Listen to this article Unlike in previous years, there was no testing held on the Losail International Circuit ahead of this weekend’s season-opener. And with FP1 being held in daylight, the session was largely an exercise in track cleaning – though lap times were fairly solid for the conditions. There was early drama for RNF Racing rookie Darryn Binder – who makes his MotoGP debut straight from Moto3 this year – when the bellypan on his 2021-spec Yamaha broke and was dragging along the ground in the opening stages. Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro led the early salvo of laps wth a 1m56.225s, which he improved as the session clicked into the 10-minute mark with a 1m55.378s. This would stand as the benchmark until the f …