Maverick Vinales fastest in FP1 as Pedro Acosta shines again at COTA
Maverick Vinales leads the waಌy in the opening MotoGP practice at COTA.
During the early stages of Free Practice 1 it was MotoGP rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta who put his KTM on top.
Acosta soon lo💧st top spot to Maverick Vinales who was showing consistent speed aboard his factory Aprilia machine.
Vinales was the first rider to break under the 2m 6s barrier befor♒e 2023 COTA winner Alex Rins went quickest.
Lap times continued to fall but it was again Vinales who led the way as he dipped underneath the 2m 5s barri𓆉er, to lead Francesco Bagnaia.
Following an early mistake, Marc Marquez returned to pit lane to make cha🃏nges to his GP23 bike.
Marquez re-joined the action in last p𒊎lace, 4.8 seconds down on Vinales’ top time ⭕of 2:04.575s.
Alex Marquez crashe🦄d shortly after at turn 12, becoming the first MotoGp rider to do so this weekend.
At the front, KTM ♏began showing their potential as Jack Miller and Brad Binder moved up♔ to second and third place.
The next rider who came close to a fall was champions🌳hip leader Jorge Martin as the Pramac rider produced a front-end save at turn 19.
Martinꦡ quickly put that moment behind him as he went quickest ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Vinales, both of who🦄m improved their lap times.
With a third of the session remai𒉰ning there was yet more change at the top as Jack Miller went quickest thanks to a time of 2:04.210s.
Fran💝co Morbidelli made a good start to FP1 as he briefly moved up to second, however, that soon became fourth as Acosta broke into the 2m 3s barrier.
Marc Marquez then joined the KTM rookie in taking a big chunk of time out ✅of his previous🎶 best.
Not to be denied, Vinales went back to the top with a few minutes remaining, before finding even more time 𒆙on his final l⛄ap.
Martinღ threatened to overhaul t꧂he Aprilia rider, as did Acosta, but Vinales held strong thanks to a very good final sector.
