2021 Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Free Practice (1) Results

🍒Iker Lecuona fastest during a wet Free Practice 1 at Valencia, the start of his final MotoGP weekend before moving to WorldSBK in 2022.
Factory Ducati riders𒁏 Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia both fell during theဣ session on their way to second and sixth places.
KTM's Miguel Oliveira bounced back from his🧸 race-stopping accident with Lecuona in Portimao last weekenꦦd for third, ahead of Pramac Ducati's Johann Zarco and Suzuki's Joan Mir.
Luca Marini was another rider to be caught out by the slippery conditions, finishing seventh⛎.
Valentino Rossi's legendary MotoGPꦉ career reaches its conclusion this weekend as the nine-time world champion bows out of the sport after 26 years in grand prix racing. Rossi only rode for four laps this morning.
It's also the last grand prix for Danilo Petrucci (switching to the Dakar). Petrucci suffered the first fall of the weekend, a nasty highside, walking away but did not return to action.
Marc Marquez will finish the season where he started it, on the sidelines, missing his second event in a row due to vision problems triggered by a training accident. The Repsol Honda star won't be back on a MotoGP bike until 2022.
While the riders' (Fabio Quartararo) and constructors' (Ducati) world ch🤡ampionship have already been decided, Ducati Lenovo holds a 28-ဣpoint lead (maximum of 45 points still available) over Monster Yamaha for the teams' title…
Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Free Practice (1) Results | ||||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
1 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1'40.569s | 17/19 | 317k |
2 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.155s | 11/12 | 323k |
3 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.161s | 19/19 | 314k |
4 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP21) | +0.371s | 20/20 | 320k |
5 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.374s | 16/17 | 318k |
6 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.446s | 13/13 | 321k |
7 | Luca Marini | ITA | Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | +0.535s | 13/14 | 315k |
8 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.631s | 15/17 | 314k |
9 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.731s | 18/19 | 318k |
10 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.917s | 19/19 | 315k |
11 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.943s | 16/16 | 318k |
12 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP21)* | +0.978s | 17/18 | 318k |
13 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +1.320s | 14/14 | 315k |
14 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | +1.405s | 11/14 | 317k |
15 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.512s | 20/21 | 315k |
16 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.589s | 16/16 | 320k |
17 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.599s | 18/19 | 313k |
18 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.613s | 12/12 | 308k |
19 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.869s | 6/6 | 310k |
20 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +2.198s | 14/15 | 321k |
21 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +12.412s | 3/4 | 293k |

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuꦦki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.