Jorge Martin ends the opening practice session for the British MotoGP fastest.
Making a lightning start to FP1, Maverick Vinales led an Aprilia 1-2 ahead of Aleix Espargaro as just +0.001s separated the two Spaniards.Espargaro then became the first rider to break under the 2m barrier, before series leader Francesco Bagnaia jumped into second place. The Gresini rider still found time on his overall best time, moving up to eighth spot as a result. On his next lap around Martin went fastest as Marquez also improved but could not move up the order in terms of position.
Pedro Acosta crashed at turn six in the closing stages. The KTM rider got his braking all wrong before slowly coming off as he made contact with the air fence. Marquez then joined Acosta in crashing as the #93 went down at turn 15. Marquez immediately got back to his feet. While Marquez crashed whilst running behind Martin, the latter improved his time before setting another fastest time of his next lap around. Read More
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