Takaaki Nakagami topped the first MotoGP practice for the Valencia Grand Prix on his LCR Honda, while championship leader Joan Mir was eighth fastest. Following his European GP win last weekend, Mir comes into this weekend's second race at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit facing his first match point in the championship with a 37-point lead. Franco Morbidelli set the early pace on his Petronas SRT Yamaha with a 1m32.195s, though the surplus in grip compared to last weekend meant times would rapidly tumble. Morbidelli and Pol Espargaro on the KTM traded top spot for the first 10 minutes, with the former dipping underneath the race lap record with a 1m30.944s. This stood as the benchmark for the...
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