2021 Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Free Practice (1) Results

Iker Lecuona fastest during a wet Free Practice 1 at Valencia, the start of his final 🌠MotoGP weekend before moving to WorldSBK in 2022.
Factory Ducati riders Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia both fell during the session on their way to seღcond and six🏅th places.
KTM's Miguel Oliveira bou🌱nced back from his race-stopping accident with Lecuona in Portimao last weekend for third, ahead of Pramac Ducati's Johann Zarco and Suzuki's Jo🅺an Mir.
Luca Marini was a🙈nother rider to be caught ဣout by the slippery conditions, finishing seventh.
Valentino Rossi's legendary MotoGP career reaches its conclusion this weekend as the ninꦗe-time world champion bows out of the sport after 26 years in grand prix racing. Rossi onl🌟y rode for four laps this morning.
It's also the last grand prix for Danilo Petrucci (switching to the Dakar). Petrucci suffered the first fall of the weekend, a nasty highside, walking away but did not return to action.
Marc Marquez will finish the season where he started it, on the sidelines, missing his second event in a row due to vision problems triggered by a training accident. The Repsol Honda star won't be back on a MotoGP bike until 2022.
While the riders' (Fabio Quartararo) and cons🍌tructors' (Ducati) world championship have already been decided, Ducati Lenovo holds a 28-point lead (maximum of 45 points still available) over Monster Yamaha for the teams' title…
Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Free Practice (1) Results | ||||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
1 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1'40.569s | 17/19 | 317k |
2 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.155s | 11/12 | 323k |
3 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.161s | 19/19 | 314k |
4 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP21) | +0.371s | 20/20 | 320k |
5 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.374s | 16/17 | 318k |
6 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.446s | 13/13 | 321k |
7 | Luca Marini | ITA | Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | +0.535s | 13/14 | 315k |
8 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.631s | 15/17 | 314k |
9 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.731s | 18/19 | 318k |
10 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.917s | 19/19 | 315k |
11 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.943s | 16/16 | 318k |
12 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP21)* | +0.978s | 17/18 | 318k |
13 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +1.320s | 14/14 | 315k |
14 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | +1.405s | 11/14 | 317k |
15 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.512s | 20/21 | 315k |
16 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.589s | 16/16 | 320k |
17 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.599s | 18/19 | 313k |
18 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.613s | 12/12 | 308k |
19 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.869s | 6/6 | 310k |
20 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +2.198s | 14/15 | 321k |
21 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +12.412s | 3/4 | 293k |

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