Francesco Bagnaia set a reminder that he is still the man to beat as he set a new lap record to finish Friday on to as MotoGP prepared for the Spanish Grand Prix, round four of the championship.
MotoGP’s first track action in sunny Spain saw Alex Marquez rise to the top, in front of his brother Marc in Jerez ahead of the Spanish MotoGP, round four of the championship.
With the MotoGP practice format tweaked from Silverstone, the Grand Prix Commission has outlined how Q1-Q2 places will be decided if the Friday afternoon session has to be cancelled.
Stefan Wilson suffered an injured vertebrae in a crash on Monday, and the team has tabbed Graham Rahal as their replacement driver for the race on Sunday.
Max Verstappen set the pace in the only practice session for F1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while it was a disastrous start for Pierre Gasly as his Alpine caught fire.
The planned return of the Japanese MotoGP isn’t scheduled until September but ‘logistical challenges’ mean a schedule change has already been announced.
David Malukas and Colton Herta both crashed in Turn 1 in separate incidents, with the Andretti Autosport driver getting airborne in a spectacular crash.
Izan Guevara turned his fortunes around, going from a broken chain to top of FP2 and lead the way after the first two Moto3 practice sessions ahead of the season opening Qatar Moto3 Grand Prix at Lusail.