MotoGP: Nakagami sets the pace for Honda in Practice 1

CR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami dominated opening practice for the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.

The Japanese rider was already fastest in a top four covered by just 0.031 seconds when he bolted on new medium compound Michelin slick tires, front and rear. It was then that a late flying lap yielded a time of 1:46.662 around the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello for number 30.

Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) were 2nd and 3rd with exact times – a 1m47.070s

Practice 1 Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time	Behind
1	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1m46.662s	0.000s
2	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1m47.070s	0.408s
3	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1m47.070s	0.408s
4	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1m47.071s	0.409s
5	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1m47.186s	0.524s
6	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1m47.191s	0.529s
7	Jack Miller	Ducati	1m47.315s	0.653s
8	Pol Espargaro	Honda	1m47.367s	0.705s
9	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1m47.367s	0.705s
10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1m47.383s	0.721s
11	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1m47.393s	0.731s
12	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1m47.432s	0.770s
13	Alex Marquez	Honda	1m47.562s	0.900s
14	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1m47.584	0.922s
15	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1m47.658s	0.996s
16	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1m47.727s	1.065s
17	Brad Binder	KTM	1m47.746s	1.084s
18	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1m47.820s	1.158s
19	Marc Marquez	Honda	1m47.875s	1.213s
20	Jorge Martin	Ducati	1m47.903s	1.241s
21	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1m48.078s	1.416s
22	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1m48.253s	1.591s
23	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1m48.335s	1.673s
24	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	1m48.910s	2.248s
25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	1m48.911s	2.249s
26	Remy Gardner	KTM	1m48.960s	2.298s