San Marino GP FP1 testing: Viñales starts off with a bang

Maverick Viñales immediately showed color at the San Marino Grand Prix with a time already under his 2019 pole from the first practice session in Misano (Italy)! The Yamaha official relegates his future teammate Fabio Quartararo to half a second, followed by the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro and the Ducati of Johann Zarco. Report and classification.

The start of this San Marino Grand Prix – the first MotoGP race – is given in excellent weather conditions, which should last according to the local forecast in Misano: azure blue sky and no less than 27 ° C in the air for the first MotoGP session !

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Pol Espargaro and his KTM then Maverick Viñales and his Yamaha are the first to stand out, while Franco Morbidelli, Johann Zarco and Fabio Quartararo are in ambush. Viñales – on pole here last year – seems perfectly recovered from his mishap at the Styrian GP, ​​when he had to jump from his bike at more than 200 km / h for lack of brake !

The Spaniard can also rejoice because the fire that broke out on his M1 would not have damaged his engine, while Yamaha is experiencing reliability issues that are causing concerns for the rest of the season. But also for next year, since MotoGP are "frozen" until 2022 in reaction to Covid-19 !

At mid-session, Fabio Quartararo moved to the top of the standings thanks to a lap of 1’33.435 … before making a small mistake and widening without consequence in a tarmac loophole! Left with medium tires, n ° 20 increased in 1’33.215, then finished in 1’33.089 the following lap.

Quick quartararo … Viñales even more !

The French driver seems to be firmly in the driver’s seat as the end of the session approaches, despite his obvious speed disadvantage against Ducati and KTM: while Pol Espargaro climbs to 296.7 km / h on his RC16 and Andrea Dovizioso to 295 , 8 km / h on his GP20, Fabio, him, tops out at 288.7 km / h !

But that was without counting on Maverick Viñales: the official Yamaha rider set off again on soft-medium tires for a spectacular 1’32.760. "Mack" then signs a relentless 1’32.198 in his very last attempt: Rossi’s teammate is already under his pole for 2019 in 1’32.265, also well helped by the recent resurfacing of the circuit.

Next step: beat the absolute record for the Italian track that Jorge Lorenzo has held since 2018 in 1’31.629. Perfectly achievable challenge in the opinion of MNC with regard to the rate already printed during this start !

Nice start to Aprilia 

Fabio Quartararo took second place of the morning in 1’32.748, 0.550 sec behind his future teammate. The young tricolor prodigy – who had three difficult races after his winning double in Jerez – precedes Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia, rarely having such a celebration this season.

Here come the Aprilias! and go second and fourth!

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The mark of Noale confirms his good form in front of his home crowd with the interesting 5th place of Bradley Smith, who continues to replace Andrea Iannone still suspended for doping. The Englishman finished just 0.063 sec behind the Ducati of Johann Zarco who was ahead of him !

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Valentino Rossi – – appears for his part in 11th position almost 1.5 seconds (!) From his teammate, between Nakagami and Morbidelli. An unconvincing entry also for Andrea Dovizioso, only 14th on his Ducati who spent a lot of time immobilized in the box…

The second MotoGP free practice session of the San Marino Grand Prix will start this afternoon at 2.10 pm. Stay connected !

Results of free practice 1 MotoGP of the GP of San Marino 2020

1. Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha 1’32.198 
2. Fabio QUARTARARO Yamaha 1’32.748 0.550 / 0.550
3. Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia 1’32.949 0.751 / 0.201
4. Johann ZARCO Ducati 1’33.181 0.983 / 0.232
5. Bradley SMITH Aprilia 1’33.244 1.046 / 0.063
6. Joan MIR Suzuki 1’33.497 1.299 / 0.253
7. Jack MILLER Ducati 1’33.502 1.304 / 0.005
8. Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 1’33.538 1.340 / 0.036
9. Pol ESPARGARO KTM 1’33.569 1.371 / 0.031
10. Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda 1’33.654 1.456 / 0.085
11. Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 1’33.693 1.495 / 0.039
12. Franco MORBIDELLI Yamaha 1’33.694 1.496 / 0.001
13. Brad BINDER KTM 1’33.828 1.630 / 0.134
14. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 1’33.868 1.670 / 0.040
15. Alex MARQUEZ Honda 1’33.921 1.723 / 0.053
16. Alex RINS Suzuki 1’34.040 1.842 / 0.119
17. Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati 1’34.101 1.903 / 0.061
18. Francesco BAGNAIA Ducati 1’34.154 1.956 / 0.053
19. Stefan BRADL Honda 1’34.323 2.125 / 0.169
20. Iker LECUONA KTM 1’34.553 2.355 / 0.230
21. Tito RABAT Ducati 1’34.619 2.421 / 0.066
22. Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM 1’34.645 2.447 / 0.026

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