2019 MotoGP

Round 15 – Thailand, Buriram International Circuit

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider Maverick Vinales has topped this morning’s FP1 session with an opening time of 1m30.979 closely followed by rooky rider Fabio Quartararo in second and Marc Marquez in third, both trailing Vinales +0.191 and +0.208 respectively.

Marc Marquez suffers big crash

Marc Marquez has been transported to the medical centre after a serious crash while exiting turn seven just after overtaking Pol Espargaro. Initial reports suggested that the the swingarm of his RCV gave way causing the accident, but from various video feed angles, it at the very least looks like he lost the backend exiting turn seven, causing his motorcycle to somersault with the swingarm and rear wheel being destroyed as it impacted with the tarmac multiple times.

Marquez appeared to be visibly in distress immediately during the aftermath of the accident and was taken to the medial centre by stretcher and in wearing a neck brace. 

Marquez has since been transported to Bangkok for further analysis of his injuries after he reported lower back pain.

More to follow…

MotoGP FP1 Times

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	Maverick VIÑALES	YAMAHA	1m30.979
2	Fabio QUARTARARO	YAMAHA	+0.191
3	Marc MARQUEZ	HONDA	+0.208
4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	DUCATI	+0.226
5	Jack MILLER	DUCATI	+0.248
6	Valentino ROSSI	YAMAHA	+0.503
7	Franco MORBIDELLI	YAMAHA	+0.590
8	Danilo PETRUCCI	DUCATI	+0.614
9	Joan MIR	SUZUKI	+0.774
10	Francesco BAGNAIA	DUCATI	+0.820
11	Alex RINS	SUZUKI	+0.868
12	Aleix ESPARGARO	APRILIA	+0.886
13	Pol ESPARGARO	KTM	+0.916
14	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	HONDA	+0.968
15	Andrea IANNONE	APRILIA	+1.260
16	Tito RABAT	DUCATI	+1.301
17	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	+1.545
18	Cal CRUTCHLOW	HONDA	+1.575
19	Jorge LORENZO	HONDA	+1.859
20	Mika KALLIO	KTM	+1.898
21	Hafizh SYAHRIN	KTM	+2.054
22	Karel ABRAHAM	DUCATI	+2.150

Source: MCNews.com.au