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Crutchlow tops opening day at Mugello while Vinales crashes

After Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) led the way in FP1 under the sunny Tuscan skies of the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley, two-time GP winner Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) struck back in the afternoon to take to the top late in FP2 — just heading 'DesmoDovi' by 0.029 on combined times. German rookie Jonas Folger (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) impressed to complete the top three on the first day of running.

Another impressive performance as action opened in Italy saw Ducati test rider Michele Pirro end Friday in fourth with his time from FP1, taking some serious scalps to just head Championship leader Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP). Vinales’ fastest lap was also from Friday morning to put him fifth on combined, with the 2013 Moto3 World Champion suffering a big crash in the afternoon at Arrabiata 2 – rider ok.

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider suffered a fast lowside at Arrabbiata 2 in Mugello

Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was another man whose fastest lap was an FP1 effort, his best just 0.005 off Vinales to give the Frenchman P6 on Day 1.

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) improved in the afternoon from a more muted position in FP1 to go seventh, with Hector Barbera (Reale Avintia Racing) just behind the ‘Baby Samurai’ in some much improved form at the Italian GP.

Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) was ninth, with the top ten on Day 1 completed by five-time World Champion and five time Mugello winner Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team).

Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and Danilo Petrucci took P11 and P12 respectively, with reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) in thirteenth — just ahead of home hero Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) as the nine-time World Champion recovers from a motocross crash ahead of the event.

Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Racing) completed the top fifteen on Friday, with FP3 the next focus on Saturday morning as graduation to Q2 qualifying is decided. That qualifying begins with Q1 at 14:10 (GMT +2), followed closely by the all-important Q2.

Results

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda Honda 1'47.365
2 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 0.029
3 FOLGER Jonas 94 GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 0.178
4 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA Ducati Ducati 0.230
5 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.304
6 ZARCO Johann 5 FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 0.309
7 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 0.334
8 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 0.343
9 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 0.363
10 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA Ducati Team Ducati 0.382
11 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0.442
12 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 0.585
13 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 0.615
14 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.635
15 REDDING Scott 45 GBR Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 0.746
16 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0.764
17 MILLER Jack 43 AUS Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1.195
18 RABAT Tito 53 SPA Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1.299
19 BAZ Loris 76 FRA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 1.386
20 LOWES Sam 22 GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1.477
21 ABRAHAM Karel 17 CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 1.560
22 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 2.159
23 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 2.275
24 GUINTOLI Sylvain 50 FRA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 2.689