Everything that happened in first Indonesia MotoGP practice
Marco Bezzecchi set the pace in first practice for MotoGP's Indonesian Grand Prix, but a late lap from Marc Marquez denied Aprilia an early 1-2 at Mandalika.
All expectations are of the Aprilia being a formidable package this weekend and the evidence from the opening 45-minute session supported that.
Raul Fernandez led the way in the opening stages on his satellite Trackhouse bike, trading fastest times with VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio.
But it was Bezzecchi - imperious at Mandalika last year, albeit without the grand prix win to show for it after a crash with Marquez - who was the benchmark by some margin.
Bezzecchi set his best time, a 1m30.132s, 25 minutes into the session and even Marquez's late effort aboard the factory Ducati only got him within a quarter of a second of the fastest time.
Jorge Martin, two points ahead of Marquez at the top of the riders' championship, was third as he improved on his final lap.
Pedro Acosta was the fastest of the KTMs in fourth ahead of Fernandez, whose Trackhouse team-mate Ai Ogura had the session's most notable moment as he fell at high speed through the Turn 8 left-hander at the back end of the circuit.
FAST crash for @aiogura79 who is up and walking 🫢 #IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 https://t.co/MKFDYs1Tlv
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 9, 2026
Ogura ended up in 21st behind LCR Honda's Diogo Moreira, another rider to fall during the session (at Turn 1, where Fermin Aldeguer also came off), and ahead of only Honda injury stand-in Aleix Espargaro, who was 2.777s off top spot.
First practice times
1 Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) 1m30.132s
2 Marc Marquez (Ducati) +0.237s
3 Jorge Martin (Aprilia) +0.266s
4 Pedro Acosta (KTM) +0.294s
5 Raúl Fernández (Aprilia) +0.402s
6 Franco Morbidelli (Ducati) +0.571s
7 Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati) +0.631s
8 Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) +0.651s
9 Fermin Aldeguer (Ducati) +0.658s
10 Alex Marquez (Ducati) +0.720s
11 Alex Rins (Yamaha) +0.835s
12 Enea Bastianini (KTM) +0.958s
13 Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) +0.995s
14 Johann Zarco (Honda) +1.168s
15 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) +1.240s
16 Brad Binder (KTM) +1.404s
17 Jack Miller (Yamaha) +1.478s
18 Luca Marini (Honda) +1.580s
19 Maverick Vinales (KTM) +1.606s
20 Diogo Moreira (Honda) +1.635s
21 Ai Ogura (Aprilia) +1.747s
22 Aleix Espargaro (Honda) +2.777s
