MotoGP: Zarco tops FP1 in Austria

Johann Zarco turned a lap of 1m29.838s on his Ducati to top FP1 at the Austrian MotoGP, 4/10ths clear of Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha.

Maverick Vinales was third quick on his Aprilia, 0.411s behind.

The Ducatis of Alex Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi rounded out the top-5.

With fast times being saved for this afternoon’s Practice 2 session, FP1 was largely a track cleaning session.

Washed up Marc Marquez went down yet again.

The Repsol Honda rider overshot his braking point at turn 4, drove into the gravel and then went down, the eight-time world champion looking nothing like his old self.

Bezzecchi ran into trouble twice as he ran off circuit at the chicane late.

Practice 1 Results

POS	RIDER	NAT	TEAM	TIME/BEHIND
1	Johann Zarco	FRA	Pramac Ducati (GP23)	1m29.838s
2	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.399s
3	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23)	+0.411s
4	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Ducati (GP22)	+0.448s
5	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)	+0.467s
6	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP22)	+0.469s
7	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+0.500s
8	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP23)	+0.529s
9	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23)	+0.538s
10	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP23)	+0.591s
11	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP23)	+0.621s
12	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.622s
13	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.804s
14	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.908s
15	Luca Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)	+0.940s
16	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)	+0.959s
17	Miguel Oliveira	POR	RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)	+0.983s
18	Marc Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+1.018s
19	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)*	+1.182s
20	Raul Fernandez	SPA	RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)	+1.394s
21	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Factory (RS-GP23)	+1.445s
22	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+1.528s
23	Iker Lecuona	SPA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+2.047s