Before completing his out-lap Alex Marquez had smoke coming from the front of his Gresini Ducati before coming to a s🌳top at the 2a/2b chicane. 

A disaster for Marquez who wꦯas forced to reti🍬re from the British Grand Prix due to a technical issue.

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One of🍨 the hardest braking areas on the circuit, turn four caught out Marco Bezzecch𝔉i as the Italian ran off-track during the early stages. 

After leading the way thanks to a low 1m 30s lap time, Vinales was eventually surpassed when Quartararo put his facto🧸ry Yamaha on top.

Making a strong st🍌art for Honda was Takaaki Nakagami a🅺s the Honda rider settled into P3. 

Augusto Fer🍬nandez, who earlier in the week confirmed he has a contract with KTM for 2024, was the first rider to crash after going down at the 2a/2b chicane. 

Aleix Espargaro was the next rider to struggle under braking for t꧃urn four as the Aprilia rid🦂er ran through the gravel.

The same then transpired for Miguel Oliveira and Marc Marquez, as💧 both r👍iders also avoided crashing. 

Wꦑith time attacks being saved for this afternoon’s Pract🌳ice 2 session, positions remained largely the same although Alex Marquez popped his Ducati in third with under ten minutes remaining. 

Marquez th𒁏en suffered another moment at turn four altho𒊎ugh this time it resulted in a crash for the eight-time world champion. 

It was a slꦇow fall for the Repsol Honda rider who was unfazed as he c☂ontinued on for the final couple of minutes. 

Bezzecc꧅hi then ran into⛦ trouble for the second time as he ran off circuit at the chicane. 

With time running out Johann Zarco made it an all-French 1-2 after setting the first sub 90s💞 lap of the weekend. Zarco’s time of 1:29🦩.838s was close to four tenths clear of Quartararo.