Raul Fernandez led Sachsenring master Marc Marquez in the opening MotoGP practice session of the German Grand Prix weekend.
Marquez crashed exiting Turn 3 on just his third lap of the session, but shrugged off the low-speed fall - and soon took over in the top spot.
Only a run on fresh tyres, soft front and medium rear, from Fernandez at the end of the session denied nine-time Sachsenring MotoGP winner Marquez.
But Ducati stablemate Fabio Di Giannantonio was just half a tenth back from Marquez in third for VR46, without equipping a fresh set of rubber. And Gresini's Alex Marquez - who likewise stayed with the same tyres - ended up just 0.173s off the pace in sixth, behind the fresh-tyred pair of Joan Mir (Honda) and Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha).
In addition to Marc Marquez, there were crashes for Franco Morbidelli (at the same corner) and Maverick Vinales (at the high-speed 'Waterfall' Turn 11).
But both rejoined the session, Morbidelli placing within the top 10 and Vinales the top KTM in 11th.
Session results
1 Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) 1m20.829s
2 Marc Marquez (Ducati) +0.051s
3 Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati) +0.107s
4 Joan Mir (Honda) +0.115s
5 Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) +0.171s
6 Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) +0.173s
7 Alex Rins (Yamaha) +0.488s
8 Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) +0.541s
9 Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati) +0.552s
10 Jorge Martin (Aprilia) +0.663s
11 Maverick Viñales (Tech3 KTM) +0.671s
12 Pedro Acosta (KTM) +0.756s
13 Brad Binder (KTM) +0.760s
14 Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) +0.764s
15 Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) +0.856s
16 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) +0.897s
17 Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia) +0.921s
18 Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) +0.921s
19 Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) +0.936s
20 Luca Marini (Honda) +0.960s
21 Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) +1.754s
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