Breathtaking Start to the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP Series: Aleix Espargaro Takes the Lead in Practice Session

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A perfect opening day for Aprilia in the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP series. Aleix Espargaro was the fastest in the practice session, followed by Maverick Vinales in second place, and the top three were closed by Marco Bezzecchi.

MotoGP racers undergo a session practice at the Pertamina Mandalika Circuit, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Friday (13/10/2023) at 14.00-15.20 WIB. Apart from setting a new speed record, the training session was also marred by incidents crash.

Brad Binder and Augusto Fernandez collided until they both left the track. 39 minutes after the practice session was started, KTM rider Jack Miller crashed at corner 11.

That’s now both KTMs in the gravel! 💥

But it looks like @Bestia23 might have been right where @jackmilleraus wanted to be! ⚠️#IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/nJgazDWNn2

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 13, 2023

Francesco Bagnaia doesn’t seem to have found the right suit. The Ducati Lenovo rider went wide several times until he couldn’t record a best time attack.

Interestingly, Marco Bezzecchi showed a neat appearance. Valentino Rossi’s students are like ‘Iron Man’. Even though his physique is still battered after collarbone surgery five days ago, plus he experienced a crash in free practice (FP) one, Bezzecchi recorded a time of 1 minute 30.644 seconds.

An Aprilia 1-2 ahead of an astonishing performance from Bezzecchi! 👏@VR46RacingTeam‘s iron man! 💪#IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/4Kg0WP5HBY

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 13, 2023

He took the lead and became the fastest rider with 10 minutes remaining. Bezzecchi’s unyielding action earned him the nickname ‘Iron Man’.

What’s more interesting is that Bezzecchi’s time beat the record held by Quartararo last year. At that time El Diablo was able to reach 1 minute 31.067 seconds.

However, Bezzecchi’s lead did not last long, the Aprilia rider duo managed to sharpen the time again. Aleix Espargaro broke through at 1 minute 30.474 seconds, and Maverick Vinales was right behind him with a difference of 0.154 seconds.

The top 10 positions are respectively occupied by Brad Binder, Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez, Miguel Oliveira, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Jack Miller and Fabio Quartararo.

The following are the results of the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP Practice:

1. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing): 1 minute 30.474 seconds
2. Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing): +0.154 seconds
3. Marco Bezzecchi (MooneyVR46 Racing): +0.170 seconds
4. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing): +0,288 detik
5. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing): +0.400 seconds
6. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team): +0.632 seconds
7. Miguel Oliveira (CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team): +0.725 detik
8. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP): +0.733 seconds
9. Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing): +0,742 detik
10. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP): + 0.755 seconds
11. Paul Espargaro (GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3): +0.802 seconds
12. Luca Marini (MooneyVR46 Racing): +0.893 seconds
13. Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing): +0.983 seconds
14. Raul Fernandez (CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team): +1.026 seconds
15. Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP): +1.087 seconds
16. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team): +1,161 points
17. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda IDEMITSU): +1.181 seconds
18. August Fernandez (GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3): +1.332 seconds
19. Joan Mir (Repsol Honda Team): +1.653 seconds
20. Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team): +1,952 points
21. Alex Rins (LCR Honda Castrol): +1.952 seconds

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2023-10-13 10:05:58
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