The reigning MotoGP champion was the early pacesetter ahead of Miller and Repsol Honda’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez, before ultimately finishing in third.

And although Quartararo appeared comfortable throughout FP1 at Motegi, the🅷 Yamaha rider felt he was having to push his M1 to the limit on every lap, a common theme of the 2022 season. 

Speaking after FP1, which was the only practice session of the day, Quartararo said: "Intense [day] but it was quite good. Our pace doesn't look too bad. But to see the m♍argin the others have compared to us is amazing because I was on the limit from the first lap a🌼nd our margin is not so high. 

"So it’s actually quite tough be🌜cause out of the acceleration [low speed corners] and with the holeshot device, aerodynamics [compared to what] Ducati have, was quite tough. I feel like we did our best today and that was quite okay."

Quartararo’s main championship rivals 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro were also within a tenth of Miller after finishing🏅 second and fourth▨ respectively.

Miller a big fan of ‘longer’ MotoGP sessions

Wi꧂th Friday practice consisting of just one session in order to make sure all the freight would arrive from Aragon in time, riders had the unusual situation of FP1 being over an ho🔜ur long.

While 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:leading the way in FP1 was certainly an indication that he enjoyed himself at Motegi, Miller alluded to the extended track time giving him more of a chance to find the best race set-up for his GP22 machine, as opposed to 30 m🍌inutes of a traditional 𓆉practice session which is then followed by the final 15 minutes which are usually where time attacks take place. 

"I really enjoyed the longer session and was able to do a fair bit of work," said Miller. "It’s nice to be able to change the bike a little bit and then go back out with the same t💛yres, without them going through a heat cycle, same weather conditions and really getting an understandi♊ng of what the changes have done to the bike. 

"Also, being able to focus and work on your pace and set-up without conဣstantly looking up at the timer and having to throw a ty𓆉re at it. 

"But no, it was really, really nice and I enjoyed it. T🍒he track is in really good condition and the bike is working really well around here. The time could have been a little bit🤡 better but we left more in it for tomorrow." 

Ride height making a huge difference around Motegi - Miller

Since holeshot d🧔evices were introduced to MotoGP, teams and riders haven’t been able to test it on most of the flyaway circuits due to the COVID-19 panꦯdemic, which added another element of intrigue to FP1.

And when asked about the dif✅ference from riding with and without holeshot devices at Motegi, Miller added: "For sure with the ride height device. When the ri💟de height device was invented it was invented for places like here. It’s made it a lot better, acceleration is a lot better and the bike has improved. 

"Just the initial roll out - I don’t know [the turn number] but the uphill chicane where I think Zarco binned it today; well that section before was always a nightmare to get the timin💮g right on the change of direction and to get the thing to actually react after the change of direction rather than pushing wide and then finally coming back around. 

"It ꦇwas really reactive and receptive t𒅌hrough there and the bike was really precise."