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Jorge Lorenzo put his troubled Czech Grand Prix behind him by leading the post-race MotoGP test at Brno on Monday

The reigning champion finished a lapped 17th and last following tyre woes on Sunday, but led team-mate Valentino Rossi in a Yamaha one-two at the test - which was delayed initially while a diesel spill was cleared from the track.

Yamaha tried a new chassis and swingarm as well as Magneti Marelli's latest software updates and some Michelin tyre developments for 2017.

Lorenzo set the pace with a 1m55.394s lap, 0.371 seconds clear of Rossi.

Marc Marquez was top Honda in third, 0.7s off the pace.

Shock Brno winner Cal Crutchlow was first out once track conditions were good enough for meaningful running and ended the day fourth for LCR Honda, following by Suzuki's Maverick Vinales.

Suzuki's second factory rider Aleix Espargaro sat the test out to help his recovery from recent hand injuries.

Yamaha gave its World Superbike racer Alex Lowes a run on Pol Espargaro's Tech3 bike as a reward for helping it win the recent Suzuka 8 Hours, though the Briton's outing was curtailed by a minor crash.

TEST RESULTS

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike       Time       Gap      Laps
 1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha          1m55.394s           43
 2.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha          1m55.765s  +0.371s  60
 3.  Marc Marquez      Honda           1m56.148s  +0.754s  46
 4.  Cal Crutchlow     LCR Honda       1m56.273s  +0.879s  63
 5.  Maverick Vinales  Suzuki          1m56.524s  +1.130s  37
 6.  Bradley Smith     Tech3 Yamaha    1m56.619s  +1.225s  47
 7.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda           1m56.857s  +1.463s  43
 8.  Pol Espargaro     Tech3 Yamaha    1m56.952s  +1.558s  43
 9.  Scott Redding     Pramac Ducati   1m57.077s  +1.683s  47
10.  Tito Rabat        Marc VDS Honda  1m57.863s  +2.469s  83
11.  Danilo Petrucci   Pramac Ducati   1m58.421s  +3.027s  18
12.  Alex Lowes        Tech3 Yamaha    1m59.558s  +4.164s  15
 
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