During Free Practice 1 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Pedro Acosta was the fastest overall after a quite dominant session. Ai Ogura came back from his injury after being out since the Aragon Grand Prix.

First Run The Session

Five minutes into the session, riders started setting the first fast laps. Pedro Acosta was momentarily the fastest on track, ahead of Marco Bezzecchi.

Meanwhile, Jorge Martin had a technical problem and had to move the bike off the track. Acosta kept improving his times, with the most recent at 1:29.851.

As the first run finished, Acosta led the grid. Marc Márquez improved, but not enough, and settled behind the KTM rider. Johann Zarco put himself in third. Only Martin stayed out to try to compensate for the loss of time.

Second Run Incoming

Martin improved to second, as the rest started their Run 2. Meanwhile, with 20 minutes remaining, Pol Espargaró crashed as Bezzecchi had a moment with his teammate.

The session progressed without major incidents or changes. Acosta led the entirety of Free Practice 1. The Aprilia seemed like one of the strongest bikes on the track. However, Acosta’s pace was impressive.

With less than 10 minutes left, riders started their Run 3, the last of the session. Since his first run, Acosta hasn’t improved the benchmark, which remained at 1:29.851.

Ai Ogura is Back

Meanwhile, the Japanese rider came back after his injury. The Trackhouse MotoGP rider struggled a bit, but showed no signs of pain. Ogura sustained an injury and had to miss the Aragon Grand Prix and all the races after that.

Trackhouse MotoGP seemed to struggle throughout the session. In the last few minutes of the session, Raúl Fernández improved to fifth, while Ogura was in nineteenth position.

Meanwhile, Pedro Acosta and Pol Espargaró went 1-2 in the last minute of Free Practice 1. Martin finished third, ahead of Marc Márquez.