Marc Marquez led the opening MotoGP Italian grand prix practice session at Mugello, just ahead of Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci. Michele Pirro led the session early on with a 1m 47.804s, and looked set to improve on this before backing off shortly before the start/finish line, seemingly with a mechanical issue. The Italian, making the first of his 2019 wildcards this weekend, duly coasted back round to the pits before later re-joining the session, although couldn’t improve on his earlier time. Marquez however relegated Pirro to second shortly after, banging in a 1m 47.558s lap which would ultimately be quick enough to top the 45-minute session. Petrucci however would push Pirro down...
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