It was a dramatic Friday at the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley, with some big headlines, a shake-up on the time-sheets and a record broken as Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) became the fastest man in MotoGP when he set a new top speed record of 356.4km/h.

Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone was the quickest man overall on day one at Mugello, 0.387s ahead of Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), with reigning champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) less than a tenth further back in third.

A high-speed crash for Michele Pirro (Ducati Team) into turn one. After being treated by the track, it was confirmed that Pirro was conscious and the Italian was then transferred to Ospedale Careggi in Florence for further checks.

Action then got back underway, but not for long, with Dovizioso then suffering a mechanical problem and flames briefly appearing around his Desmosedici. The 2017 Italian GP winner was P13 on the combined times, as fellow big name Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) also out of provisional Q2 graduation in P14, 0.022s off the Italian.

Back at the top behind the fastest trio and the headline incidents, it was a solid day for top Independent Team rider Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) in fourth overall, with Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) confirming more good speed on the Ducati to complete the top five, just 0.038s in arrears.

Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) was also in close company, however, just 0.030s behind the Queenslander to take P6 and show some good pace as he gets back to full power following his highside at Le Mans. Home favourite Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) closed the gaps up even more as he took seventh.

Rossi’s time edged out EG 0,0 Marc VDS rookie Franco Morbidelli by less than half a tenth on home turf. Danilo Petrucci (Alma Pramac Racing) made for more home delight in ninth, with the top 10 completed by multiple-time Mugello winner Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team).

After finishing fourth quickest in FP1, Joan Mir (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) made his mark in the second session to end Friday as the fastest man in the Moto2 class ahead of Sam Lowes (Swiss Innovative Investors) and Francesco Bagnaia (Sky Racing Team VR46).

Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) was the fastest man in FP1 and followed it up in FP2 by going 0.339s quicker than anyone else in the Moto3 category, followed by Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia) and SIC58 Squadra Corse rider Tatsuki Suzuki.

Detailed results