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Indianapolis MotoGP: Marc Marquez heads Andrea Iannone in practice

Marc Marquez ended day one of MotoGP's Indianapolis weekend on top as he set the Friday afternoon pace

Having been a quiet sixth in practice one, Marquez was fastest for the majority of the second session on the lead factory Honda.

He was usurped in dramatic fashion with six minutes to go when Pramac duo Andrea Iannone and Yonny Hernandez plus works rider Andrea Dovizioso suddenly produced an all-Ducati top three as they crossed the line in unison in a drafting pack with Valentino Rossi.

The Desmosedici dominance didn't last, as Marquez jumped back to first with a 1m32.882s soon after, but Iannone kept himself in second place, 0.222 seconds behind the championship leader.

Jorge Lorenzo was top Yamaha man in third, with his team-mate Valentino Rossi back in ninth this time after setting the morning pace.

Dovizioso and Hernandez ended up fourth and seventh, split by Dani Pedrosa and Stefan Bradl.

Although weather forecasts for the weekend are mixed and rain affected some of the support sessions on Friday, the MotoGP field have had dry running throughout so far.

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike             Time       Gap
 1.  Marc Marquez      Honda                 1m32.882s
 2.  Andrea Iannone    Pramac Ducati         1m33.104s  +0.222s
 3.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                1m33.424s  +0.542s
 4.  Andrea Dovizioso  Ducati                1m33.432s  +0.550s
 5.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                 1m33.493s  +0.611s
 6.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda             1m33.513s  +0.631s
 7.  Yonny Hernandez   Pramac Ducati         1m33.531s  +0.649s
 8.  Aleix Espargaro   Forward Yamaha        1m33.587s  +0.705s
 9.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha                1m33.598s  +0.716s
10.  Bradley Smith     Tech 3 Yamaha         1m33.621s  +0.739s
11.  Pol Espargaro     Tech 3 Yamaha         1m33.690s  +0.808s
12.  Scott Redding     Gresini Honda         1m33.971s  +1.089s
13.  Cal Crutchlow     Ducati                1m33.996s  +1.114s
14.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda         1m34.054s  +1.172s
15.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Honda         1m34.912s  +2.030s
16.  Colin Edwards     Forward Yamaha        1m34.994s  +2.112s
17.  Hiroshi Aoyama    Aspar Honda           1m35.106s  +2.224s
18.  Hector Barbera    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  1m35.231s  +2.349s
19.  Michael Laverty   PBM-Aprilia           1m35.472s  +2.590s
20.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda Aprilia          1m35.721s  +2.839s
21.  Mike di Meglio    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  1m35.749s  +2.867s
22.  Broc Parkes       PBM-Aprilia           1m35.941s  +3.059s
23.  Leon Camier       Aspar Honda           1m36.394s  +3.512s

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