Jorge Martin has topped the opening MotoGP practice session of 2024, as Pe🐠dro Acosta impressed once again.

Aleix Espargaro managed to split the two Spaniards and finish second fastest for Aprilia, while Marc Marq♛uez was fourth ahead of Brad Binder.

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Despite Moto3 and Moto2 running prior to the firstဣ MotoGP practice, conditions were causing plenty of riders to run wide as Miguel Oliveira and Binder both went off track early on in their push laps.

Carrying on his impressive pre-season, rookie Pedro Acostaꦰ was the early pacesetter for the GASGAS Tech 3 KTM team.

Alex Marquez then replaced Acost𒁏a at the top of the timingsheets bef🙈ore Marc Marquez took over with a time of 1:53.408s.

A slow start ꦆto FP1 for the reigning world champion left Francesco Bagnaia last, as rear tyre concerns resulted in him heading back down pit lane while others continued t🎃heir first stint.

At the front, Jorge Martin went top by nearly two tenths before a Ducatꦑi 1-2-3 was c𒁃omplete when Enea Bastianini shot to the top.

KTM’s strong🐭 start continu🦩ed as Jack Milelr then went second, while Acosta moved up to P4.

Martin regained top s♒pot with just over half the session remaining, while Ma☂rc Marquez also improved but not enough to move up from fifth place.

After getting 🥃caught up behind Alex ▨Rins, Martin lost out on top spot as Marquez went quickest by just -0.014s.

As laཧp times continued to improv😼e, KTM began showing their hand as Binder dipped below the 1m 53s barrier.

However, it was rookie sensatio🐼n Acosta who had the pace as he went even quicker with a time of 1:52.695s - two tenths ahead of Binder.

Marc Marquez then split the two KTM’s before a stunning save from Acosta took place🔴 at turn one.

The Spaniard momentarily lost the front-end of his RCไ16, while Martin then moved the benchmark time further forward.