Pedro Acosta set the early benchmark at the Catalan Grand Prix by topping Free Practice 1 in Barcelona, heading Johann Zarco and Marc Marquez.
The Red Bull KTM rider fired in a 1m38.979s late in the session to become the first rider into the 1m38s bracket, finishing 0.095s clear of Zarco’s LCR Honda.
Ducati Lenovo’s Marc Marquez had held top spot through the middle stages with a 1m39.198s, but was shuffled back to third as the pace increased in the final runs.
Acosta’s effort made it four KTMs inside the top ten, with Tech3’s Maverick Viñales fourth and Brad Binder seventh.
Enea Bastianini has hit tech issues 🛠️ #MotoGP #CatalanGP pic.twitter.com/fMMkrT1CYK
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Enea Bastianini, despite suffering a technical issue early in the session, recovered to tenth.
Alex Marquez slotted into fifth on the Gresini Ducati, just ahead of Luca Marini on the factory Honda.
Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi ended eighth, while Honda test rider and wildcard Aleix Espargaro took ninth on his experimental RC213V.
Despite a crash in the early stages of the session, Jack Miller finished a Yamaha-best 11th for Pramac, ahead of Raul Fernandez and his teammate Miguel Oliveira.
First crash of the weekend goes to Jack Miller 💥 #MotoGP #CatalanGP pic.twitter.com/bbTbkQiNJq
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The two rookies, Ai Ogura and Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer, rounded out the Top 15.
Francesco Bagnaia endured a disastrous, though not alarming, morning.
Technical problems, later revealed to be electronics issues by Davide Tardozzi, forced him onto his second bike, leaving the factory Ducati rider just 23rd, ahead only of injury returnee Somkiat Chantra.
