Maverick Viñales zeigt Geschwindigkeit und führt FP1 beim Italien Grand Prix an.

Determined to bounce back from a disappointing Catalan GP, Maverick Viñales topped the first free practice session of the Italian GP in MotoGP this morning. His best time came in the last five minutes. After the first flying laps, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) led ahead of Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac/Ducati), with Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) in third place. As usual, the times improved significantly in the first few minutes, which led to changes in the rankings. Marc Marquez took the lead, with Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46/Ducati) moving up to second place. Quartararo improved but dropped back to third. Shortly after, a new leader emerged as Álex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha) moved to the front and Álex Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) to second. While Rins retained the lead, Álex Márquez was overtaken by Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) and Raúl Fernández (Trackhouse Racing/Aprilia) at the end of the first ten minutes.

The leader of the session crashed at Turn 1! 💥

Nice to see that @Rins42 gets up and goes 👍 #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/JsvdYK5cFg — MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 31, 2024

Half an hour before the end, Marc Márquez returned to the top of the times, surpassing Rins, who had suffered a small crash minutes earlier without major consequences. The Yamaha rider was then overtaken by Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GasGas Tech3/KTM), who was 0.104s behind Marc Marquez. With eight minutes to go, the rookie took the lead of the session, beating Marc Marquez by 0.128s. Acosta’s lead did not last long, as around six minutes later Viñales (Aprilia) took the lead and Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac/Ducati) in second. Acosta suffered a small crash shortly before the end without major consequences.

Finding ⚡ the limit in Scarperia @37_pedroacosta finished FP1 with a late crash 💥 #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/B3LwaC4Uv9

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 31, 2024

No one was able to take the lead away from Viñales until the end, but Quartararo came close and finished 0.188s behind. Morbidelli was relegated to third place, with Acosta and Martín completing the top five. The championship leader had the same time as Marc Marquez, who finished sixth. Bagnaia finished in ninth place. Schedules: