Marini. The Ducati VR46 rider is in fact the fastest in the first free practice session of the MotoGP on the track Austin: with a time of 2:03.250, Valentino Rossi’s younger brother precedes Fabio Quartararo, a good second with the Yamaha at 0.150 behind and Johann Zarco, third with the Ducati Pramac at 0.278. Out of the ten and crashed at turn 12, the leader of the World Championship Marco Bezzecchi, only 13th with the other Ducati VR46. For Pecco Bagnaia, seventh fastest time at 0.542, but without having used the soft tire at the rear, adopted instead by the top five in the rankings.

good alex marquez

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At the foot of the podium is Alex Marquez, 4th on the Ducati Gresini at 0.301 ahead of Jack Miller (Ktm), who in turn crashed harmlessly at turn 12, and Jorge Martin, 6th on the Ducati Pramac. Behind Bagnaia here are: 8. Maverick Vinales with the first Aprilia (+0.647), 9. Takaaki Nakagami (Honda Lcr) at 0.889 and 10. Brad Binder at +0.954 with the second Ktm.

soft and bez of running start

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Under a cloudy sky, Ducati is therefore confirmed as the protagonist, with five Desmosedicis in the first 7 places, with the Yamaha pushed up by Quartararo’s talent and the KTM lurking. The others have to make up ground, starting with the first excluded from the top-10: eleventh is the returning Joan Mir, at 1″062 with the Honda Hrc, ahead of a Franco Morbidelli who has yet to get hold of his M1 on the Texan ups and downs. and Bezzecchi, as mentioned held back by the crash and 1″1 from the summit.

the others

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Another returning rider, Miguel Oliveira, back on track after the accident in Portugal, is 15th behind Alex Rins and ahead of teammate Raul Fernandez. So are the other Italians: 17. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini), ahead of Aleix Espargaro’s Aprilia, and 21. Michele Pirro, on the track on the factory Ducati in place of the injured Enea Bastianini, behind Stefan Bradl, the substitute by Marc Marquez. At 10 pm in Italy the second session.

motogp, free practice1 austin, the standings

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MotoGP, Free Practice 1 Austin, the standings

  1. Luca Marini, Ducati VR46 2’03.250
  2. Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha 2’03.400
  3. Johann Zarco, Ducati Pramac 2’03.528
  4. Alex Marquez, Ducati Gresini 2’03.551
  5. Jack Miller, KTM 2’03.676
  6. Jorge Martin, Ducati Pramac 2’03.708
  7. Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati 2’03.792
  8. Maverick Viñales, Aprilia 2’03.897
  9. Takaaki Nakagami, Honda LCR 2’04.139
  10. Brad Binder, KTM 2’04.204
  11. Joan Mir, Honda HRC 2’04.312
  12. Franco Morbidelli, Yamaha 2’04.342
  13. Marco Bezzecchi, Ducati VR46 2’04.364
  14. Alex Rins, Honda LCR 2’04.452
  15. Miguel Oliveira, Aprilia RNF 2’04.661
  16. Raul Fernandez, Aprilia RNF 2’04.904
  17. Fabio Di Giannantonio, Ducati Gresini 2’04.906
  18. Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia 2’05.054
  19. Augusto Fernandez GasGas Tech3 2’05.732
  20. Stefan Bradl, Honda HRC 2’05.771
  21. Michele Pirro, Ducati 2’05.772
  22. Jonas Folger, GasGas Tech3 2’08.176

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