Factory Ducati’s Marc Marquez topped the timesheets in the first MotoGP practice session in Brno.
The championship leader noticed a technical error on his Bologna machine after leaving the pits at the start of the session, resulting in him pushing the bike to his pit box.
After spending half of the session sorting out the issue, he completed the fastest time in the session, posting an impressive 1.54.606s on his final run.
Pramac Yamaha rider Jack Miller delivered a strong second place in the interchangeable conditions, sandwiching himself between the factory Ducati duo.
Once again, Gresini rider Alex Marquez was in hot pursuit, lapping only a tenth behind Bagnaia.
Tech3 KTM rider Enea Bastianini and factory rider Pedro Acosta claimed fifth and sixth place, respectively.
Marco Bezzecchi finished the session in seventh despite a crash on his first run earlier in the session.
Luca Marini finished as the lead Honda rider on his return after dealing with injuries, closely followed by Yamaha’s Alex Rins.
Takaaki Nakagami rounded off the top 10, lapping quicker than the Yamaha trio of Fabio Quartararo, Miguel Oliveira and Augusto Fernandez.
Johann Zarco finished down in 14th, ahead of KTM stand in and test rider Pol Espargaro.
Fabio Di Giannantonio posted a lap to place his VR46 Ducati in 16th, whereas Jorge Martin made his return from injuries to finish the session in 17th place.
Raul Fernandez ended the session in 18th for Trackhouse, ahead of Joan Mir, Fermin Aldeguer and Brad Binder who didn’t improve in drier conditions.
Ai Ogura closes out proceedings as he crashed out at the halfway point of the session and thus setting no competitive laptime.
VR46 Ducati rider Franco Morbidelli and Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales weren’t riding due to injuries picked up at last week’s German Grand Prix.
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