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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