Joan Mir led Suzuki’s celebration of the first free in Jerez

Joan Mir (Suzuki GSX RR) releases her 2020 MotoGP champion stripes to set the fastest time in the first free practice session of the Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix at the “Ángel Nieto” circuit in Jerez de la Frontera.

Mir set a best time of 1: 38.194, with 25 thousandths of a second with his own teammate, Alex Rinswith Alex Márquez (Honda RC 213 V), third, at 174 thousandths of a second.

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A first negative news was made by the Spaniard Raúl Fernández (KTM RC 16)who in racing in Portugal was injured in his right hand and yesterday came to the ´ “Angel Nieto” circuit in Jerez but was not cleared to compete in the Spanish race, and the second check-up this morning confirmed the absence of the rider from Madrid, that he still has problems with that joint that prevents him from having the strength and endurance needed to ride the steering wheels of his motorcycle, so he has to watch the “bulls” from the side throughout the weekend.

The second news also came quickly that training had begun, when the world championship leader and also of the batch until that moment, Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, suffered a fall in turn thirteen. (Yamaha YZR M 1), who was hit by a powerful blow to his genitals using the rear wheel of his bicycle, while Italian Fabio di Giannantonio (Ducati Desmosedici GP21) had the necessary reflexes to narrowly avoid his rival.

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Quartararo is temporarily “out of play”, but has the best time in the category (1: 38.780)Second place went to a very active Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda RC 213 V), although his position was short-lived as he was overtaken by Spaniards Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP) and Joan Mir (Suzuki GSX. RR).

Minutes later, Spaniard Pol Espargaró (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) placed himself behind Quartararo, who was 1000th of a second behind the Frenchman, who took a short time to recover from his “illnesses” to get back on track. , although when the youngest of the Espargaró siblings did so he overtook him by rolling in 1: 38.521as well as 2020 world champion Joan Mir, who one lap eventually led in 1: 38.422.

At that time, the top five finishers on the table, Joan Mir, Aleix Espargaró, Fabio Quartarararo, the Japanese Takaaki Nakagami (Honda RC 213 V) and Pol Espargaró were at 90Mir, thousandths of a second away from each other, with Alex Márquez just sixth of a tenth of a second behind, as well as Alex Rins (Suzuki GSX RR).

Mir still cut his personal and session best time to lap 1m38.194s, just 25 thousandths of a second faster than teammate Alex Rins, with Alex Márquez third and Aleix Espargaró fourth, defeating Fabio Quartararo.

Pol Espargaró finished in eighth place, ahead of Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP), Australian Jack Miller (Ducati Desmosedici GP21), first Ducati in the standings, and Marc Márquez.