Rea, who𝔍 is looking to reclaiꦡm the #1 plate he lost for the first time since 2016, has notoriously gone well at Aragon in the past. 

The Kawasaki rider took two wins out of three to begin last season, a result that wouldn’t go amiss this weekend, however, Razgatlioglu was right there with the six-time world chaꦯmpion.

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Typica♋lly one of his weaker venues, Razgatlioglu seems to have adapted his riding style to the Teruel-based circuit, making the Pata Yamaha rider a force anywhere the calendar takes the🍷m.

𝓰The top two were far and away the pacesetters, which at this crucial stage of the pre-season is no real surprise given ဣboth men are the expected 2022 title favourites.  

"It was positive all in all. It was nice to ride again at Aragon; I haven’t ridden here for quite some time," Rea told WorldSBK.com after he posted a time of 1:49.394s which is quicker t𓃲han the official race lap record. 

"I felt a good flow with the bike straight away, even with cooler conditions this m💫orning. It’s going to be tough to draw any conclusions for the race weekend because the forecast has the race weekend very warm, and right now, it’s, to put it mildly, Baltic out there. 

"Even your hands are quite cold when riding. We confirmed the ideas that we’ve been woꦫrking through in the winter tests, wh🔴ich is positive. Been working in a good way. 

"A bit more of that tomorrow, a few more practice starts; I’ve been na𓂃iling my practice starts here so that’s positive."

W😼hile practicing race starts has been a big element of his pre-season pro𓆏gram, developing Yamaha’s new electronics package has been Razgatlioglu’s. 

Citing the same cold temperatures as an🐠 issue, Razgatlioglu said this after day-one: "For me, the first day was very, very positive. It was very cold this morning, only five or six riders went out. 

"In the afternoon, I tried my﷽ second bike and I felt some problems. We were working on this. On the last exit, I used my first bike because it was feeling much better. 

"I tr🐲ied each tyre because I needed to check each bike. I’m surprised because I saw a 1’49.4, because normally my plan is not to push for a lap time. 

"I’m happy because the feeling is much better. In FP3, I tried a race simulation and did 15 laps. After the technical problem, I stopped. It was very♓ positive and I’m very happy about this. 

"This is testing, not a race weekend. The race weekend will be a bit warmer. We feel like we are ready. Tomorrow, we will try 🃏again with more setup with the new electronics because after ten laps we saw a little problem."

Due to the technical gremlins Razgatlioglu suffered, it meant his best lap of the day came during session #2, as ꦏopposed to Rea who went quickest in S3. 

Away from the top two, Alvaro Bautista continued his extremely strong start to the year for Ducati as he finished thꦚird quickest. 

However, unlike previous tests, Bautista was unable to keep pace with the top two, eventually finis🦄hing six tenꩲths down. Bautista also suffered a crash towards the end of the day. 

Bautista added: "We've been working a lot on the setup and electronics and we have been able to get some very interesting data. I'm really sorry for the crash on the last run. I went out for the first time with the second b🦂ike and, if I'm honest, I don't know what happened. 

"We will ha🤪ve to check the dat🎃a to understand it better. Luckily there were no consequences. 

ꦚ"Anyway, I am confident about the pace we had wi﷽th the SC0. Tomorrow we'll also try the softer tires."