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00:13:46He won a couple of Tito sprints as well.
00:13:50KTM will miss him, MotoGP will miss him,
00:13:52but a real asset to the World Superbike Championship.
00:13:55And yeah, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
00:13:58Something feels very right, doesn't it?
00:13:59Have Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder being teammates once again
00:14:03in what will be their fourth different category of racing now?
00:14:06Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP, and now World Superbikes.
00:14:09The Oliveira-Binder combination together once again.
00:14:12Yeah, they can't say they don't know each other's strengths and weaknesses
00:14:14having worked together for so many years across so many different World Championship categories.
00:14:18Now, what can we expect?
00:14:21What on earth is going on right now with Pekka Bagniai, the rider we are looking at on screens?
00:14:26Three Grand Prix D&As and the last four Grand Prixs post-Aragon Lewis.
00:14:32Pekka Bagniai, these were his words after suffering another thoroughly miserable Grand Prix experience.
00:14:37He said throughout Aragon, which is traditionally a grippy surface, zero grip,
00:14:42could not get the bike accelerating out of corners.
00:14:45The moment he opened the throttle, there was just monumental wheel spin.
00:14:48There was no full momentum whatsoever.
00:14:50And afterwards, Lewis, some strong words about his own, critiquing his own performance.
00:14:55He said he was mortified and humiliated by what happened to him in Aragon.
00:15:01I mean, he'll be hoping for some home comforts here this weekend, but these are probably, I think, by his
00:15:08own omission,
00:15:09the darkest and toughest times of Pekka's Grand Prix career.
00:15:11Yeah, he did say after Aragon, I'm at the lowest point of my career as Jack Miller,
00:15:16certainly not at a high point at the moment himself after that crash at Turn 4.
00:15:21Bagniai has also had some pretty pointed things to say having arrived here at Mizano,
00:15:25speaking to the media yesterday as we take one more look at what happened to Jack Miller.
00:15:30Yeah, this was on his out lap at the very start of the session before it felt like the rug
00:15:34was pulled them out from underneath him
00:15:35on the way into Turn 4.
00:15:38And Jack getting back to his feet and asking, what on earth was that?
00:15:41He's pretty fortunate.
00:15:42I mean, when you slap down that hard in the tarmac, you get so easily there to damage a wrist
00:15:47or a collarbone there.
00:15:49Happy to see Jack looks relatively A-OK.
00:15:52That was not the way he was hoping to kick off the home round here for Prima Prama Camar.
00:15:57Confirmation as we tidy up some of the off-track business that's been going on in what's been a very
00:16:03busy,
00:16:03silly season across Moda GP and in World Superbikes.
00:16:06Confirmation, as you can see, Jack Miller will be in Yamaha next season at World Superbikes.
00:16:11Yeah, Banaya yesterday on arrival here at the Bizarre World Circuit, Marcus Finchelli,
00:16:15of which Peko Banaya has won here twice back in 2021 and 22.
00:16:20Banaya came out to the media and said he almost sounded like a sort of jilted ex
00:16:25who just can't get over a relationship that he once had
00:16:28because he is still looking back at that GP24 that he won 11 Grand Prixs on back in 2024
00:16:34as he feels that's the bike he should be on.
00:16:36He said if there were still four GP24s on the circuit, they would all be at the front.
00:16:41Essentially, were the words that Banaya was saying.
00:16:44And then he says we don't need new parts, we need old parts to make this Ducati faster.
00:16:50But he did also point out that there are other riders that are still getting the best out of
00:16:53the current iteration of the Ducati, so it's up to him to do the same.
00:16:57But Banaya, from the moment that he got rid of that GP24 and moved on to the 25 last year,
00:17:02his Ducati career has never been the same.
00:17:04He really hasn't, I mean, he's been in Q1 on Fridays in the last, or Saturday mornings
00:17:08for the last three Grand Prixs.
00:17:11He really hasn't soured his form of late.
00:17:13He's still sitting in eighth place in the World Championship,
00:17:16but any hopes of him lifting a third world title success?
00:17:20Well, they have pretty much evaporated, haven't they?
00:17:22Now, this is the rider that the fans have all come to see.
00:17:26There's huge expectations, which of course means there's huge pressure on the shoulders
00:17:31of Marco Betsechi.
00:17:32He did win the sprint here last season at Nazano.
00:17:36That thrilled his home crowd, no end.
00:17:38And then he really did push Marc Marquez all the way
00:17:40in what turned out to be an epic duel between the pair of them.
00:17:43What was Marco Betsechi last year?
00:17:46I think he did lead the first 11 laps before he came under the cosh from Marc Marquez.
00:17:52The Aprilia has clearly taken a step, though.
00:17:54It's a better motorcycle than we saw here last year.
00:17:58The problem is Marco Betsechi is still struggling with this,
00:18:02in particular, ongoing left knee issue,
00:18:04which he potentially fears he might be dragging around for the rest of the campaign.
00:18:08Of course, this is going all the way back to that horrible high side he had
00:18:11in qualifying at the sax ring a few weeks ago.
00:18:14Yeah, as fans of any sport will know,
00:18:16knee injuries do not tend to heal quickly.
00:18:18John Zarco, of course, very recently himself recovering from a
00:18:21pretty serious knee injury that he suffered in Barcelona.
00:18:25So, Betsechi, yeah, it's going to be fascinating to see where he shakes up.
00:18:28So far, very well.
00:18:29He's fastest by half a second in this FP1 session,
00:18:31but on a stronger motorcycle, but not a stronger PES than we had here last year
00:18:36when he did give Marc Marquez such a hard time.
00:18:40Of course, Marc crashed trying to beat BES in the sprint here last year
00:18:42and then had to strain every sinew to beat Betsechi
00:18:45by a narrow margin at the chequered flag.
00:18:48And this feels like a circuit in what has been a 2026 season
00:18:52of Aprilia circuits, Ducati circuits, Betsechi circuits,
00:18:56Marc Marquez circuits, Jorge Martin circuits.
00:18:58We've seen sort of opposite extremes in the last few Grands Prixs.
00:19:02If you think of Silverstone and Assen as a very clear Aprilia circuits,
00:19:06and then we've had in very recent times the Saxon Ring
00:19:09and most recently Aragon that a clear Marc Marquez Ducati circuits.
00:19:13This potentially feels like something of a level playing field between the two.
00:19:19Yes, and of course, Aprilia have already tasted home success in Mugello this year,
00:19:24thanks to the Sunday brilliance of Marco Betsechi in Mugello.
00:19:28They have never won, though, here at Mazzano.
00:19:31That would be one over Ducati, wouldn't it?
00:19:33It would have been so, so dominant in their home Grand Prix.
00:19:35Ducati's headquarters in nearby Borgo Panagali,
00:19:39an hour's drive away from this Mazzano World Circuit, Marco Simoncelli.
00:19:43Yeah, Betsechi was saying yesterday, he's pretty much fully recovered
00:19:46from the left collarbone injury he suffered in the same crash
00:19:50that damaged the left knee, that horrible high-speed high side he had
00:19:53at Turn 7 in Q2 in the Sax Ring.
00:19:56Upper body training, no problem.
00:19:58It's when it's leg day in the gym, I think it's the issue, Lewis,
00:20:01but when he's trying to do any kind of riding, he spoke to the media yesterday
00:20:04and said every time he sort of, oh, and we've got another four,
00:20:07that's Pedro Acosta.
00:20:08Down at Turn 1.
00:20:09Pedro Acosta then has gone down to the first corner.
00:20:12So Acosta then has tipped off the factory KTM,
00:20:14trail braking into that first corner.
00:20:16He's been sort of notoriously bumpy until this track was resurfaced here
00:20:20a couple of years ago, so into Olympic sprinter mode goes Pedro Acosta.
00:20:24Yeah, I'll let you take care of the bike.
00:20:26I'm going to get back to the pits because he doesn't have far to go
00:20:28from there down to the first corner.
00:20:31You can still see the trademark Acosta mullet there
00:20:33out of the back of the crash helmet.
00:20:35Now, this shouldn't be cold tyre for Acosta
00:20:37because he'd just done his personal best lap of the session,
00:20:39but the front end did wash away very, very early there for the 37.
00:20:43He was already protecting himself as he's getting ready to hit the gravel trap.
00:20:47And Acosta watching the KTM do plenty of damage as it goes on its own journey.
00:20:51It looked like it might have just been a bump on the braking zone there
00:20:54for the first corner that caught him out.
00:20:56A bumpy trip into the gravel trap there after for the Spanish.
00:20:59Let's have a quick listen.
00:21:03You ain't saving out the best in the world like Pedro Acosta is.
00:21:07Gravity taking over.
00:21:09Now that unfortunately it's been a pretty tough couple of weeks
00:21:11for Superfart Trackhouse.
00:21:14No Ayagura in the last two rounds.
00:21:17A massive dent in his hopes of becoming Japan's
00:21:19first ever MotoGP world champion.
00:21:22Technical issues in Aragon last time out,
00:21:24costing Raul Fernandes a whole bunch of very important world championship points.
00:21:28Fernandes ruling himself out of championship contention,
00:21:31having slipped 70 points behind Jorge Martin.
00:21:34Let's get some thoughts over from the boss, Davide Brivia, who joins Jack.
00:21:38Yeah, he does indeed.
00:21:38And as you guys rightly say from a month or so ago
00:21:41when the Trackhouse team was the in-form team in MotoGP
00:21:45and it felt as though both of their riders could challenge for this world championship.
00:21:49The past two Grand Prixs, things have changed quite significantly.
00:21:52Let's firstly touch on Ayagura, Davide.
00:21:55We spoke two weeks ago in Aragon and there was belief, hope that he would make his return this weekend
00:22:01but sadly has to sit out again.
00:22:03So just bring us up to speed with what's happened over the last two weeks
00:22:06and why we still don't have Ayagura.
00:22:09Yeah, no.
00:22:10Also, we believe that he would be able to be here but everything is going good in his recovery.
00:22:18But then his last visit, he went to medical check just before to get on the plane to come to
00:22:25Misano
00:22:25but the medical team suggested to take a little bit more time
00:22:29and as we know, I mean, experience has told everybody that it's better to get the riders fully recovered.
00:22:38So we decided to skip this race also because it's quite demanding for what is this injury.
00:22:45He has the left hand, there's a lot of changing direction on the left here
00:22:49so probably would have been stress and a crash could complicate more and more the situation.
00:22:56So we take one more week and the target is to be in Austria
00:23:00where it's, from this point of view, should be less demanding circuit.
00:23:04It goes on the right, you can only brake on straight
00:23:08and so that's, we decided to follow the advice of the medical team
00:23:15which is, I think, is the wise thing to do even if it's always hard.
00:23:19It's always difficult to accept that but it is what it is
00:23:22and the importance is he's fully recovered and, of course, we have the end of the season.
00:23:27We go to Asia where we can have good results if we have been in a good shape.
00:23:32No replacement, no Lorenzo Savadori.
00:23:35Unfortunately for Lorenzo, as we were ready to board our flight from Barcelona to Bologna on Wednesday,
00:23:41he was getting off a flight from Bologna to Barcelona
00:23:44so we know he's in Europe, is he not here this weekend
00:23:47because he's doing some 8.50 testing in Barcelona?
00:23:50Yeah, exactly correct, he's busy testing the 8.50 yesterday and today in Barcelona
00:23:55but also now, I mean, he came to Aragon
00:23:59and it was not that easy to switch from Pirelli to Michelin tyres
00:24:04I mean, it's a different type of tyres
00:24:07and it's not as Paul also Spargaro explained
00:24:11it took all the weekend to re-adapt to this tyre.
00:24:15So you can imagine, he could have arrived only Saturday morning here
00:24:19and switch from one tyre to the other
00:24:22I mean, we think it was no work.
00:24:24Unfortunately, we don't have another solution
00:24:26we try all our best
00:24:28I, last minute, Savadori busy testing other tyres, whatever, whatever
00:24:34and so it is what it is and we weren't able to replace him.
00:24:37On the other side of the garage for Ralph Fernandes
00:24:39a couple of things
00:24:40firstly, did you get an understanding of what happened exactly in Aragon
00:24:44and secondly as well, for people at home that might not have been following it
00:24:48Aprilia brought an aerodynamic update for the factory riders at the British Grand Prix
00:24:53that both Jorge Martin and Marco Betzecchi have been using since
00:24:56it's almost a month on though
00:24:58and it's still not on Ralph Fernandes' bike
00:25:01so is there a reason behind that?
00:25:03You have to ask Aprilia
00:25:05for both questions
00:25:07I think about the technical issue we had in Aragon
00:25:12Aprilia has investigated
00:25:13they found some reason
00:25:15and then they went through to check all the bikes for the same part
00:25:21looks like there is a countermeasure
00:25:25but maybe Fabiano can explain more
00:25:28and about aerodynamic, of course, we can only wait to get upgraded
00:25:33and yeah, we try to use what we have and do the best of what we have
00:25:38Thanks Davide
00:25:39You're welcome
00:25:40Yeah, thanks very much, Jack
00:25:41thanks as always to Superfire Trackhouse boss Davide Brivio
00:25:45doesn't seem that long ago does it after that fairy tale
00:25:48a double 1-2 that Agoura and Fernandes had in Aston
00:25:52we were actually thinking, I think we thought Agoura is the one
00:25:55he could be Japan's first ever Moda GP world champion
00:25:58but it's hit the skids of late, hasn't it, on 40 for Agoura
00:26:01crashing out of contention in the British Grand Prix
00:26:04was a blow
00:26:05and then missing Aragon
00:26:06and missing this weekend in Mozzano
00:26:08is that terminal for his hopes of creating history this season
00:26:12you just saw there on screens
00:26:14Marc Marquez, his most successful clockwise circuit
00:26:1810 at the sack to ring, 7 in coat, now 7 in Aragon
00:26:22on his beloved anti-clockwise track
00:26:23his dirt track, of course background
00:26:26helping Marc be so strong in left-hand corners
00:26:29what do we think, Lewis? I mean, he's got a good record here
00:26:31he can't exactly sort of put his finger on why
00:26:34he just says it's always been a circuit he's clicked at
00:26:37but I mean, do we feel
00:26:38when you look at since he came back from that later surgery post-Le Mans
00:26:43Marc has gone 7th-1st, 1st, 7th-1st, 7th-1st
00:26:48so there are clearly tracks where he's almost unbeatable
00:26:51but tracks where if he is to successfully defend this world title
00:26:56he's going to have to start turning a few of those 7th places
00:26:59into force fists, if not better
00:27:01yeah, he needs to have, I guess, to use another sporting analogy
00:27:04he needs to have a strong B game, does Marc Marquez
00:27:07in the last stage of this season
00:27:08because we know when it clicks on circuits that do suit him
00:27:11he's going to almost certainly take a maximum points all
00:27:15but there aren't many of those left in the 20-26 season
00:27:18potentially Valencia, but it might be too late by then
00:27:21if he's finishing 5th, 6th, 7th at some of the weaker tracks
00:27:24yeah, I had a look into his record here in Mizano
00:27:27so 6 victories, 3 of those 6 were in races
00:27:31to one degree or another that were affected by rain
00:27:34the incredible flag-to-flag race here in 2015
00:27:38where he took advantage of some drama and chaos around him to win that Grand Prix
00:27:422017 here, which was underwater when he beat Danilo Petrucci late on
00:27:47and then, of course, the 2024 race here when Jorge Martin made that
00:27:50fated, ill-fated decision to pick four wet tyres and a wet change of bikes
00:27:55which cost him a potential sort of victory
00:27:57and then his three dry wins
00:27:58Banaya crashed out ahead of him in 2021 and lost to World Championship, of course, in the process
00:28:03and he's had two narrow victories, one against Fabio Quattararo in 2019
00:28:07and one, of course, against Bettecki here last year
00:28:10which tells me that his strong record here is down to his brilliance first and foremost
00:28:15and his ability to capitalise on opportunities
00:28:18he'll be hoping that some of those opportunities present itself this weekend
00:28:22because I feel that the Aprilia is more likely to suit this circuit than the Ducati
00:28:27but not to the same degree that it did in Silverstone and in Assen
00:28:31when Aprilia really should have locked out the top four places
00:28:34and all four of their riders finished
00:28:36Marc Marquez is currently in this session in fourth place
00:28:39and I think he'd probably take a podium this weekend
00:28:41I think it's clear he recognises the big threat which will be posed by
00:28:45Marco Betsecki and Aprilia here this weekend
00:28:48Marc referencing that epic fight last year where he said
00:28:51last year I was flat out beating Bez here in Mazzano when I was prime Marc
00:28:57I was at the the peak of my powers certainly on the factory Ducati
00:29:00got himself into the best physical shape in 2025
00:29:04since he suffered those career-threatening injuries at Jerez
00:29:07all the way back in 2020 the multiple surgeries
00:29:09it was as good as we've seen Marc physically at this stage
00:29:12last year having Mazzano last season was his 11th Grand Prix victory of 2025
00:29:17before it quickly unravelled on the flyway tour
00:29:20let's go back down to Jack in pick lane
00:29:22now we've heard from a very frustrated Fabio Quattararo
00:29:26post-Aragon after back-to-back last places
00:29:30in the last couple of Grand Prix's for the frustrated Frenchman
00:29:34I believe there has been clear the air talks behind the scenes
00:29:38after some of Fabio's choice words about his current situation with the Iwata factory
00:29:43let's find out exactly what the situation is down in that garage right now
00:29:46because Jack is joined by the boss Maya Merigali
00:30:18yeah I am indeed
00:30:19who came out and said yesterday that they are back on more friendlier terms this weekend
00:30:24I think Fabio understood what the weight of his words after Aragon 2
00:30:33we clarify everything yesterday when he arrived
00:30:38the most important trick is to work with the most professional way until the end of the year
00:30:46for us what happened in Aragon is already part of the past
00:30:51and we are really focused to try to maximize what we can do from year to the end of the
00:30:58season
00:31:22Fabio described Aragon as more of a testing session over the three days with the items he was
00:31:28trying but the story goes that he has to try the 850 of Yamaha in Austria in a week's time
00:31:36and Yamaha said no so Fabio's response to that was well I'm not trying any parts for you when
00:31:41a rider that is reportedly the highest paid on the grid at over 13 million euros a year says
00:31:47I refuse to test any items what was your response
00:31:51I think Fabio said yesterday is feeling after what he said in Aragon and as I said before
00:32:02for us this day we will continue working and this is the only way and for sure if we from
00:32:14here to the end of the season
00:32:17we will continue to improve the results and maximize what we have we will do because at the end we
00:32:23will bring
00:32:23whatever we are learning this year next year and about the the test in Austria I think we
00:32:33we were
00:32:36in a battle to let our departure in a rider pass with Pirelli please everyone
00:32:45we're going to do that at the end it's not like this and we we fix our planning in a
00:32:51different way
00:32:52nine rounds to go Mayo up until the end of the year still confident that you can keep some unity
00:32:58within the team and that things are going to be plain sailing up until the end of the year
00:33:03as I said before we are all our partners and we will act as we are
00:33:09thanks Mayo have a great weekend you're welcome thanks as always Jack yeah thanks to factory Yamaha bus
00:33:14Mario Merugali it's quite clear Fabio Quattroa was incredibly frustrated incredibly down and dejected
00:33:21after what was another thoroughly measurable Aragon performance to try and put some context on why
00:33:26perhaps he did run his mouth and go a little bit nuclear on his situation at Yamaha this is a
00:33:32former
00:33:32world champion of MotoGP he won his MotoGP world championship right here in Mizana didn't he five years ago back
00:33:38in 2021
00:33:39Lewis he's not won for 85 Grand Prix he's winless in four years Aragon last time out was only the
00:33:46third time
00:33:47in his career he's finished a Grand Prix in last with the Grand Prix of Europa in Valencia 2020 and
00:33:52Boram in 2024 fourth time technically he's been classified last because he was classified last at
00:33:57Silverstone but that was with a tire pressure penalty so Aragon was actually the first Grand Prix
00:34:03that Fabio Quattroa didn't crash he'll get a penalty in that he has finished last so do we
00:34:10cutting a bit of slack do we understand why he did decide to uh get a little bit loose with
00:34:16his
00:34:16tongue on Yamaha after that Grand Prix to a certain extent yes as Marco Betsechi goes into the 31 to
00:34:23the
00:34:23first time this morning he leads Alex Marquez by a tenth of a second now because Fabio Quattroa I guess
00:34:29would argue yes he's being paid very handsomely by Yamaha but that's the price that comes with
00:34:34signing up a world champion on a long-term contract and on pure talent and skill
00:34:40by my money one of the top three riders in MotoGP today still even with that long absence of any
00:34:47sort
00:34:47of victory and Fabio Quattroa clearly has been uh trying to uh perform miracles on an underperforming
00:34:54motorcycle for quite some time now and clearly the patience has ran out now now clearly uh the kind
00:34:59of comments that are attributed to Fabio Quattroa in recent weeks aren't good should not be aired in
00:35:06public but clearly this is a rider who is at the end of his tether now uh from a Yamaha
00:35:10uh point of view
00:35:11of course he has produced so much good things for Yamaha over the years winning them that world
00:35:15championship in 2021 victories of course in 2020 2021 and 2022 and of course is departing now for
00:35:22their Japanese rivals Honda uh for next season on a long-term contract of course there is a way to
00:35:29conduct yourself in public and I'm sure once the emotion and the anger and the frustration has uh
00:35:35fallen away from Fabio Quattroa he would probably accept that perhaps some of his comments in public uh
00:35:40maybe weren't chosen uh quite as well as he might have done but that is uh I guess the uh
00:35:45net effect
00:35:46of three or four years now of built up pent up anger and frustration for Quattroa that is now spilling
00:35:52out yeah find yourself slumped down in 15th overall in the world championship currently at this phase of
00:35:58the campaign hasn't really posed any kind of a threat for the podium at all has he so far this
00:36:03year
00:36:03Fabio Quattroa end of his tether as Lewis mentioned and it sounds like as far as Fabio goes quite happy
00:36:09that it's almost the end of his uh Yamaha career as he moves on to Honda's new 850cc project in
00:36:152026
00:36:16big weekend for Massimo Rivola Aprilia Racing CEO as we can see on screens Jorge Martin the world
00:36:23championship leader interesting speaking of Jorge in the pre-event press conference yesterday Lewis
00:36:27hard to disagree with what Jorge was observing when I asked him about how does he see himself in what
00:36:33we
00:36:33now think is pretty much a three-horse fight for the world championship it looks like our pretenders now
00:36:38our contenders have been sorted out contender wise Martin Marquez and Vesecki the top three in the
00:36:44standings sort of said well where do you see yourself Jorge in that trio do you see yourself as the
00:36:49favorite do you see yourself as a bit of an underdog and he said I've never seen myself as the
00:36:53favorite
00:36:53I've always felt in terms of outright speed this year I've always been on the back foot always playing
00:36:58catch-up never really found that sort of sweet spot particularly with the front end of that factory
00:37:02of brilliant so far this year I mean when Jorge has been on his A game he's been brilliant the
00:37:07double
00:37:07wins in Le Mans the sprint win and a strong second place mostly at Silverstone but you've got the
00:37:14impression that oh I think Jorge almost revels in being the other dog as well I mean he kind of
00:37:19never
00:37:19felt like at any point in 2024 when he won the championship that anybody saw him as the favorite
00:37:24in that tied to fight with Bangor and I think Jorge Martin kind of thrives on this me against the
00:37:30world
00:37:30sort of experience yeah and he's of course the Aprilia title challenger that's leaving Aprilia
00:37:35at the end of the season now because there is absolutely no suggestion that Aprilia
00:37:39will do anything other than give Jorge Martin a fair shot at this world championship but Martin has
00:37:46made a bit of a career of uh yeah being the sort of unfancied unfavored of course when he left
00:37:51Ducati it was because he'd been passed up twice oh for the factory Ducati seat once for René Bastionini
00:37:57and then of course the second time very famously in that 2024 season in favor of Marc Marquez
00:38:03so uh Jorge Martin yeah he seems at his best when he has a bit of a point to prove
00:38:08in MotoGP
00:38:09I guess the uh deciding factor for Martin as we go to the last stage of the season is
00:38:13we know he's consistent we know he makes very few mistakes uh in MotoGP the one high profile mistake
00:38:19you'd say of course was the turn one crash in Balaton Park otherwise he's been a super reliable
00:38:24and super consistent but nothing gets you out of a hole in MotoGP like pure raw speed which is what
00:38:30he
00:38:30had when he won his world championship for Pramac Ducati in 2024 when he was taking pole positions and
00:38:36winning sprints for fun Martin at the moment does not have that raw speed on the factory Aprilia we
00:38:42haven't seen him on pole position more than just the once uh this season and he does not appear to
00:38:47have the electric speed that Betzecchi has on the same bike so Martin is going to have to change that
00:38:53as we go to the last stages of this season if he is going to hold on to what is
00:38:57becoming an increasingly
00:38:58slender uh world championship leader Martin said himself as well but he can't necessarily guarantee
00:39:05which circuits he's going to be strong at because he's been to circuits this year that he's previously
00:39:08written near Prillia on and he's been uh not so strong and he's been to circuits this year where
00:39:13he's never written near Prillia and he's been very quick so who knows which Martin and Prillia combo
00:39:17will show up here speaking of very quick right on cue reigning world champion Mark Marquez off the
00:39:23back of yet another double glory in Aragon last time out has just seized top spot in this session a
00:39:30one thirty one point six eight zero good with the foot mark almost two tenths clear of what we expect
00:39:36to be his chief rival this weekend uh Betzecchi on the factory Aprilia those two then second and third in
00:39:42the world championship coming into this round 14 are now the only riders in the one thirty ones and we're
00:39:48right on Kihoi Martin pings himself up into third so it's sort of going to the master plan it's going
00:39:53to
00:39:54the form book already so far here this weekend in Mazzano because your top three in the world
00:39:59championship Martin Marquez the Mark version of and Betzecchi are your top three now in the
00:40:05classifications Mark Marquez and Bez though the only two that have found 31 so far this morning next
00:40:11behind them is Alex Marquez who was the nearest challenger to uh Bez and Mark here last year when
00:40:16Alex finished a slightly distant third it has to be said that was on the podium in the Tissot sprint
00:40:21two then it's the French pair next up Joan Zarco who made a uh very impressive return from his knee
00:40:27injury at Aragon last time out on the LCR Honda a point in the sprint and a point in the
00:40:32Grand Prix
00:40:32despite a double long lap penalty on the Sunday fifth and Fabio Quattaro writing some happier headlines
00:40:37at the moment on his Yamaha completing the top six head shakes already inside the factory Ducati
00:40:43camp on Peko bang the eye so there's his crew chief Christian Gavarini of course at Peko side when he
00:40:50was a
00:40:50double mounted GP world champion Gavarini huge experience crew chief for uh Aussie Casey Stoner when
00:40:57Stoner won world titles at Honda in 2011 and Ducati's first ever world title almost 20 years ago now back
00:41:04in 2007 believe Gavarini will be at the forefront of Pedro Acosta's quest uh to be another Ducati world
00:41:11champion next year the reason why there's a bit of uh head scratching going on and a bit of head
00:41:15shaking inside uh Peko's Ducati garage is because he's only 15th at the moment 1.1 seconds behind
00:41:23Marc Marquez at least it looks like the normal version Christian Gavarini saw on Marc Marquez's
00:41:29Instagram feed yesterday in the Ducati Instagram feed uh Marco Rigamonte Mark's crew chief has turned
00:41:34hot with a very striking uh new street blonde hair style bleached blonde I mean he's gone full of Billy
00:41:42idol as Rigamonte for his home front free this weekend we might get a shot on camera at Marc's
00:41:47crew chief uh yeah looking uh certainly struggle to miss him yeah yeah he does sort of stick out like
00:41:52a sore thumb here this weekend so it's Marc Marquez that leads away 131.680
00:41:57Shohan Zarco the the number five up into p5 I mean those two point scoring finishes last time out in
00:42:05Aragon for
00:42:06he picked up the solitary last point for ninth in the sprint in Aragon he was 15th in the Grand
00:42:12Prix
00:42:12having served two long laps of causing all the first lap chaos early on in the season involving
00:42:17Bagnay and Marini at turn one in Barcelona two heroic rides by Zarco last time out in Aragon given
00:42:24the fact he had not been on the LCR Honda since May the 17th suffering serious left leg injury serious
00:42:31muscle damage a real nasty a burn to that left leg after his leg got stuck on the exhaust pipe
00:42:36while
00:42:37he was laying in the gravel track at Barcelona horrible horrible sounding injuries so points
00:42:42going in place in the sprint and the Grand Prix would have felt like podiums or wins for Zarco and
00:42:46here
00:42:46he is in Lucho checking alert home Grand Prix LCR Honda boss on what's been a special anniversary
00:42:51weekend for them more on that later fifth place top six how does he keep doing it incredible isn't
00:42:56it with Joan Zarco who does seem to age like a fine wine 36 years of age now is Joan
00:43:02Zarco and of course
00:43:03not going anywhere in MotoGP we'll be sticking around with the LCR Honda team for next year although
00:43:09we still await confirmation of who his teammate will be we know it will be either Diogo Moreira or David
00:43:14Alonso who are both confirmed within that Honda stable now a big weekend of course for VR46 with
00:43:22Fabio Gian Antonio looking to try and ensure that he is still a part of the world championship battle
00:43:26and Frankie Morodelli set for his final MotoGP appearance here at Mizano before he makes way for
00:43:31Nicolo Bruliga next year plenty to talk about with Pablo Nieto who's on Shaq yeah absolutely as Fabio Gian
00:43:37Antonio swings his left leg over his VR46 machine and exits pit lane behind us we'll firstly touch on the
00:43:44news that we brought everybody at the start of this session that was announced over the last couple of
00:43:49days Pablo the penultimate place on next year's grid taken up by Nicolo Bruliga not yet the world
00:43:55superbike champion but I think highly likely he will arrive as the world superbike champion very
00:44:01exciting to have him return to the Grand Prix paddock it's been quite the story for him and it feels
00:44:07like a
00:44:07full circle moment for him to return making his debut in MotoGP what five six years on from feeling as
00:44:16though
00:44:16that his journey in the Grand Prix paddock had come to an end in Moto2 yeah we are very happy
00:44:21because
00:44:22in the end like you say he's coming back no but he's coming back home also no because in the
00:44:26end
00:44:26he'll start here with us with uh with the team Moto3 then Moto2 then uh you know this is sometimes
00:44:33it's very hard because uh our life lives a little bit in uh other direction but anyway I think he's
00:44:39making
00:44:39a mixing job uh also it's very important that he's the test rider from from Ducati and also he's making
00:44:45a super job in uh in the test rider he's very fast so we are very happy to that yeah
00:44:52interesting you
00:44:52you raise that point already a lot of people are thinking that that Nicolo at the start of next year
00:44:57could be one that everybody needs to keep a really close eye on as you mentioned he's been doing all
00:45:03of
00:45:03the development work on Ducati's 850 all of the the lap times that we see leaking through he's always at
00:45:09the top with the reduction in testing days at the start of next year as well it could be that
00:45:14he's done
00:45:1410 15 even 20 times the kilometers that some of his rivals have done on these brand new tires and
00:45:21new
00:45:22regulation machines you must be quite excited at the opportunity he has at the start of next year
00:45:29yes but uh this is MotoGP we know here the riders are superstars so that's mean and in one two
00:45:36days
00:45:37they will get the rhythm so it's going to be very hard but of course we know also that maybe
00:45:42in the
00:45:42first part of the season maybe we'll have some advance i don't know it's going to be difficult i think
00:45:48it's going to be very very important that there's some Monday after Austria then we will see over there
00:45:53it's really we have some advances or not but at the moment it's really important that he knows the
00:45:58tires he knows the bike and the development of the bike he's going in that direction so that's very
00:46:03very important for us and the most important thing is at the moment looks like it's very fast focusing
00:46:09on this weekend and 2026 a lot of people now have it as a three-way fight for the world
00:46:15championship
00:46:16Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez and Marco Betzecchi would you agree with that
00:46:24it could be but i think we have to try to make a little bit one step because if you
00:46:31want to try to
00:46:32fight for the championship we cannot make some mistakes and in the last races we are making some
00:46:37we are making some mistakes but anyway still so many races still we are on the we are fighting for
00:46:44the
00:46:45championship this is this is the reality but also we we have to try to be focused right by race
00:46:50and then
00:46:50when we go to the asian races we will be seeing really where we are so there's still belief there's
00:46:57still hope in the garage that you're in this fight yeah of course we have to we have to because
00:47:02in then
00:47:03we are here for that no we have to try to get to the rider the best support we have
00:47:08to try to give him
00:47:08everything and then we will see what happens but if we arrive to to the races that is in the
00:47:17overseas races with some chance to to fight for the championship it is very good news thanks pablo have
00:47:22a good weekend thank you thanks jack thanks to vf46 to catty boss pablo nieto there is this talk about
00:47:29the the top trio martin marquez and betzecchi being now our sort of real serious genuine title
00:47:34contenders but fabio the genantonio he is only 48 points back of jorge martin in the championship as
00:47:41we look at pedro acosta he's would have been on the floor once this morning a crash early on at
00:47:46the
00:47:46first corner as we get to just hold our breasts and watch one of the most spectacular corners on the
00:47:55grand
00:47:55grand prix calendar turn 11 uh cavone six gear on a gp bike at tipping there at 280 kilometers an
00:48:05hour
00:48:06talk about getting the juices flowing the adrenaline flowing it's one of the corners
00:48:11gets all about a gp rider's head on the back of the neck standing up you don't want to be
00:48:16making
00:48:16a mistake uh in cavone as ayagura found out to his costa here uh last year it's a spectacular corner
00:48:22but one that you have to be absolutely millimeter beside through get it wrong and you're in a whole
00:48:29world of pain yeah it's a corner that commands respect from from the very best riders in the world
00:48:33and it's a corner that historically although a whole sequence of right-handers to the third sector
00:48:39and into sector four that generally the vr46 academy riders who who've done more laps here than we've
00:48:44all had hold dinners uh go very very well through there because they're just so experienced so that
00:48:49they know that the best way to tackle uh cavone which is where pedro costa is approaching now we
00:48:55saw it at super slow-mo this is what it looks like at full speed in sixth gear at around
00:49:00about 245
00:49:02kilometers an hour it is super scary stuff for us mere mortals uh just watching from track side
00:49:09a cost then now on the brakes he goes into turn 14 the carro corner all the way down to
00:49:15first gear
00:49:16there about 70 kilometers an hour always the good hope we're taking hot spot in the sprint and the
00:49:21grand prix 27 laps will be the san marino grand prix here on sunday 13 laps the tito sprint just
00:49:28to
00:49:28remind you that'll be underway lights out at 3 p.m local time tomorrow with a new soft run time
00:49:33and
00:49:33keeping close on luke marini he's been threatening uh to wrestle away top spot for mark marquez very much a
00:49:40home grand prix of course for marini still very much an integral part of the vr46 academy winding down
00:49:46towards the end of his factory honda career you know his future sorted out recently moving over
00:49:51to the tech 3 ktm squad next season marini is already up into the third position the 131.991
00:49:59his grand prix debut here in front of his home crowd all the way back in 2013 time flies when
00:50:06you're
00:50:06having fun 13 years ago since marini now 29 years of age made his grand prix debut here although it
00:50:12was not
00:50:12a experience that he'll look back on with much focus because he set himself to the moon on a
00:50:19motor 3 bike at the very first corner happy to say in the 194 grand prix since he's not done
00:50:27a bad job
00:50:27as old luke yes a very experienced operator now here he is through uh the fearsome cavone and the uh
00:50:34swing arm there just uh grazing on the tarmac that was uh why you saw the sparks there kicking up
00:50:40and uh
00:50:40there are the uh tense expression and a grimace there for romano albaciano to the right of picture the
00:50:45tech guru at honda and uh christian cupulin there on screens the crew chief of luca marini on board with
00:50:52uh his good friend marco betzzecki who wants top spot back from mark marquez and that's exactly what he
00:50:57takes we're now down to a 131 647 it's now betzzecki from mark marquez
00:51:04betzzecki last time out in aragon this celebrates his 50th career podium with one more here this
00:51:11weekend in front of what is an expected home crowd a little bit twitchy a little bit nervous
00:51:15as he got on the brakes there going into that tight turn four this is when the track really opens
00:51:20up now
00:51:20as you come out of turn six power down this uh back straight briefly up into sixth gear and call
00:51:28it
00:51:28turn seven it's more of a kink for you as you go through the gearbox about 300 kilometers under uh
00:51:34the red bull bridge before you then harden the brakes back to the second gear cuerto corner turn eight
00:51:39luca marini there it's been a very positive start for the italian he remains the only rider to score
00:51:46points in all 13 grand prix so far this year nine of those finishes have been inside the top 10
00:51:53although it's been a long time since we've seen luca trouble the points go in place on a
00:51:56saturday afternoon gonna go all the way back to her red that dramatic flag to flag
00:52:00uh sprints at the spanish grand prix for the last time luca was troubling the points going places
00:52:06on a saturday afternoon brand new soft front tire for marini the front tire really does take a
00:52:10pounding here uh around mizano with uh some of the faster longer corners and the change of direction that
00:52:16you have around this bizano circuit it's a brand new medium front tire for pedro acosta who of
00:52:21course has already been on the floor at turn one earlier in this session but looking to end it much
00:52:26better than he started it as he's now chasing top spots currently betsecki and mark marquez from
00:52:30a pair of hondas marini and darco but ktm now joined the fun with pedro acosta taking second yeah and
00:52:37he crashed there on the session right there didn't he at the very first corner but that's more like it
00:52:41when he's upright he has been fast pedro acosta he knows deep down that and he hopes he's got to
00:52:47win in the world championship this year and his farewell season with ktm pretty much all would
00:52:51disappear you get a feeling lewis that now he's just all in it's just a time to throw caution to
00:52:58the win let's start taking more risks in terms of the setup pedro acosta i think this as he soft
00:53:04and
00:53:05does has rather frank conversations behind closed doors with ktm engineers and ktm management so
00:53:12guys he could still be in the battle for third place overall in the world championship let's just
00:53:17go for it let's take a few more risks let's just not rest on our laurels those big championship points
00:53:23up for stake and acosta of course still is seeking to break his winning duck in my gp as well
00:53:29lost so many points hasn't he due to unreliability this year as uh uh pedro acosta which uh would
00:53:35might well have put him in that sort of third fourth battle in the world championship had he not had
00:53:38those issues earlier on in the season yeah he and ktm their stories are so intertwined through uh each of
00:53:44their careers of course with acosta winning moto three and moto two titles uh as part of ktm's stable with
00:53:51the
00:53:51io squad in the junior classes he would dearly want to give them at least one win before he departs
00:53:58for the factory jucati squad next season betsecki his impressive run continues it's another 131.5 he
00:54:05extends his advantage over now joan zarko uh to just over a tenth of a second and this is bet
00:54:09on old
00:54:10tires zarko's performance is just insane i mean it is ridiculous what joan zarko is doing at the moment
00:54:17what's a special weekend for the lcr honda team we saw on the grid here yesterday a lineup of some
00:54:23of
00:54:23the classic old lcr honda bikes ridden by lucho cecchinello 125 and 250 cc classic two strokes from
00:54:30back in the day that's 2000 or 2026 of course marks 30 years in the grand prix paddock uh for
00:54:37lucho
00:54:37checking those team alex marquez with the late flyer that finds our 131.648 for the grazini
00:54:45racing team speaking of special liberties there's a few of them coming this weekend don't go anywhere
00:54:51be with us on sunday for what is an absolutely beautiful marco simoncelli a special grazini
00:54:58tribute livery of course we've seen tribute livery this season in their 30th anniversary celebrations
00:55:03the circuit named back in 2012 after the late great marco simoncelli dearly missed of course
00:55:09how is it now what 15 years sadly lost marco in that tragic crash a malaysian grand prix in to
00:55:17pang what a character he was just at the time wasn't it uh marco was starting to make big headway
00:55:23he just secured a factory on the contract in the modern gp world championship one of life's true
00:55:29great characters still dearly missed after so so many years but grazini paying homage to him this
00:55:35weekend with an absolute but you might have already seen it actually on social media because it's been
00:55:40heavily heavily plugged quite rightly so but alex marquez and firminale will race it here on sunday
00:55:45and lewis it's an absolute peach yeah it's a beauty it's on grazini racing's social media channel so uh
00:55:51head over there if you uh want to have a look at it if you want a surprise and you
00:55:54want to wait till sunday
00:55:55that is when they will run it mark marquez has the last word then uh in this uh free practice
00:56:01one
00:56:01session now mark did change front tires uh midway through the session so uh his uh front tire hasn't
00:56:07done the full session his rear tire certainly has and this uh petzeki mark marquez battle that we've
00:56:12been sort of teeing up all session and in the build-ups this weekend well they uh sort of played
00:56:17a
00:56:17hot potato with top spot in that session mark led it then bez took over top spot but at the
00:56:22very last
00:56:23moment it's mark ahead of bears ralph fernandez though might be about to pick the pair of them
00:56:27here comes the track out of aprilia and how does he finish the session he slots in just behind him
00:56:31in third place so mark marquez that's isn't it mozzano just putting the italians and aprilia
00:56:37back in their box keeping them in their place ducati winners of the last five grand prix's
00:56:42uh here in san marino of course in different guises we've got a a couple of emilia romagna grand prix's
00:56:48mozzano has held four different named grand prix's in the past the nations grand prix san marino as
00:56:53it's designated here this weekend host of the italian grand prix in the past and the emilia
00:56:58of romagna grand prix but it is mark marquez then in search of a magnificent seventh victory here
00:57:04that sets his stall out early let's get a prettier update from down in pit lane with jack yeah rather
00:57:10interestingly i'm down at the track house box as soon as mark marquez went to the top of the standings
00:57:14massimo rievela popped his head around the corner from the factory garage and went to speak to the
00:57:19michelin technician that covers both aprilia teams i imagine just to get an understanding of what
00:57:25exactly mark marquez has had both front and rear to see how he's weighing up against his man marco
00:57:31becksecki as you guys said we've billed it as a big heavyweight clash this weekend certainly friday
00:57:37morning but it's delivered so far he certainly has thanks very much jack he's so often delivered
00:57:43here in front of the italian fans fair to say he does uh operate behind enemy lines when he comes
00:57:50to
00:57:50mogello and mizano of course a throwback to those epic fights around 2015 2016 with uh the undisputed
00:57:59home crowd hero valentino rossi of course his base in nearby tavulia a very very short driver a 10 minute
00:58:06drive up into the rolling hills around this bizano world circuit marco simoncelli
00:58:12iconic celebration last year wasn't it from marquez with the uh lionel messi at the burn of our
00:58:16inspired celebration as he held his ducati letters aloft uh when he came into the box yeah to answer the
00:58:22question that massimo rievela was uh asking uh michelin there yeah mark marquez he certainly for the
00:58:27information we had on screens he had the same medium a rear tire that he started the session with but
00:58:32he did
00:58:32uh after his first run of the session in fp1 we'll get confirmation shortly when we see the uh lap
00:58:38analysis mark marquez did change front tire so uh perhaps bears with a few more laps on his front
00:58:43tire when he did his 31.5 versus mark's 31.4 well it's kind of been the tail of the
00:58:50tape hasn't it so
00:58:50far in 2026 it's been really for the majority of the campaign mark marquez versus the factory aprilias
00:58:58on occasion you've thrown ralph ford and there's naya guru up into the party on the track out aprilias
00:59:05as mark marquez are getting ready for what is the customary a practice star session at the end of the
00:59:10session there is billy idol no sorry mark a rigamonte uh two marks left with what is a very distinctive
00:59:16a bleep's blonde haircut if uh marker lost a pet or something i was gonna say
00:59:23if he vetted on mark marquez not winning a modern aragon then he uh certainly did uh make an error
00:59:28of
00:59:29judgment on that one john zarko fifth in that session luca marini seventh in that session a couple of
00:59:35standout performances on hondas in our opening exchange here in mozano fp1 then done and dusted
00:59:41mark marquez once again in control here in the uh mozano sunshine how did peko bagnaya fair wow
00:59:50deary me fingers and ears at home if you're a peko bagnaya fan because fp1 has come to a conclusion
00:59:57and peko bagnaya was 18th fastest 132.461 just and i mean just only seven thousandths
01:00:07inside being a second away from mark marquez his teammate nine tenths back and mark
01:00:12only juan mia struggling on the factory honda dioga murray on his first one a gp ride here
01:00:18in mozano and alex range from the factory yamaha behind peko bagnaya this morning surely there's not
01:00:26going to be a fourth successive q1 appearance coming his way in 2026 i mean bagnaya does always
01:00:32do the same thing in pre-practice one and that's just run on one center tires he doesn't go to
01:00:37new
01:00:38tires late in the session chasing a headline lap times but he wasn't exactly the only one in that
01:00:42session i don't think we saw many go for a brand new rear tire in that session a few changed
01:00:47front
01:00:48tires uh so uh yeah that will concern peko bagnaya to be down in 18th place of course such a
01:00:53magician around this bizano circuit historically of course i mentioned the two wins earlier in the
01:00:58session that bagnaya has achieved here because he famously nearly won here in 2020 uh when he
01:01:03crashed out of the lead when he was back on a pramak jacati so this has often been such a
01:01:08successful
01:01:09and strong circuit one that bagnaya can always bank on of being successful and strong here around
01:01:14misano uh but as we saw last year when he had a miserable encounter he crashed out uh down at
01:01:20the uh
01:01:20tramonto corner uh at the moment no signs of a turnaround for the two-time moto gp champ yeah
01:01:27very much a hit or miss around uh kazano it's pekka bagnaya ten races in moto gp five podiums and
01:01:35five
01:01:35dnfs in fact it's dnf'd in the last two here in front of his home crowd he just looks completely
01:01:42lost a
01:01:42rider who's been sapped of all of his confidence all of his belief a shadow of the rider that was
01:01:50world champion in 2022 and 2023 i mean coming back from a 91 point deficit behind fabio cuotero didn't
01:01:57in 2022 he was so so close 11 wins in 2024 and somehow still didn't win a third successive world
01:02:07title we were expecting this this big explosive rivalry weren't we when mike marquez moved into the
01:02:12factory the category as a rivalry which to be frank has never really uh threatened to get going at any
01:02:17stage yeah just pekka bagnaya he came to broadcast a set in aragon to speak to our colleague kiko giles
01:02:24and
01:02:25he just looked at kiko and said this would be very very short i've got nothing to say i mean
01:02:30i kind of
01:02:31felt sorry for him you're standing there looking at a guy who's been a serial winner in every single
01:02:36category he's raced at world championship level mother two world champion two-time mother gp world
01:02:41champion who just looks completely lost and with no answers no solutions to these grip issues he's
01:02:49having on that factory ducati well we hope for pekka bagnaya's point of view that he can rediscover
01:02:55his mojo again on this bike next year or certainly a version of it of course it will have a
01:03:00little less
01:03:00aero it won't have any uh ride height devices it will have pirelli tires it'll be 850 cc's but it
01:03:05will
01:03:05be in aprilia that pekka bagnaya rides next year as uh betsecki uh gets uh what maybe uh sort of
01:03:12six inches or so of air under his uh front tire course whole shot devices a thing of the past
01:03:18since
01:03:18the uh summer break but that aprilia is still a very fast starting motorcycle shout out once again to
01:03:25polis bargero the fastest tv pundit on planet earth 11th quickest replacing once again the absent maverick
01:03:34vinales who has continued to have major major issues with that left shoulder which he first
01:03:41suffered serious ligament and tendon damage that qualifying crash in the sax ring last july
01:03:46well over a year since vinales has been dogged by that ongoing issue no cast iron guarantee that he's
01:03:53gonna be back for ktm's home round in austria next weekend that's the target that's the goal
01:03:58given the fact that vinales has been struggling for well over a full calendar year now you wonder
01:04:04whether austria might be a little bit too optimistic and they might just wait to see if maverick can
01:04:09return to his rc16 uh for a much anticipated flyway tour but once again a super sub performance by
01:04:17polis bargo a 1.32 flat just over half a second behind mark marquez you have to block you
01:04:23cover getting a pole don't you it's the second ktm in that session too he was ahead of both bastianini
01:04:27and binder here is uh brad bindo who's in 16th place in the session you can see a lot of
01:04:33uh uh local
01:04:34misano flies uh buzzing around the air as we saw the uh practice starts going to win we saw a
01:04:39few of them
01:04:39splattered on the uh visor of mark marquez too as they're they're making their uh own imprint on the
01:04:44action uh first thing this morning fabio quateraro well be much happier with uh this uh session on
01:04:51body yamaha than the last time he rode it in motor and aragon because quateraro did get his m1 into
01:04:55the top 10. yeah that's a bit more like it isn't it from fabio quateraro inspired by some very fond
01:05:01memories around misano who will never forget those tearful scenes the wild jubilant celebrations
01:05:08when he did capture the world championship here back in 2021 but at the moment it's all about who's
01:05:15going to be crowned world champion in 2026 which is going to focus our attention over the next three
01:05:20months or so very very busy period coming your way nine scheduled grand prix's before the end of
01:05:26november before the final 1000 cc powered erad world championship in mana gp marquez then leads the
01:05:36way 131.468 eventually we've got 10 riders that found laps in the 131s down to our two fabios quateraro
01:05:45and the jan antonio alex marquez reporting yesterday that he's still suffering with
01:05:53pain and fatigue and a lack of strength and mobility in the right shoulder that he suffered in that
01:05:58dramatic crash with pedro acosta in his home grand prix in barcelona a good few weeks ago now
01:06:05i think alex was saying yesterday that he's gonna have to have some metal work removed in the uh the
01:06:09winter break so too firm in albergue it's been very much walking mood hasn't it for most of 2026 for
01:06:15gazzini ducati yeah and albergue's performance in aragon certainly deserves a
01:06:19mention a pair of top sixes for him on his return uh from injury joan zarko a pair of points
01:06:26for him
01:06:27in both the sprint and the grand prix both impressive in their own way given the double long lap he
01:06:31had to
01:06:31serve on the sunday and fifth for him within two tenths of the pace yes he was benefiting from some
01:06:36fresh
01:06:37rubber on the front of his uh honda late in that session but zarko once again starting on the front
01:06:41foot yeah a smile and a wave from the best camp he'll be happy with that looked fast and he
01:06:48certainly
01:06:49looked consistent a lot of 131s you'll feel when we digest the lap by lap analysis taking on the energy
01:06:55gels hard work out there this morning for alex marquez he did 18 laps to open his account in
01:07:01grozzini's home grand prix and 131.648 so pretty tight a top five at the end of that session not
01:07:09even two tenths covered mark bez ral fernandez alex marquez and zarko
01:07:16so there is your fastest motorcycle so far this weekend around mozzano mark marquez said quite simply
01:07:23yesterday the key to winning this championship is just to be the fastest
01:07:29not just all about being the smartest and using the the brain power that's the horsepower that's
01:07:35going to count as well mark marquez then leads he left his best till last best lap of 131.468
01:07:43coming on
01:07:43lap 18 of 18 which put him 600th clear of marco betseki has the stage already been set
01:07:53fp1 mark versus bears just as it was in the grand prix here last year mouth-watering prospect if those
01:08:02two are going to go toe-to-toe once again in front of bez's home crowd he would dearly love
01:08:06to make it a home double having tasted home success already once in 2026 in front of his home crowd
01:08:13in magello but it's to katia marquez that strike first we expected it to be close and close it was
01:08:18in fp1 mark marquez 600th clear of marco betseki ral fernandez uh looked like he might beat the pair
01:08:25of them but a uh slightly scruffy final sector left him third alex marquez fourth ahead of joan zarko
01:08:30and pedro acosta who fell at turn one early on marini seventh from championship leader martin
01:08:35under the radar again in eight quateraro ninth and fabio de jan antonio polis fargro as mentioned
01:08:40impressive in 11th ahead of aldergear morbidelli top rack who started slowly but got himself up to
01:08:4514th ahead of fascinini binder and jack miller crashed on his out lap right at the start of fp1
01:08:51bagnaya down in 18th ahead of juan mir diogo morea and of course 21 runners with no ayagura cracking
01:08:57session that not even a second covering the top 18 riders as expected all the marks were done on the
01:09:03same soft front medium rear tire and he did indeed save his best for last that is some face isn't
01:09:09it
01:09:09on warren rubber for marquez so although he did go on to a new soft front at some stage
01:09:14marco betseki also did put a brand new uh front tire in and he started on the soft he moved
01:09:19across
01:09:19to the medium front tire for his second run and he was also doing very consistent mid 131s right at
01:09:26the end of the session ral fernandez looking to bounce back from the disappointment of his tech issue
01:09:30which brought him out of the aragon grand prix he was also another a pretty ride that had an initial
01:09:35look at the soft front before he went on the medium option and he too was able to find
01:09:39hot pace in those mid 131s what about alex marquez well he followed the same blueprint as his brother
01:09:45mark started on a soft front tire and then put in a second soft front uh plenty of laps cancelled
01:09:50there for alex marquez as he explored track limits but he did find a 131.6 right at the end
01:09:55who's
01:09:55hot news not in our sectors a tight run through sector one it's marco betseki that leads it
01:10:00from marini and quattoraro not really much to talk about in sector two it's a straight and
01:10:04one corner but it was a costa quickest high speed corners favor of brillia through turn 11 in sector
01:10:09three betseki fernandez and martin a free lockout that third split and sector four which predominantly
01:10:14goes left which usually only means one thing mark marquez fastest through there
01:10:20so chapter 14 underway here in the mazzano sunshine and looking to play party pooper once again trying
01:10:29to deny marco betseki and naprilli yet more home success in italy who else could it be it's six
01:10:36times mazzano monogipura mark marquez who leads the way at the end of fp1
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