A new lap record was enoughꦰ to put Marc Marquez fastest in Practice on Friday in Aragon by almost 0.3 seconds.

🌸The Gresini Ducati rider was ahead of the Aprilಞia duo of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinlales, but Marquez was the clear fastest rider all day.

It was, though, a good day for Aprilia. Not only were the factory rid🐼ers in the top three, but both Trackhouse riders made Q2, too. Raul Fernandez set the ninth-fastest time in Practice, ahead of his teammate, Miguel Oliveira, in 10th.

Jorge Martin was fourth-fastest despite persistent troubles with getting his Ducati stopped. Similar troubles were encountered all day by Francesco Bagnaia wh🍌o finished sixth - an improvement on hi🦋s 21st in FP1 but still almost 0.8 seconds behind Marquez.

Alex Marquez was reduced to one bike early on with an issue on his number one machine in ✤the opཧening minutes, but was fifth at the end.

Franco Morbidelli wꦓas seventh-fastest, ahead of Johann Zarco, who put Honda in Q2 for the first time in 2024 with his best time, eighth-fastest overall.

Enea Bastianini was on course to get himself into Q2, but a craꦚsh for Jac k Miller in the final corner brought out the yellow flags and they caused Bastianini's final lap to be cancelled, leaving🐻 him down in 15th.

There were also crashes 🦋for Fabio Quartararo and Augusto Fernandez, both of whom were okay afterwards.