Before completing his out-lap Alex Marquez had smoke coming from the front of his Gresini Ducati before coming to a stop at th🔥e 2a/2b chicane. 

A disaster for M𝕴arquez who was forced 🎃to retire from the British Grand Prix due to a technical issue.

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One of the harꦕdest braking areas on the circuit, turn four caught out Marco Bezzecchi as the Italian ran off-track during the early stages. 

After leading the way thanks to a low 1m 30s lap time, Vinales w𝔍as eventually surpassed when Quartararo put his factory Yamaha on top.

Making a strong start for Honda was Takaaki Nakagami as the 🐈Honda rider settled into P3. 

Augusto Fernandez, who earlier in the week confirmed he has a contract with KTM for 2024, was the f✱irst rider to crash after going down at the 2a/2b chicane. 

Aleix Espargaro was the next rider to struggle under bꦐraking for turn four as the Aprilia rider ran through the gravel.

The same then transpired for Migue🌜l Oliveira and Marc Marquez, as both riders also avoided crashing. ♈;

With time attacks being saved for this afternoon’s Practice 2 session, positions remained largely the same although Alex Marquez popped his Ducati in third wi🦩th under ten minutes remaining. 

Marquez then suffered another moment at turn four although this time it resul🥃ted in a crash for the eight-time world champion. 

It was a slow fall for the Repsol Honda rider who was unfazed as he conti𝐆nued on for the final couple of minutes.&nbs💯p;

Bezzecchi then ran into trouble for the secondℱ time as he ran off circuit at the chicane. 

With time running out Johann Zarco made it an all-French 1-2 after setting the first sub 90s lap of the weekend.𒁃 Zarco’s time of 1:29.838s was close to four tenths clear of Quartararo.