As the first laps came in, Marco Bezzecchi was the early leader before Jorge Martin, who is𝔍 one point ahead of the Mooney VR46 Ducati rider in the championship, took over at the top. 

A full secon🎶d up after three sectors, Aleix Espargaro and Jack Miller then battled for top spot with the KTM rider managing to better Espargaro.

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Martin and Bezzecchi then reduced Miller’s lead to under a tenth as the Pramac rider remained ahead of Bezz𝓀ecchi. 

Continuing his strong showing from Assen, Bezzecchi then s💞et a time of 2:01.583s to make it a Mooney VR46 Ducati 1-2 ahead of Luca Marini. 

Bezzecchi then upped his speed even more to break into the 2m flat lap time barrier, which as a result saw him 💯move six tenths clear of Maverick Vinales. 

Miller then thought he overhauled Bezzecchi by just -0.007s, however, the fac🌳tory KTM rider had his lap time deleteꩵd due to exceeding track limits. 

FP1 saw Honda and Marc Marquez continue to struggle, as the eight-time world ch𝕴ampion was only 15th with half 𓂃the session gone. 

Despite his strong start, Be▨zzecchi had to avoid 𒁃a potential scare at turn six when he picked up his Ducati machine and ran off circuit. 

After losing his factory Yamaha seat to Alex Rins, Franco Morbidelli became the first crasher as he wen🍬t down hard at turn seven.

With FP1 having no bearing on qualifying seeding, time attack runs failed to materialise duri⛦ng the closing stages. 

Despite being on very used tyres, Espargaro was thꦰreatening the🔜 top time after posting two red sectors. 

However, it was instead Marini who leapt to the top of the leaderboard with a tim⛦e of 2:00.831s. 

Espargaro eventually got the better of the two Mooney riders with a 2:00.677s lap timeꦰ, but Johann Zarco, who did choose to run a new soft rear tyre, improved by a further two tenths. 

Bezzecchi and Marini then found more time in order t൩o make it a 1-2 for thꦗe third time in FP1, as Marini again held the advantage. 

While it was a smooth-sailing session for many Ducati riders, Bagnaia ꦕwas continuing to struggle as he began to gesture at his machine.