Marquez on top at start of Misano MotoGP weekend
Marc Marquez led MotoGP title rival Marco Bezzecchi in the opening practice session of the San Marino Grand Prix premier-class weekend at Misano.
With practice held on a 'greener' Misano than usual in terms of grip, due to weather in the lead-up to the weekend, laptimes tumbled gradually through the session even as riders stuck with the same rubber.
Marquez ultimately sniped the top spot from Bezzecchi by 0.060s at the chequered flag, courtesy of a particularly strong final sector.
Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia), Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) completed a top five covered by two tenths.
Pedro Acosta (KTM) was right behind them in sixth despite an early crash at Turn 1.
Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) was the only other rider to crash, falling on his outlap at Turn 4 just 30 seconds after the start of the session - in a shunt so sudden it basically looked like a wet-weather crash.
Session results
1 Marc Marquez (Ducati) 1m31.468s
2 Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) +0.060s
3 Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) +0.133s
4 Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) +0.180s
5 Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) +0.182s
6 Pedro Acosta (KTM) +0.210s
7 Luca Marini (Honda) +0.254s
8 Jorge Martin (Aprilia) +0.267s
9 Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) +0.402s
10 Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati) +0.509s
11 Pol Espargaro (Tech3 KTM) +0.537s
12 Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati) +0.659s
13 Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati) +0.703s
14 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) +0.737s
15 Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) +0.753s
16 Brad Binder (KTM) +0.761s
17 Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) +0.900s
18 Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) +0.993s
19 Joan Mir (Honda) +1.153s
20 Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) +1.170s
21 Alex Rins (Yamaha) +1.854s
