2025 Qatar MotoGP: Franco Morbidelli tops Pecco Bagnaia in Practice

VR4🤡6 rider Morbidelli fastest in Practice for🐠 Qatar GP

Franco Morbidelli, VR46 Ducati, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
Franco Morbidelli, VR46 Ducati, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
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VR46 Ducati MotoGP rider Franco Morbidelli led Pecco😼 Bagnaia in Practice for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix, with M🎃arc Marquez third.

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:VR46 team has been in fine form in recent weeks, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Di Giannantonio scoring podiums in Argentina an😼d America respectively.

That form continued on Friday at the Qatar GP, as Morbidelli set the timing screens ablaz𒁏e in the hour-long Practice session to end the day fastest of all with a 1m50.830s.

He headed factory Ducati team rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia, who bested team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez - albeit by only 0.022s.

Both faওctory team Ducati riders elected against final time attacks at the end of Practice, with both going onto used medium rubber to get to the chequered flag.

Di Giannantonio was fourth, while championship leaꩵder Alex Marquez (Gresini) completed a❀n all Ducati top five.

Reigning champion Jorge Martin will face Q1 on Saturday morning after ending his first꧋ day on the factory Aprilia 20th and 1.568s off the pace.

After the first 10 minutes of running in Practice, Marcꦬ Marquez led the way on a 1m51.810s and was over half a second clearꦆ of the field at one stage.

That advan🐷tage was steadily chipped int🙈o by his rivals, with Alex Marquez eventually deposing him with just over 30 minutes to go with a 1m51.704s.

Morbidelli took over to✨p spot with just under 13 minutes to go with a 1m51.253s, though this w♚as bested by Bagnaia on a 1m50.975s.

That looked setꦇ to keep Bagnaia fastest of all, before Morbidelli found a 1m50.830s at the end of the session to demote the double world champion to second.

Leading the non-Ducati charge was Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo, who put in a 1m51.293s late♈ on to bag a Q2🍷 spot. He is the only Yamaha rider directly into Q2.

Pedro ♔Acostꦆa was seventh for KTM ahead of Tech3 counterpart Maverick Vinales, while Gresini Ducati rookie Fermin Aldeguer and LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco rounded out the top 10.

Zarco’s late improvement demoted Yamaha’s Alex Rins to 11th, and🧸 he’ll face Q1 with the likes of factory Honda duo Luca Marini and Joan Mir, and KTM’s Brad Binder - who crashed at Turn 1 in the closing stages.

Jack Miller had a second crash of the day on 🦹his Pramac Yamaha late on, which left him 17th, while LCR’s Somkiat Chℱantra - who was last - fell at the start of the session.

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