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MotoGP Aragon GP: Marquez fastest in opening practice, Bagnaia 21st

Marc Marquez MotoGP Ducati Aprilia Honda KTM Enea Bastianini Francesco Bagnaia Yamaha Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

Marc Marquez set the pace on the Gresini GP23 in first practice for the Aragon Grand Prix, but was more than two seconds away from the lap record set at the previous outing in 2022. 

Newly sun-kissed MotorLand asphalt provided a radiant and idyllic stage for FP1 at round 12 of 20 in 2024 MotoGP and the third Spain-based grand prix of the current campaign.
 
Marquez, the rider with the most wins in the 14 editions of the grand prix at the site close to Alcaniz with five MotoGP victories, earned top spot by almost half a second over Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin.

The latter was the first of the 2024-spec factory Ducatis as world champion Francesco Bagnaia and Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini struggled. Both Italians ran off line or off track several times and Bagnaia’s P21 was his worst FP1 classification of the season, 1.9 seconds away from future team-mate Marquez.

Bastianini completed the most laps with 20 circulations and managed to squeeze into the top 10 with ninth.
 
Tech3 GasGas' Pedro Acosta was third fastest, 0.6s off from Marquez and headed another RC16 with Brad Binder capturing fourth, matching his 2022 race result and indicating that the KTMs look more formidable across the greasy tarmac than the Aprilias.

The Italian brand’s prominent runner was Trackhouse rider Miguel Oliveira in seventh. Fabio Di Giannantonio was fifth quickest.

The Italian, one of the better performers on the Ducati GP23 so far this season with five top-five finishes, is nursing a weakened left shoulder after crashing on Friday at the previous grand prix and dislocating the limb.   
 
KTM's Jack Miller rode to eighth, enforcing the positive start to the day for the Pierer Mobility collective.

Franco Morbidelli sealed the top ten and was the last rider inside the one-second bracket from Marquez. Vinales toiled to 12th but fared better than Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro who was a distant 22nd and last, three seconds off the pace. 
 
Leading spot in the unofficial ‘Japanese Cup’ went to Honda’s Joan Mir, less than a tenth of a second faster than Yamaha’s Alex Rins, who is running a new aerodynamic configuration with the M1 after recent tests at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. 

MotoGP Aragon GP - FP1 results:

   
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Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Speed Trap
1 Spain M. Marquez Gresini Racing 93 Ducati 13

1'48.289

   168.814 346
2 Spain J. Martin Pramac Racing 89 Ducati 18

+0.483

1'48.772

 0.483 168.065 341
3 Spain P. Acosta Tech 3 31 KTM 18

+0.613

1'48.902

 0.130 167.864 345
4 South Africa B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 33 KTM 19

+0.663

1'48.952

 0.050 167.787 344
5 Italy F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46 49 Ducati 13

+0.665

1'48.954

 0.002 167.784 337
6 Spain A. Marquez Gresini Racing 73 Ducati 18

+0.755

1'49.044

 0.090 167.646 340
7 Portugal M. Oliveira Trackhouse Racing Team 88 Aprilia 18

+0.797

1'49.086

 0.042 167.581 344
8 Australia J. Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 43 KTM 19

+0.826

1'49.115

 0.029 167.537 347
9 Italy E. Bastianini Ducati Team 23 Ducati 20

+0.931

1'49.220

 0.105 167.375 341
10 Italy F. Morbidelli Pramac Racing 21 Ducati 16

+0.972

1'49.261

 0.041 167.313 340
11 Italy M. Bezzecchi Team VR46 72 Ducati 17

+1.082

1'49.371

 0.110 167.144 344
12 Spain M. Viñales Aprilia Racing Team 12 Aprilia 16

+1.160

1'49.449

 0.078 167.025 339
13 Spain J. Mir Repsol Honda Team 36 Honda 16

+1.276

1'49.565

 0.116 166.848 344
14 Spain A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing 42 Yamaha 18

+1.359

1'49.648

 0.083 166.722 339
15 Japan T. Nakagami Team LCR 30 Honda 18

+1.366

1'49.655

 0.007 166.711 338
16 Spain A. Fernandez Tech 3 37 KTM 19

+1.380

1'49.669

 0.014 166.690 342
17 France J. Zarco Team LCR 5 Honda 18

+1.477

1'49.766

 0.097 166.543 341
18 France F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing 20 Yamaha 19

+1.722

1'50.011

 0.245 166.172 335
19 Italy L. Marini Repsol Honda Team 10 Honda 17

+1.756

1'50.045

 0.034 166.121 345
20 Spain R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team 25 Aprilia 16

+1.844

1'50.133

 0.088 165.988 340
21 Italy F. Bagnaia Ducati Team 1 Ducati 14

+1.927

1'50.216

 0.083 165.863 340
22 Spain A. Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team 41 Aprilia 14

+3.174

1'51.463

 1.247 164.007 342
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