Quartararo tops Dutch MotoGP FP1 as Lorenzo crashes - autosport.com

Petronas SRT rider Fabio Quartararo narrowly beat Yamaha stablemate Maverick Vinales to top FP1 ahead of the MotoGP Dutch TT, as Jorge Lorenzo's session ended in a big crash.

Lorenzo fell at the end of practice at the fast Turn 7 Ruskenhoek left-hander, and required the attention of track personnel after gingerly walking away from the accident.

The Honda rider had a new aerodynamic fairing and also a new carbon reinforced chassis available, but ended the session down in 18th.

His teammate Marc Marquez was in a class of his own during the first couple of minutes of FP1, but Vinales took over the lead with a 1m34.477s at halfway point.

Vinales did not give up the lead until the final minute of the session, improving three times during the practice.

But in the end, he was demoted by Quartararo, who went 0.077s faster than him with a 1m33.909s.

Vinales completed a Yamaha one-two, with Ducati's Danilo Petrucci brushing off a fast highside crash at Turn 14 in the early stages of FP1 to end the morning third fastest with a 1m34.169s.

Suzuki's Alex Rins and LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami, another early crasher, completed the top five.

Marquez ended up sixth, just over six tenths off the pace, with Cal Crutchlow (LCR) bringing a third Honda into the top seven.

Avintia Ducati's Karel Abraham was a promising eighth, followed by Pol Espargaro (KTM) and Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati).

Andrea Iannone led Aprilia's efforts in 11th as his teammate Aleix Espargaro, who is aiming to race at Assen despite fracturing his femur and tibia in the Barcelona race, crashed.

He fell at the slow Strubben hairpin of Turn 5 and was visibly hurt afterwards, but carried on, recording 17 laps and ending up 14th.

Sister works Yamaha runner Valentino Rossi and Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso were 12th and 13th respectively, the former hampered by a front tyre sensor issue.

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Fabio Quartararo	Petronas Yamaha	Yamaha	1m33.909s	-	22
2	Maverick Vinales	Yamaha	Yamaha	1m33.986s	0.077s	23
3	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	Ducati	1m34.169s	0.260s	16
4	Alex Rins	Suzuki	Suzuki	1m34.423s	0.514s	20
5	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda	Honda	1m34.441s	0.532s	17
6	Marc Marquez	Honda	Honda	1m34.522s	0.613s	21
7	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	1m34.589s	0.680s	20
8	Karel Abraham	Avintia Ducati	Ducati	1m34.596s	0.687s	17
9	Pol Espargaro	KTM	KTM	1m34.659s	0.750s	18
10	Jack Miller	Pramac Ducati	Ducati	1m34.674s	0.765s	19
11	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	Aprilia	1m34.698s	0.789s	22
12	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Yamaha	1m34.746s	0.837s	19
13	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Ducati	1m34.756s	0.847s	20
14	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	Aprilia	1m34.921s	1.012s	17
15	Tito Rabat	Avintia Ducati	Ducati	1m34.988s	1.079s	21
16	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Suzuki	1m35.134s	1.225s	21
17	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha	Yamaha	1m35.500s	1.591s	22
18	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	Honda	1m35.661s	1.752s	16
19	Johann Zarco	KTM	KTM	1m35.759s	1.850s	17
20	Miguel Oliveira	Tech3 KTM	KTM	1m35.769s	1.860s	20
21	Francesco Bagnaia	Pramac Ducati	Ducati	1m36.168s	2.259s	19
22	Hafizh Syahrin	Tech3 KTM	KTM	1m36.321s	2.412s	19