Aragon MotoGP: Marc Marquez fastest, Bagnaia 21st in FP1
A terrible session for MotoGP points leader Fr🙈ancesco Bagnaia left him 21st in FP1 in Aragon, while M♓arc Marquez was fastest.
Marc Marquez ended FP1 in Aragon fastest by al🧸most half-a-second ahead of Jorge Martin.
Marquez was 0.483 seconds ahead of Martin by the end of what was, in general, an uneventful session on Frida⛎y morning at MotorLand.
Pedro Acosta was third having reportedly reverted to settings he'd used earlier in the year, while many riders struggle꧃d to adapt to Aragon's new, but low-grip, surface.
Most of all, Francesco Baꦚgnaia and Aleix Esp🅘argaro struggled, with them finishing 21st and 22nd, respectively. Bagnaia also suffered a number of off-track excursions throughout the session, indicating his specific issue was stopping his Ducati in Aragon's numerous heavy breaking zones.
Enea Bastianini had sim♉ilar troubles for much of FP1, but was ninth in the end, while Fra꧅nco Morbidelli rounded out the top 10.
Brad Binder ensured that there was fact🦄ory KTM representation in the top five, which was rounded out by Fabio Di Giannantonio. Alex Marquez was sixth, ahead of Miguel Oliveira (the only Aprili🐷a in the top 10) and the second factory KTM of Jack Miller.
Alex joined the team in August of 2024 havin🀅g covered consumer and racing motorcycle n💫ews at Visordown for two years.
