Overview
- Raul Fernandez set the fastest time in FP1 with a 1:20.829 on a late run using a soft front and medium rear tyre.
- Marc Marquez brushed off a low-speed crash exiting Turn 3 to finish second, 0.051 seconds behind Fernandez.
- Tyre strategy shaped the order as several riders ran used rubber while Fernandez and others fitted fresh tyres in the closing minutes.
- Multiple falls were recorded in the session, including Franco Morbidelli at Turn 3 and Maverick Viñales at Turn 11, but both riders rejoined and continued running.
- Title leader Jorge Martin was tenth in FP1 and Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer remains absent after fracturing a vertebra at Assen, with Sachsenring also trialling wider grid-row spacing following the holeshot-device ban.