MotoGP: Miller tops Espargaro on Day 1 at Valencia

Just as the MotoGP World Championship grid was preparing to head out for their first taste of the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, rain began to fall around the Valencia track Friday morning. Getting progressively heavier over the course of the morning, speeds were slow. Forecasts suggest the remainder of the weekend will be dry.

In the afternoon, with improved conditions, Ducati Lenovo Team’s Jack Miller landed the fastest lap to take the final Day 1 honor of the season. The Australian set a time of 1.30.927 to beat second place Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) by 0.012s, with Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) third.

The top three were split by a mere 0.068s.

Friday Practice Times

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Miller Jack	43	AUS	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1’30.927
2	Espargaro Pol	44	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0.012
3	Bagnaia Francesco	63	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	0.068
4	Rins Alex	42	SPA	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	0.409
5	Martin Jorge	89	SPA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	0.469
6	Nakagami Takaaki	30	JPN	LCR Honda	Honda	0.500
7	Mir Joan	36	SPA	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	0.586
8	Binder Brad	33	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	0.594
9	Dovizioso Andrea	4	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	0.670
10	Zarco Johann	5	FRA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	0.676
11	Quartararo Fabio	20	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	0.781
12	Espargaro Aleix	41	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	0.893
13	Morbidelli Franco	21	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	0.905
14	Marquez Alex	73	SPA	LCR Honda	Honda	0.925
15	Petrucci Danilo	9	ITA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1.156
16	Lecuona Iker	27	SPA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1.171
17	Oliveira Miguel	88	POR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1.281
18	Vinales Maverick	12	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1.287
19	Bastianini Enea	23	ITA	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	1.292
20	Marini Luca	10	ITA	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati	1.302
21	Rossi Valentino	46	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1.358