Marco Bezecchi topped MotoGP World Championship Free Practice One (FP1) on Friday morning at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand. The Italian, riding the Michelin-shod Aprilia Racing RS-GP26, led the 22-rider field with a lap of 1:29.346 around the 2.83-mile (4.55 km) track.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was second best in 1:29.456 on the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Ducati Desmosedici GP26.
Bezecchi’s teammate Jorge Martin was third with a lap of 1:29.551.
In the year 2025 MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez on his Ducati Lenovo Desmosedici GP26 finished the opening session 6th with a lap of 1:29.772.
Teammate Francesco Bagnaia finished 7th in 1:29.791.
More from the MotoGP press release:
MotoGP’s first Grand Prix weekend blazed in the heat of Thailand with the top 13 and five manufacturers covered by less than a second.
MotoGP 2026: Blast Off! Buriram takes the riders back to the track after a test to the point we all expect – bikes in a frenzy. The first depth is who is hot and who is for next year and in FP1, it was a reflection of the test. Marco Bezecchi (Aprilia Racing) laid down the gauntlet early to give the rest of the field something to think about going into the afternoon.
In the third round of FP1, ‘Bez’ set 1’29.346s to climb to the top of the standings and lead the way for Aprilia, where he left off in testing. Fabio DI Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was the meat in Aprilia’s sandwich, improving to second at the end of the session. The weekend for George Martin’s first Thailand GP for Aprilia started with a minor crash ten minutes into the session at lap 12. ‘Martinator’ was back up and all was well, with the checkered flag coming as he went into third. As the 2025 Buriram specialist, the three Aprilias finished fourth, one place ahead of KTM leader Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
Reigning champion Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) ended the season by running sixth in FP1 at Buriram, just one place ahead of team-mate Francesco Bagnaia. Peco, 0.019 seconds behind Marquez, has set 19 laps compared to the #93’s 21, but both will have valuable information in afternoon practice. Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was eighth ahead of Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) and Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol), which made it four manufacturers in the top ten.
Yamaha’s best representative was Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) in 13th.ThFor starters, Diogo Moreira (Pro Honda LCR) was 16th.Th And reigning WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) was 21.St.
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 Friday morning at Chang International Circuit, in Thailand.Marco Bezzecchi topped MotoGP World Championship Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Chang International Circuit, in Thailand. Riding his Michelin-shod Aprilia Racing RS-GP26, the Italian turned a lap of 1:29.346 around the 2.83-mile (4.55 km) track and led the 22-rider field. Fabio Di Giannantonio was second-best with a 1:29.456 on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Ducati Desmosedici GP26. Bezzecchi's teammate, Jorge Martin was third with a lap of 1:29.551. 2025 MotoGP World Champion, Marc Marquez finished the opening session in 6th with a lap time of 1:29.772 on his Ducati Lenovo Desmosedici GP26. His teammate, Francesco Bagnaia was 7th with a 1:29.791. More from a press release issued by MotoGP: Less than a second cover the top 13 and all five manufacturers as MotoGP’s first Grand Prix weekend ignites in the Thai heat. MotoGP 2026: blast off! Buriram welcomed the riders back to the track after testing to the point we’ve all been waiting for – bikes){kind=link}