Quartararo vs Marquez is on, Rossi completes top three
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| Fabio Quartararo |
FP1 at the HJC Helmets Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland saw Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) beat nine-time Sachsenring winner Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) to P1 after the Frenchman set a 1:21.390 to head the Championship leader by 0.074, with Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) 0.574 back in third.
There seems to be no Dutch GP hangover for both Rossi and Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar). The duo both crashed out of contention on Sunday in Assen but they made solid starts to their weekend in Germany, both riders set a 1:21.9 to finish third and fourth. Assen winner Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) completed a top five split by 0.861 on a cloudy morning, with sixth pace Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) and seventh fastest Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) the only other riders to get within a second of Quartararo’s time. Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Andrea Iannone led the two injured LCR Honda riders of Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) to complete the top ten.
Practice 1 Results
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Bike | Time | Behind | Gap |
| 1 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | FRA | Yamaha | 1'21.390 | 0.000s | 0.000s |
| 2 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Honda | 1'21.464 | 0.074 | 0.074 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Yamaha | 1'21.964 | 0.574 | 0.500 |
| 4 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Suzuki | 1'21.967 | 0.577 | 0.003 |
| 5 | 12 | Maverick VINALES | SPA | Yamaha | 1'22.251 | 0.861 | 0.284 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati | 1'22.282 | 0.892 | 0.031 |
| 7 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Ducati | 1'22.365 | 0.975 | 0.083 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Aprilia | 1'22.397 | 1.007 | 0.032 |
| 9 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | Honda | 1'22.415 | 1.025 | 0.018 |
| 10 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Honda | 1'22.439 | 1.049 | 0.024 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | KTM | 1'22.458 | 1.068 | 0.019 |
| 12 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Ducati | 1'22.487 | 1.097 | 0.029 |
| 13 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | Yamaha | 1'22.512 | 1.122 | 0.025 |
| 14 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Aprilia | 1'22.543 | 1.153 | 0.031 |
| 15 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Ducati | 1'22.566 | 1.176 | 0.023 |
| 16 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | KTM | 1'22.705 | 1.315 | 0.139 |
| 17 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | Honda | 1'22.729 | 1.339 | 0.024 |
| 18 | 63 | Francesco BAGNAIA | ITA | Ducati | 1'22.729 | 1.339 | 0.000 |
| 19 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | KTM | 1'22.762 | 1.372 | 0.033 |
| 20 | 36 | Joan MIR | SPA | Suzuki | 1'22.856 | 1.466 | 0.094 |
| 21 | 53 | Tito RABAT | SPA | Ducati | 1'22.898 | 1.508 | 0.042 |
| 22 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | KTM | 1'23.957 | 2.567 | 1.059 |