The key story of the primary official check forward of the 2024 season was Marc Marquez’s debut on the Gresini Ducati.
It marked the primary time in his MotoGP profession that he took to the observe on a motorbike that wasn’t a Honda and generated a substantial quantity of buzz on Tuesday morning as he ready for his first run.
Taking to the circuit on his sponsor-less Ducati at 11:14am native time, about an hour and quarter-hour into the session, Marquez ended his first run third quickest.
With simply over an hour and a half to go within the day, Marquez shot to the highest of the order with a 1m29.460s earlier than bettering to a 1m29.424s.
His time on the prime of the standings would not final and he would end up his day nicely earlier than the 5pm chequered flag.
Ending the day fourth, Marquez was simply 0.171s off one of the best tempo set by Vinales, who put the 2024 RS-GP by way of its paces and led the day with a 1m29.253s.
Solely six riders posted lap instances contained in the opening hour of operating beneath chilly and windy situations, with Vinales quickest on the finish of hour one on a 1m31.256s.
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Bike of Jack Miller, Crimson Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing, Crimson Bull KTM
His session-best lap would come within the closing phases of his 86-lap day, Vinales ending up 0.028s away from Binder.
The South African leapt as much as the highest two late on his 2024-spec KTM, with Binder and team-mate Jack Miller testing a brand new aerodynamic idea – amongst different issues – disguised by a camo livery.
Marco Bezzecchi was third on his 2023-spec VR46 Ducati, edging forward of Marc Marquez by 0.078s as Raul Fernandez examined for Aprilia regardless of RNF Racing’s latest collapse.
Alex Marquez was sixth on the second Gresini Ducati as he bought to grips with the ability supply of the 2023 Ducati, whereas Fabio Di Giannantonio was seventh on his VR46 debut.
Enea Bastianini led Miller on his manufacturing facility Ducati, with Luca Marini tenth and 0.703s off the tempo on his Honda debut.
World champion Francesco Bagnaia was eleventh forward of Fabio Quartararo on the up to date 2024-spec prototype Yamaha, whereas Joan Mir was thirteenth.
Championship runner-up Jorge Martin crashed twice on Tuesday, his first approaching his first run of the 2024-spec Ducati.
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Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
The Pramac rider was fifteenth, 0.054s forward of latest Pramac team-mate Franco Morbidelli.
Johann Zarco was seventeenth after a crash on the LCR Honda, whereas MotoGP rookie Pedro Acosta was 1.2s off the tempo in 18th after a tumble on his Tech3 GasGas.
Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) ended his day after solely 17 laps to return to Barcelona for remedy on the leg he fractured in Qatar two weeks in the past and was twenty second.
Alex Rins was nineteenth on his Yamaha debut, 1.3s off the tempo.
