The reigning World Champion set the fastest time in the morning and the fourth quickest in the afternoon, topping the combined timesheets. Álex Márquez made his debut as a Repsol Honda Team rider with the seventeenth best lap.
Marc Márquez clocked the best time in FP1 for the Spanish Grand Prix, and the fourth best time in the afternoon session. The eight-time World Champion finished the day with a 1:38.369 marker, set in the second session of the day. He ended the opening day of the 2020 season as the leading rider.
In his debut Free Practice session for a MotoGP round, Álex Márquez continued his adaptation to the premier class, trying out different modifications to his RC212V. The Repsol Honda Team rider finished the second session of the day with a fastest time of 1:39.604, for seventeenth place.
MARC MÁRQUEZ – 1st 1’37.350
“I’m happy again today. It is great to officially start the 2020 season and I felt really good from this morning, starting with the base we found on Wednesday. Then in the afternoon today we started to experiment a bit, trying a few ideas and using the time differently. I feel competitive, our opponents are fast but I’m feeling good. We had one small crash today because the track temperature is really high, making the track slippery. I went a bit wide and maybe I need to practice saving it with my elbow again, it’s just the second day back after a long break! But I was able to keep riding the bike, it was a really small crash.”
ÁLEX MÁRQUEZ – 17th 1’38.212
“The first day was a positive, especially in the morning. It was like the first day of school again, you’re excited but a little bit nervous! We had a plan to push on the last exit after confirming some settings we found in the test. I made a 1’38.2 which was not bad – I was a second faster than the test. There are still some things to improve so I was pleased. In the second session I made a bit of a rookie mistake with the conditions changing, but physically I am fine. A good day of learning.”
