To start the day when he celebrates his 200th Grand Prix, Francesco Bagnaia was the fastest in the warm-up session of the German GP at MotoGP, where riders made their final preparations before the main race at Sachsenring.
The session started with Raúl Fernández (Trackhouse Racing/Aprilia) leading, followed closely by Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac/Ducati), who was just 59 milliseconds behind, and Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) in third.
Fabio Quartararo then took the top spot after the second flying laps, leading by 52 milliseconds over Martín, with Miguel Oliveira (Trackhouse Racing/Aprilia) in third.
However, the standings soon changed with Álex Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) moving to the top. Although Quartararo improved his time, he dropped to second, 0.130s behind the Spaniard.
Later, Bagnaia (Ducati) claimed the lead, with Martín in second and Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac/Ducati) in third, pushing Álex Márquez to fourth with less than two minutes remaining.
Near the end of the session, Bagnaia slightly improved his time to 1m20.638s, securing his top position. Morbidelli moved up to second, 0.080s behind Bagnaia, while Martín finished third. Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) jumped to fourth on his penultimate lap, with Álex Márquez rounding out the top five.
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🔝 @PeccoBagnaia leads the way on Sunday morning!
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