MotoGP: Miller tops opening wet practice at Assen

The Ducati Lenovo Team’s Jack Miller has lived up to his reputation as a rain master with the fastest lap in MotoGP FP1 at the Motul TT Assen.

The man who achieved his first-ever premier class race win when the heavens opened at the TT Circuit Assen in 2016 was best again in the opening session of the 2022 Dutch GP weekend with a late 1:42.589, ahead of Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team).

Rain fell throughout the 45-minute session. However, when the weather began to improve in the final 10 minutes, those times were blown away despite Michelin’s wet tires continuing to be the only option.

Practice 1 Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap	Laps
1	Jack Miller	Ducati	1m42.589s	0.000s	0.000s	14
2	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1m42.698s	0.109	0.109	17
3	Pol Espargaro	Honda	1m42.891s	0.302	0.193	16
4	Alex Marquez	Honda	1m42.959s	0.370	0.068	17
5	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1m43.030s	0.441	0.071	13
6	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1m43.091s	0.502	0.061	19
7	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1m43.116s	0.527	0.025	12
8	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1m43.150s	0.561	0.034	21
9	Jorge Martin	Ducati	1m43.189s	0.600	0.039	21
10	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1m43.417s	0.828	0.228	19
11	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1m43.424s	0.835	0.007	18
12	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1m43.481s	0.892	0.057	16
13	Brad Binder	KTM	1m43.514s	0.925	0.033	19
14	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1m43.542s	0.953	0.028	17
15	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1m43.724s	1.135	0.182	13
16	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1m43.818s	1.229	0.094	16
17	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1m44.248s	1.659	0.430	13
18	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1m44.265s	1.676	0.017	15
19	Raúl Fernández	KTM	1m44.285s	1.696	0.020	17
20	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	1m44.602s	2.013	0.317	18
21	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1m44.825s	2.236	0.223	14
22	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1m44.968s	2.379	0.143	14
23	Remy Gardner	KTM	1m45.282s	2.693	0.314	19
24	Luca Marini	Ducati	1m45.392s	2.803	0.110	18
25	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1m46.446s	3.857	1.054	11