Overview
- Friday practice at MotorLand Aragon saw Marc Marquez top the opening FP1 with a 1:47.532 before Marco Bezzecchi set a new all-time lap record of 1:45.455 in the afternoon timed practice.
- Bezzecchi’s final-lap attack displaced Marquez and left the top three separated by just 0.038 seconds, the closest Friday top-three on record for a MotoGP session.
- The timed practice result placed Bezzecchi, both Marquez brothers, Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco among the ten riders who go directly into Q2 while Pecco Bagnaia and others must contest Q1.
- Friday also featured notable rider comings and goings with Johann Zarco and Fermin Aldeguer returning from long injuries, Ai Ogura and Maverick Vinales absent and replacements Lorenzo Savadori and Pol Espargaro stepping in.
- The day reshaped the weekend picture by underlining Aragon’s track-specific strengths for different machines and by leaving teams to weigh Marquez’s managed weekend approach against Aprilia’s late-pace threat in qualifying and the sprint.