Misano MotoGP: Vinales tops rain-affected FP1 ahead of Mir and Bagnaia

Maverick Vinales t🧔opped FP1 for the Misano 🌌MotoGP after heavy rain affected the final ten minutes of track time.
It was an impressive start to FP1 for both Aprilia riders as Aleix Espargaro led a𓆏 1-2 following the initial flurry of laps.
Marc Marquez then jumped ahead of the two Aprilia’s, however, Vinales responded by going a tenth♚ quicker than the Repsol Honda man.
The second rider to join Vinales in set🌳ting a sub 1m 33s lap was last weekend’s maiden race winner Francesco Bagnaia, as the Italian went fastest.
Not before long, Bagnaia wa🌱s joined at the fro✤nt by team-mate Jack Miller who went +0.058s slower.
After several laps on the same tyres, Vinales continued to show his pace as he ꧅too got within a tenth of Bagnaia’ quickes♌t time.
Mir then went fastest for Suzuki with just under 20 minutes re✤maining, while improvements also came from championsh𝕴ip leader Fabio Quartararo, Alex Rins and Pol Espargaro.
However, Mir’s stay at the top was short-lived as Vℱinales went fastest on his next lap.
C💖onditions then changed dramatically with just over ten minutes left, as heavy rain hit the Misano track.
As the rain worsened, Alei🧸x Espargaro was the unfortunate rider who haಌd to endure a near full lap on slick tyres.
Conditions deteriorated even further as the checkered fell, wi🅠th only Marc Marquez and Rins finishing the session out on track.
Franco Morbidelli was 16th on his return from💜 injury - less than a second do🙈wn, while Andrea Dovizioso finished FP1 last - 2.5 seconds away from Vinales’s quickest effort.