Thailand Grand Prix Buriram MotoGP FP1: Viñales ahead of Quartararo, heavy fall for Márquez

At this late hour of the night or so close to a new day to come, the MotoGP planet, which is beginning its overseas tour, is wide awake, as the fifteenth round of the championship begins. This first stop of the Far Eastern tour takes place in Thailand on the Buriram route, where last year, for the first edition, it was Marc Márquez who made history by being victorious there. Andrea Dovizioso, the Ducati official, finished second, and Maverick Viñales the Yamaha rider third. The championship is almost complete with a Marc MáYou are almost assured of winning your eighth title in the premier category. This could be the case this weekend, unless bad luck surreptitiously takes hold of the Honda Repsol rider, who like Austin, is also not immune to a crash. This of course without counting on the very effective swaying of the Cervera pilot which allowed him so many times to escape from the cagade.

Buriram MotoGP™	2018	2019
FP1	1'31.220 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'30.979s Maverick Viñales
FP2	1'31.090 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)
FP3	1'30.399 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)
FP4	1'30.693 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)
Q1	1'30.031 Marc Márquez (See here)
Q2	1'30.088 Marc Márquez (See here)
warm up	1'30.863 Marc Márquez (See here)
Course	Marquez, Dovizioso, Vinales (See here)
All time lap record	1'30.031 Marc Márquez (2018)

It's 29,4 degrees in the air and 37,7 degrees on the track. The sky is now cloudy

Here we go and at the start of the session, Olive tree makes a mistake in turn 7.

Márquez takes the lead with a time of 1.31.792s. Miller et Quarterly are second and third before being taken over by the Ducati official, Petrucci in 1.32.902s who comes to position himself second. Dovizioso is fourth fastest. Pol Espargaro, still recovering, is seventh on the KTM. His elder on the Aprilia, Aleix, is eleventh.

Yamaha officials are sixth for Rossi, et Casa Particular in Viñales fifteenth, he runs in 1.33.237s. At Suzuki, it's the grimace soup for Kidneys, the latter being fourteenth. His teammate, Mir is ninth.

After 9 minutes, things are going strong, the positions are as follows: Márquez in 1.31.187s, Rossi in 1.31.988s, Viñales in 1.32.079s, Quartararo in 1.32.080s and Dovizioso in 1.32.170s. Very efficient Yamahas from this first session.

Lorenzo is currently in eighteenth position. Crutchlow et Nakagami the Honda LCR drivers are twelfth and fourteenth. Quarterly made the effort and came to position himself third best time instead of Red. It runs in 1.31.861s. His teammate Morbidely is also comfortable, he is fifth in 1.32.088s. Olive tree returned to the track, the KTM Tech3 rider is in twentieth position.

Kidneys returns to the pits due to technical problems, engine failure visibly.

Quarterly pushes the line and improves his time with a time of 1.31.752s.

5 minutes into the session, Márquez fell heavily in turn 7, the latter seemed physically affected. The question of a technical problem is raised…

Behind Dovizioso came back strongly and took second place in 1.31.187s. Quartararo did the same by setting the best time in 1.31.170s. 

The top5 is as follows 20 seconds from the end of the session: Viñales who takes the lead in 1.30.979s ahead of Quartararo, Márquez, Dovizioso and Miller. 

Full results:

Pos	number	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km / h	Time	Gap 1st/Prev.
1	12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	326.2	1'30.979
2	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	326.2	1'31.170	0.191 / 0.191
3	93	Marc MÁRQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	330.2	1'31.187	0.208 / 0.017
4	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	329.2	1'31.205	0.226 / 0.018
5	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Pramac Racing	Ducati	328.2	1'31.227	0.248 / 0.022
6	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	327.2	1'31.482	0.503 / 0.255
7	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	325.3	1'31.569	0.590 / 0.087
8	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	327.2	1'31.593	0.614 / 0.024
9	36	Joan Mir	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	327.2	1'31.753	0.774 / 0.160
10	63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	326.2	1'31.799	0.820 / 0.046
11	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	327.2	1'31.847	0.868 / 0.048
12	41	Aleix ESPARGARÓ	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	327.2	1'31.865	0.886 / 0.018
13	44	Pol ESPARGARÓ	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	323.3	1'31.895	0.916 / 0.030
14	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	325.3	1'31.947	0.968 / 0.052
15	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	325.3	1'32.239	1.260 / 0.292
16	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	Royal Avintia Racing	Ducati	328.2	1'32.280	1.301 / 0.041
17	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	316.7	1'32.524	1.545 / 0.244
18	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	327.2	1'32.554	1.575 / 0.030
19	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	330.2	1'32.838	1.859 / 0.284
20	82	Mika KALLIO	END	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	321.4	1'32.877	1.898 / 0.039
21	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	318.5	1'33.033	2.054 / 0.156
22	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Royal Avintia Racing	Ducati	326.2	1'33.129	2.150 / 0.096