Ducati power 1-2-3 in opening MotoGP practice

Andrea Dovizioso

Andrea Dovizioso led an all-Ducati top three in the first practice session for MotoGP's Austrian Grand Prix, while Valentino Rossi had a mechanical drama on his Yamaha.

With a risk of rain for both FP2 on Friday afternoon and FP3 on Saturday morning, the field focused setting a fast lap in the early running.

The HP advantage they have enabled the three Ducati GP18s beat the Honda of Marc Marquez, who is clearly the best rider on the grid.

Results

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap
1	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati	1'23.830	0.000	0.000
2	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Ducati	1'24.045	0.215	0.215
3	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Ducati	1'24.320	0.490	0.275
4	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Honda	1'24.411	0.581	0.091
5	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Suzuki	1'24.436	0.606	0.025
6	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Honda	1'24.474	0.644	0.038
7	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Honda	1'24.491	0.661	0.017
8	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	Ducati	1'24.676	0.846	0.185
9	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Yamaha	1'24.767	0.937	0.091
10	25	Maverick VIÃ'ALES	SPA	Yamaha	1'24.835	1.005	0.068
11	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Yamaha	1'24.884	1.054	0.049
12	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia	1'24.904	1.074	0.020
13	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Ducati	1'24.938	1.108	0.034
14	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Suzuki	1'24.939	1.109	0.001
15	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	KTM	1'24.973	1.143	0.034
16	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Honda	1'25.011	1.181	0.038
17	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Honda	1'25.107	1.277	0.096
18	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Ducati	1'25.184	1.354	0.077
19	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Aprilia	1'25.354	1.524	0.170
20	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Ducati	1'25.541	1.711	0.187
21	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Yamaha	1'25.594	1.764	0.053
22	10	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Ducati	1'25.752	1.922	0.158
23	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Honda	1'25.979	2.149	0.227