Alex Marquez was sixth on the sister Gresini Ducati, with Acosta heading the KTM charge in seventh from Binder, while Quartararo on the Yamaha and Miller on the second of the factory team-run KTMs rounding out the top 10. Marini was the best of the Hondas in 17th, while Yamaha’s Alex Rins completed the least amount of laps of anyone with four.

Marquez starts the second Misano race weekend on the front foot, but track conditions meant the times weren’t fully representative

Just three tenths separated Ducati trio Bagnaia, Martin and Marquez in the main practice session of the Misano weekend

Having taken pole for the San Marino GP at Misano two weeks ago by setting a new lap record, Bagnaia bettered this in the hour-long Practice for the Emilia Romagna GP. The Ducati rider posted a 1m30.286s to lead Pramac’s Martin by 0.