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MotoGP: Vinales fastest at Misano on dry to wet day

Posted by AR1 staff

It was far from idyllic beach conditions on the opening day of MotoGP practice at the San Marino GP as semi-regular rain showers hit the paddock during both MotoGP practice sessions. Free Practice 1 started with dry running and allowed riders to at least get a taste of the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in better conditions. All of the best times of the day came from these first half of FP1 when the track was dry.

From the handful of dry minutes at the start of the day, Maverick Vinales, recently fired from Yamaha, now riding for the Aprilia Racing Team, turned the fastest lap at 1m32.666s.

Joan Mir was 2nd for Suzuki just 0.08s behind. Then came the two Ducatis of Bagnaia and Miller while Alex Rins rounded out the top-5.

Friday Practice Times

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 VINALES Maverick 12 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1’32.666
2 MIR Joan 36 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0.080
3 BAGNAIA Francesco 63 ITA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 0.135
4 MILLER Jack 43 AUS Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 0.193
5 RINS Alex 42 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0.219
6 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 0.353
7 QUARTARARO Fabio 20 FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.358
8 BRADL Stefan 6 GER Team HRC Honda 0.381
9 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 0.434
10 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0.436
11 ZARCO Johann 5 FRA Pramac Racing Ducati 0.477
12 BASTIANINI Enea 23 ITA Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 0.648
13 NAKAGAMI Takaaki 30 JPN LCR Honda Honda 0.743
14 MARTIN Jorge 89 SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 0.785
15 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA Ducati Test Team Ducati 0.816
16 MORBIDELLI Franco 21 ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.904
17 LECUONA Iker 27 SPA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1.044
18 MARQUEZ Alex 73 SPA LCR Honda Honda 1.100
19 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 1.125
20 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1.284
21 BINDER Brad 33 RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1.356
22 OLIVEIRA Miguel 88 POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1.360
23 MARINI Luca 10 ITA SKY VR46 Avintia Ducati 1.371
24 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 2.545