2025 Americas MotoGP: Franco Morbidelli tops wet FP1, Marc Marquez crashes
VR46 ♛Ducati rider Morbidelli tops chaotic wet FP1 in Austin
Franco Morbidelli led a wet FP1 at the 2025 MotoGP Americas Grand Prix for VR46 Racing as Marc Marquez suffered his first crash as a factory𓂃 Ducati rider.
The Circuit of the Americas was left drenched as continual rainfall battered the Texas venue ahead of the start of the third round of the 2025 MotoGP campaign.
Expected to dominate the weekend after his perfect start to the season, seven-time COTA winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez endured a mixed morning on his factory Ducati.
Setting the eܫarly pace, Marquez crashed at Turn 2 with just over half an hour remaining of t🌟he 45-minute session.
Representing his first crash as a factory Ducati rider this 💙season, Marquez was uninjured but finished the session third fastest.
Following his podium return in Argentina, VR46 Ducati rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli carried on that momentum into FP1 in America as he led the way at the chequered flag with a 2m12.531s over Pramac Yamaha’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Johann Zarco was again at the sharp end of the field on his LCR Honda in fourth, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta was top KTM in fifth ahead of double world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia.
In the opening 15 minutes of FP1, Marc Marquez strung together a stint that saw🦂 him put in session-best lap after session-best lap.
Prior to his crash, Marquez set the pace at 2m16.493s before he was flung from his Ducati going through the Turn 2 rightജ-hander.
He was unh🌃armed in the crash and would get back out on track with 15 minutes remainin⭕g.
Moments after Marq🔴uez crashed, Morbidelli took over top spot with a 2m16.342s, which was a benchmark that would continue to change as grip improved on track.
Morbidelli would set the best time of the morning in the dying moments when he put in a 2m12.531s, ꦡwhich saw him end FP1 0.083s clear of Miller.
Marc Marquez briefly returned to the top of the order when he rejoined the session, but his 2m12.780s was ultimateꦗly good enough for third.
Zarco led the way as the session reached its final few moments, though his 2mꦐ13.838s would see him slip down t♔o fourth ahead of Acosta and Bagnaia.
Alex Marquez was seventh 🧸on the Gresini Ducati ahead of Tech3 KTM rider and 2024 COTA winner Maverick Vinales. KTM’s Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira’s Pramac stand-in Augusto Fernandez completed the top 10.
Fermin Aldeguer was an impressive 13th on h🥀is Gresini Ducati in his first wet session in MotoGP, with fellow rookies Somkiat Chantra (LCR Honda) and Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia) 20th and 22nd respꦗectively.
Aprilia endured a nightmare morning in Austin, with Marco Bezzecchi be💞set by probl🌄ems from the off.
The Italian’s RS-GP entered into a engine safe mode at the start of FP1, which forc🍬ed him to ju🥃mp onto his second bike.
This machine developed a fuel pump issue, which re🔯quired fixi𒁃ng, before he crashed on it at Turn 5 with just under 20 minutes to go.
Going💃 back onto his number one bike, this once again developed the same engine safe mode problem. He wa🎃s 19th at the chequered flag.
