Philipp Oettl (Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing) was the quickest rider in the Moto3™ FP1 session at the Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky, going quickest with a 2:09.194 to finish 0.339 seconds ahead of second place Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3). However, the Championship leader suffered a heavy crash at Turn 10 which resulted in a left hand fracture, meaning Martin will head back to Barcelona for surgery and miss this weekend's Czech GP.
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Philipp Öttl tops the opening session of the weekend for the lightweight class ✊#CzechGP pic.twitter.com/OexASJ01CC
John McPhee (CIP – Green Power) rounded out the top three on the circuit he won at in 2016, with Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) 0.446 back from Oettl in fourth and home rider Jakub Kornfeil (Redox PrustelGP) having a good opening session in fifth.
The lightweight class will be back out on track for FP2 at 13:10 local time (GMT +2).