The British rider has been able to recover from his crash in the morning and has set the third fastest time of the day in the second session

In Italy, home of Tony Arbolino, Pedro Acosta has been the fastest rider of the day. The World Championship leader has dominated the opening day of the San Marino Grand Prix and has presented his candidacy for the victory in Sunday's race. Acosta has set a time of 1:35.921, five tenths better than Celestino Vietti, and seven tenths faster than Jake Dixon, the riders completing the top 3. Acosta has been the strongest in a day in which Arbolino has finished eighteenth. The Italian has ended more than a second behind his main rival for the Championship and will try to find solutions in order to be able to fight for the win in his home Grand Prix.

Inde GASGAS Aspar has had a great start at Misano with Jake Dixon in the top three. The British rider has suffered a small incident at the start of the morning practice, but he has been able to recover in the second session to close the first day of action in third place. Dixon knows he still has margin to improve and will try to close the gap to Acosta tomorrow. Izan Guevara has had a good start of the weekend, riding a bit more comfortable than in the last Grands Prix. The Spanish rider has improved his times as the laps went by, and he has ended only four tenths off the provisional Q2 places. Guevara will try to make the most of the information gained today and keep improving some details to be more competitive in San Marino.

3rd Jake Dixon 1:36.262 (+0.701): “The day has not started well because I have crashed at the beginning of the first practice. In the afternoon we have completed quite a few laps to understand the bike and get some information for tomorrow. Our position doesn't really reflect where we are. I think we have a lot of work to do and we will try to make progress. We will work tonight to get closer to Acosta.”

22nd Izan Guevara 1:37.499 (+1.578): “It has been a positive first day. I feel comfortable on this track, although we still have margin to improve. I feel better and better with the bike and we are getting our lap times down session by session. We are four tenths off the positions that give access to Q2, so we will have to push hard. We'll try to put the final touches to the set up to make a step forward tomorrow.”