Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro topped FP1 for MotoGP's AragonGP despite a crash, as Marc Marquez made his return to action for Honda 110 days after his last race weekend. Full practice report ⬇️
went fastest just over 10 minutes into the 45-minute session with a 1m48.882s.is also back in action at Aragon having missed the Misano round with an ankle injury he suffered at the Austrian GP.In a scrappy session, Mir was lucky not to be ejected from his Suzuki going into Turn 7 when the rear of his bike broke away in the opening 10 minutes of FP1.
Having had another run-off later in the session, Mir ended the morning 0.761s off the pace down in 18th.on the factory Ducati shot to the top of the order with a 1m48.698s. Espargaro on the Aprilia quickly returned to first with a 1m48.686s, which would keep him top of the pile through to the chequered flag.
The Aprilia rider – who is carrying a finger injury into Aragon – did have a fast crash at the penultimate corner when he lost the front of his RS-GP after running out wide, and initially struggled to hobble away.Bagnaia ended the morning 0.012s adrift in second at a venue where he took his maiden MotoGP win at last year in a battle with
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