Aprilia's Maverick Vinales topped the opening 45-minute practice session for the MotoGP Americas Grand Prix from Pramac's Jorge Martin.
MotoGP returns from a three-week break since the Portuguese GP at the end of March after the Argentina round was cancelled due to a lack of government funding. Aptly, the Circuit of the Americas is also the first round to be staged since it was announced that US media giant Liberty had acquired Dorna Sports in a deal worth €4.2 billion. COTA has been partially resurfaced since MotoGP's last visit to Texas, though lap times were over two seconds off the all-time record of 2m01.
Miller and VR46's Fabio Di Giannantonio completed the top 10, with Bagnaia 11th having run the same tyres all session. Last year's Americas GP winner Alex Rins was the top Yamaha in 13th, 0.033s ahead of team-mate Fabio Quartararo, who comes to America with a fresh two-year contract with the Japanese brand in his back pocket. Luca Marini led the Honda charge in 15th from team-mate Joan Mir, while a crash for Gresini's Alex Marquez left him 20th.
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