Before completing his out-lap Alex Marquez had smoke coming from the front of his Gresini Ducati be💛fore coming to a stop at the 2a/2b chicane.♛ 

A disaster for Marquez who wa༺s forced to retire from the British G🔯rand Prix due to a technical issue.

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One of the hardest braki♌ng areas on the circuit, turn four ca𓃲ught out Marco Bezzecchi as the Italian ran off-track during the early stages. 

After leading the way thanks to a low 1m 30s lap time, Vinales was eventually surpassed when Q💜uartararo put his factory Yamaha 🧜on top.

Making a strong start for Honda was Takaaki Nakagami as the Honda rider settled into P3🏅. 

Augusto Fernandez, who earlier in the week confirmed he has a contract with KTM for 2024, was ♋the first rider to🉐 crash after going down at the 2a/2b chicane. 

Aleix Espargaro was the next rider to stru🌱ggle under brak𒀰ing for turn four as the Aprilia rider ran through the gravel.

The same then 𓃲transpired for Miguel Oliveira and Marc Marquez, as both riders alꦿso avoided crashing. 

With time attacks being saved for this afternoon’s Practiꦍce 2 session, positions remained largely the same although Alex Marquez popped his Ducati in third with under ten minutes remaining. 

Marquez then suffered another moment at turn four although this time it resulted in a crash for the eight-t🍸ime world champion. 

It was a slow fall for the Repsol Honda rider who꧑ was unfazed as he continued on for the final couple of minutes. 

Bezzecchi t⛎hen ran into trouble for theꦦ second time as he ran off circuit at the chicane. 

With time running out Johann Zarco made it an all-French 1-2 after setting the first sub 90s lap of the weekend. Zarco’s time of 1:29.8๊38s was close to four tenths clear of Quartararo.