GP France 2026, the report of FP1, the start of Practice at 15:00

Appointment at 3:00 PM for the Practice

As for the FP1 report, that’s all, thank you for being with us. See you at 3:00 PM for the Practice report. We say goodbye with the complete results of FP1.

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For now, inside Aprilia the Trackhouse team riders are within the top-10 unlike the official riders, but there is a factor to consider: for the second run Fernandez and Ogura mounted a new medium rear tire, while Bezzecchi and Martin continued with the same tires throughout the session.

Luca Marini and Pedro Acosta were the fastest in this first session, but they mounted fresh tires at the end. Zarco, instead, is third without ever changing tires, like Fabio Di Giannantonio, Alex Marquez, and Marc Marquez, who are the three Ducatis in the top-10 having used a soft front and a medium rear tire for all 45 minutes.

Below is the top-15 at the end of FP1

Checkered flag

11:30 – Marc Marquez finishes in eighth position without ever changing tires. Actually, ninth, because Alex Marquez, also without ever changing tires, finished in seventh position.

11:29 – Acosta has risen to second position, Ogura seventh.

11:28 – Zarco moved up to second position, Raul Fernandez third.

11:27 – Remarkable Rins, new medium rear tire, but 17-lap soft front, third fastest for the Yamaha rider.

11:26 – Pair of new medium tires for Miller who rises to eighth position.

11:25 – Marini breaks the 1’31” barrier, 1’30″857.

11:24 – New soft and medium tires for Marini who takes the lead in 1’31″120.

11:22 – Alex Marquez has risen to sixth position.

11:21 – Di Giannantonio, on the other hand, continues to go strong with the soft front and medium rear tires with which he started the session.

11:18 – Acosta rises to fifth position and also has a new medium rear tire.

11:17 – Pedro Acosta now has mounted the hard front tire.

11:16 – Alex Marquez has risen to eighth position. Below is the updated top-15.

11:15 – At this moment there are four Italian riders ahead of everyone, Di Giannantonio, Bastianini, Marini, and Bezzecchi. Bagnaia is sixth.

11:14 – Bastianini rises to second position, 146 thousandths behind Di Giannantonio.

11:13 – Quartararo is the best Yamaha and is 14th.

11:11 – Seventh fastest now for Raul Fernandez.

11:10 – Important step forward for Bezzecchi who moves up to third position behind Marini.

11:09 – Second best time for Marini two tenths behind Di Giannantonio.

11:08 – Bezzecchi continues with the first tires (S and M) and rises to eleventh position seven tenths behind Di Giannantonio.

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11:07 – Luca Marini enters the top-5 ahead of Marc Marquez.

11:06 – Acosta has risen to fourth position between Bagnaia and Marc Marquez.

11:04 – At the moment there are no Aprilias in the top-10, good for Honda, Moreira is seventh.

11:02 – Second run for Acosta who insists with the pair of medium tires.

11:00 – This is the picture after the first 15 minutes of FP1.

10:59 – In this first run Martin lost something from the rear of his Aprilia.

10:58 – Marc Marquez has now moved up to fourth position behind his teammate.

10:57 – Bagnaia has risen to third position, Marc Marquez is currently 14th.

10:56 – Behind the VR46 rider we now find Mir, Zarco, and Bagnaia.

10:55 – Di Giannantonio lowers the time again to 1’31″302.

10:54 – Fabio Di Giannantonio takes the lead in 1’31″568.

10:53 – Marc Marquez started with the soft front tire.

10:52 – Acosta lowers to 1’31″830.

10:50 – Acosta is currently the fastest in 1’32″413.

10:49 – Alex Rins goes wide at the ‘Chemin de boeuf’ esses.

10:47 – Most riders have a soft front and medium rear tire, a pair of medium tires for Luca Marini and Pedro Acosta.

10:45 – Green light at the end of the pit lane, FP1 of the French GP begins. Morbidelli will miss the first five minutes because he continued on track at the end of Q1 with the bike leaking oil.

10:40 – We remind you that in place of Maverick Vinales the Tech3 team fields Jonas Folger alongside Enea Bastianini.

10:30 – 17°C air temperature, 12°C asphalt temperature. Dry track.

10:15 – We start our report with an important update to the regulations after what happened in Jerez during the Sprint race. Now the pit lane entry must be respected to avoid ‘improvised’ entries like Marc Marquez’s after the crash.

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