Marc Marquez dominates opening practice♓ for the 2021 Aragon MotoGP.

Having missed the 2020 rounds through 🐓injury, the Spaniard is seeking his fifth Aragon win in a row at one of his favourite anti-clockwi✨se tracks.

The Repsol Honda rider was fastest from the early stages of this morning's session then&nb൲sp;pulled almost one-second clear after being one of the few to fit a new soft tyre at the end of the session, with the Suzuki of Joan Mir (who lost his f🌠astest lap) and Ducati of Francesco Bagnaia closest to the #93.

Alex Marquez, who took 🀅a podium at Aragon one year ago,🌞 snatched a late fourth for LCR with Bagnaia's team-mate Jack Miller completing the top five.

After splitting from Yamaha following Austria and missing Silverstone, Maverick Vinales returned to official MotoGP action with Aprilia this morning, where he ⭕has signed t🧔o race until the end of 2022.

Vinales, who recently took part in a private two-day test at Misano to help prepare for this weekend's RS-GP debut, finished the session in 19th position. The Spaniard was 2.139s behind Marquez, but within one-second of team-mate Aleix Espargaro.

Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow is replacing Vinales at the Factory Yamaha team for the second event in a row, with Jake Dixon likewise staying at Petronas Yamaha on the injured Franco Morbidelli's 2ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ019 A-spec bike.

Iker Lecuona suffered a fast accident at Turn 16 in the opening minutes, with Valentino Rossi fallin𝄹g at Turn 5 with 13mins to go. Both riders walked away.