P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Ducati’s Marc Marquez provided the perfect response to his mistake in Austin by topping the opening MotoGP practice session in Qatar.
In the first practice session of the weekend, Marquez emerged as the fastest rider, clocking a lap time of 1:52.288, which was the quickest of the day. The reigning World Champion, Jorge Martin, had his first session of the season and chose to shadow Marquez during his initial laps on the RS-GP bike. Despite previous challenges at the Losail circuit, Marquez set the pace early on, staying ahead of Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia throughout FP1. Jack Miller’s crash led to an early end to the session, with Marquez finishing half a second faster than Fabio Di Giannantonio in second place. The session saw Bagnaia in third, Alex Marquez in fourth, Vinales in fifth, and Morbidelli in sixth, with Fermin Aldeguer impressively taking seventh in his maiden Qatar MotoGP practice. Joan Mir secured eighth, Marco Bezzecchi ninth, and Pedro Acosta rounded out the top ten, just over a second behind Marquez. Quartararo, Marini, and Rins finished 11th to 13th, while Zarco encountered mechanical problems and settled for 14th. Ogura claimed 15th, Fernandez in 16th, Binder struggled in 17th, and Bastianini was down in 18th. Miller and Martin placed 19th and 20th, respectively, with Fernandez just behind in 21st and Chantra closing the rankings in 22nd.
