Miller set the fastest time in the first free sessions, with Aleix far from the lead

the australian Jack Miller (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) is the best “handling” the difficult asphalt conditions in the first free practice session of the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix at the “Red Bull Ring” circuit in Spielberg and successfully completed the fastest lap with more than six tenths of a second over his immediate pursuer.

After Miller came the Frenchman Johann Zarco (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) and Joan Mir (Suzuki GSX RR)another one of the pilots who feels “very comfortable” on this circuit located in the heart of the Austrian Alps.

Gradually, a small “dry lane” was formed with the passage of powerful MotoGP bikes, with their pluses and minuses to face the new variant located at turn two, where many riders left the track, including Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1) and Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP)which for some time will be seen in the last position of the classification.

In the early stages, riders such as Frenchman Johann Zarco, Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (KTM RC 16) or Australian Jack Miller (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) led the time table, although they first minute, where All the drivers looked for the best possible line to face the new variant, the most complicated point of the Austrian track.

After them, the next to jump into the fray is the 2020 MotoGP world champion, Joan Mir (Suzuki GSX RR), while in his workshop he looked like Marc Márquez “visiting” the Austrian circuit, reflected on the evolution of his team and continued to receive explanations from the Repsol Honda team tester, the German Stefan Bradl .

Along with Mir, his own Suzuki partner, Alex Rins, arrivedwhen the track already had a wider “dry lane”, which allowed many drivers to opt for “slick” tires.

The final minutes did not bring much change as Jack Miller remained the leader with more than six tenths of a second ahead by taking advantage of his undeniable skills in wet conditions, ahead of another great specialist like Zarco and Joan Mir and Jorge Martín (Ducati Desmosedici GP22).

the ruler of the world, Fabio Quartararo, finished in fifth position, one second behind Millerbut ahead of his most direct rivals in the “race” for the 2022 title.

Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP) was one of the less successfulmade it clear that the recovery from the collapse of Great Britain was not complete, as he finished seventeenth, just behind the Italian Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), another of the contenders for the title who was also unlucky in a complex of initial free trials.