Home of his team-mate and title rival it may be, but Maverick Vi?ales could t𝓰hank the lucky stars looking down on Mugello, as the Catalan suffered a terrifying fall at Arrabbiata 2 before walking away largely unharmed.

A bandage concealing a small wound on Vi?♏ales' right arm was the only physical evidence on show of a fall that occurred at around 130mph. While the 22-year old admitted the fact he was "on the limit✨ on the curb" as the cause of the fall, a feeling with the front tyre that was far from ideal with a full tank of fuel led him concerned.

Vi?ales was using the medium com🍒pound in this weekend's allocation at the time of the fall, a tyre that has an asymmetric design with its right side using a considerably harder compound than the left. Thus he spoke of the need to make Michelin's soft front tyre work for Sunday's 23-lap race.

"For that crash൩, I am OK," he began. "A bit damaged but OK. I don't know, I was pushing in the lap, I didn't have the best feeling in the front, especially on the right side, but ☂I said, okay, maybe full tank, I had to make more laps.

"Maybe it was time to go to box, but anyway I decided to stay in the track, giving no chances to the front tyre. It's true, I c🦩rashed in the kerb🐷, no, not on the asphalt. Maybe it was not the same grip.

"But anyway I was feeling much more comfortable on the left side and in the soft compound. Finally, the crash is because I was on the lim𝔍🐬it on the kerb, no?

"Today, I crashed, I just wanted to turn because I didn't want to ride through the gravel, I wanted to turn, that's why I damaged my arm. But anyway luckily I walk away, very luckily🐓 because corner's really fast. Not much to say, just I did a mistake and I hope I can learn from that.

"It [the curb] is a critical point but anyway I think much better with the soft compound. Tomorrow I'm going to work with that, see if I can use it in the race, because anyway the bike works better with the ওsoft compound, there's𝕴 more grip in the front."

The current championship leader by a margin of 17 points enjoyed an otherwise positive day. Third in FP1, Vi?ales was content with his afternoon pace, dℱespite slipping to 13th in the closing minutes.

"I'm usi⛦ng the same set-up than Le Mans," he said. "It's very similar, and I was feeling very good before - and then after the crash I had a very different bike so was difficult to compare. But even there I was feeling that I could keep 1m 48.0, 47-high on the pace. It's a good pace. Still we have to improve.

"This morning for sure I was feeling better because of the s♛oft front tyre, but I feel good - set-up is good, bike is there, so we have to make the correct 🌜choice on the tyres, we have to be really intelligent tomorrow and then for the race."