2025 French MotoGP: Marc Marquez dominates FP1 on updated Ducati chassis

Marc Marquez topped first practice at Le Mans

Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 French MotoGP
Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 French MotoGP
© Gold and Goose

Marc Marquez dominated the o🌟pening practice for the 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix on his fa🀅ctory Ducati as he debuted a new chassis.

The eight-time world champion comes to Le Mans having lost the lead in the championship when he crashed while running in the podium places at the Spaඣnish GP.

But he put this to the back of his mind on Friday morning at a cold Le Mans as he led the 45-minute FP1 by 0.576s on a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:factory Ducati fitted with an updated chassis he ౠrecently tested at Jerez.

He headed KTM’s Brad Binder, while Spanish GP winner and championship leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez completed the top three ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez set the pace in the early stages of FP1 with a 1m31.756s, wh🐎ich put him top of the order after the first 10 minutes of running.

Alex Marquez would briefly depose him with a 1m31.588s before his elder brother hit back ꦛwith a 1m31.263s.

Marc Marquez would get the benchmark down to a 1m31.099s, which would go unchallenged until he bettere🐷d it in the closing stages with a 1m31.000s.

On a medium rear tyre with 20 laps on it, he cemented topꦫ spot♕ with a final effort of 1m30.764s, doing so on an updated chassis.

In FP1, he had one of the new chassis🌼 and one of the standard ones.

KTM’s Binder, whose bike now resembled Maverick Vinalಞes’, jumped up to second late on but did so on a fresh medium rear.

Alex Marquez didn’t fit new tyres and was third at the chequered flag on his Gres🐬ini Duc𒊎ati, while Bagnaia was fourth.

Ai Ogura jumped up to fifth on his Trackhouse Aprilia witꦯh a late fresh medium tyre run, while Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo - running a new engine on his M1 - was sixth having stucꦛk with the same tyres all session.

Franco Morbidelli was seventh despite a crash a🦹t Turn 8, while LCR Honda’s Johann Zar🧸co, Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer and Tech3’s Vinales rounded out the top 10.

Miguel Oliveira made his return to action with Pramac on Friday morning having been out since Argentina with injury an🌼d was 3.367s off the pace in 21st.

HRC wildcard Takaaki Nakagami was 19th.

Trackhouse Aprili♎a’s Raul Fernandez crashed at the start of the session, while there was a fall for Yamaha’s Alex Rins at Turn 3.

Read More