MotoGP’s return to Motorland Aragon opened with an emphatic message from Marc Marquez, who obliterated the rest of the field in Free Practice 1.
The factory Ducati rider laid down a 1:46.974 – the only lap in the 1:46s – and ended the session 0.970s clear of his brother Alex Marquez.
That headline time came midway through the session on a fresh soft front tyre. From there, no one got close.
The older Marquez quickly moved to the top early on and kept extending the gap, first by tenths, then by over a full second.
It was a dominant display from a rider who has always been formidable around Aragon, and now looks so again in Ducati red.
Alex Marquez made it a Marquez 1-2 by pipping Marco Bezzecchi late on. The Gresini Ducati rider left it until his final lap of 19 to post his 1:47.944. Bezzecchi, on the factory Aprilia, slotted into third, just +0.051s further back.
Behind the leading trio, Yamaha and KTM showed up well. Alex Rins ended up best of the Yamahas in fourth, edging Maverick Viñales by just 0.079s.
Viñales briefly ran third mid-session and continues to look sharp at Tech3 KTM.
Pedro Acosta, who had sounded off about his patience running thin with KTM on Thursday, put in a quiet but effective run to sixth.
Joan Mir followed in seventh, despite a quick trip through the gravel trap at Turn 8 that briefly brought out yellow flags, meaning five manufacturers filled the top seven.
Some off-roading from @JoanMirOfficial but everything's under control 💥👍#AragonGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/JN3Gwe9Otg
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At the other end of the spectrum, championship leader Pecco Bagnaia had a scrappy session. He suffered two separate front-end moments – first a big scare into Turn 12, then another twitch into Turn 1 – as his struggles for front feeling continued.
He still managed to briefly put his Ducati up to third before sliding down the order by the end, finishing the first session of the weekend in 10th.
Elsewhere, Fabio Quartararo ended FP1 12th. Both he and Jack Miller were inside the top ten for Yamaha at one point, but faded slightly in the closing stages. There were no crashes in FP1.
