13:36
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to Friday Practice at Sachsenring. Coming up at 14:00pm UK time is P2.
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As it happened: Friday Practice from the German MotoGP at Sachsenring
Francesco Bagnaia heads into the German Grand Prix looking for his third consecutive win, but first at Sachsenring.
Bagnaia was eighth fastest in Practice 1 as Johann Zarco led the way ahead of Sachsenring specialist Marc Marquez.
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- Marquez not “worried about an injury, but it’s true that there’s risk”
Stay tuned as Crash.net will bring you live updates and all the latest news throughout the German Grand Prix weekend.
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10:33
That's it for Practice 1
Zarco is your leader after one practice session as Marquez, Espargaro, Alex Marquez and Martin round out the top five.
10:32
Quartararo's crash means yellow flags have come out and thus Zarco is going to finish fastest.
10:31
Quartararo makes it a double crash for Yamaha
Quartararo has now crashed with less than minutes to go
10:27
Marquez goes quickest as Franco Morbidelli has crashed.
10:27
He goes second but Marquez is on a stunning lap...
10:26
Marquez goes second as Quartararo is challenging for top spot...
10:25
Espargaro and Bagnaia trade fastest times as the former breaks underneath the 1m 21s barrier.
10:23
Make that third as Espargaro has put his Aprilia top of the leaderboard.
10:23
Bagnaia goes second!
10:22
Bagnaia improves although it's not enough to crack the top ten.
10:20
The action is heating up as Bagnaia and Quartararo have also left pit lane.
10:19
There's still time for lap times to improve with 12 minutes remaining. Miller is getting closer to matching the best times already set in P1.
10:15
Vinales and Miller are now out on circuit, both with dry tyres, although conditions haven't improved enough for lap times to be quicker.
10:10
The two factory Aprilia riders are back out on circuit, but they are the only two.
10:07
Lucio Cecchinello has just confirmed that a decision on the second seat at LCR Honda for 2024 could be made next week.
10:04
What started as gentle rain has become slightly heavier in the last few minutes.
10:04
It's raining at Sachsenring
Lap times aren't improving at the moment as the rain gets heavier.
10:00
Marquez's close call at T7
Some classic @marcmarquez93 rodeo in his backyard #GermanGPpic.twitter.com/67xY9pocbe
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) June 16, 2023
09:58
Martin now leads from Honda duo Nakagami and Marquez.
09:56
Espargaro is down
Aleix Espargaro has crashed at turn one - disaster for the injured Aprilia rider.
09:52
Big moment for Marquez at turn seven as he nearly lost the front-end.
09:51
Johann Zarco is also showing good speed early on as he goes top by nearly two tenths.
