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MotoGP - Silverstone: The Moto2 practice session is now well underway.
Home hero Scott Redding - who announced his 2014 Gresini Honda MotoGP deal yesterday - is creeping up the order and is now fourth as Johann Zarco leads Tito Rabat and Jordi Torres.
Redding's title rival Pol Espargaro is seventh, while Britain's Danny Kent and Gino Rea are eighth and 20th.
Home hero Scott Redding - who announced his 2014 Gresini Honda MotoGP deal yesterday - is creeping up the order and is now fourth as Johann Zarco leads Tito Rabat and Jordi Torres.
Redding's title rival Pol Espargaro is seventh, while Britain's Danny Kent and Gino Rea are eighth and 20th.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Silverstone - practice one result:
1 Marquez; 2 Lorenzo; 3 Crutchlow; 4 Pedrosa; 5 Bautista; 6 Rossi; 7 Bradl; 8 Hayden; 9 Smith; 10 Dovizioso.
1 Marquez; 2 Lorenzo; 3 Crutchlow; 4 Pedrosa; 5 Bautista; 6 Rossi; 7 Bradl; 8 Hayden; 9 Smith; 10 Dovizioso.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez doesn't improve on the lap overall as he takes the chequered flag.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez is now improving again, as Lorenzo has a lap cancelled for exceeding track limits.
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MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez extends his margin on top with a 2m03.831s lap, the first 2m03s of the event. That puts him 0.219s ahead of Lorenzo.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Crutchlow goes up from fifth to third.
Now Marquez is on another quick lap, setting the fastest time of the morning so far in sector one.
Now Marquez is on another quick lap, setting the fastest time of the morning so far in sector one.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Rossi has inched up to seventh, while Smith has fallen to 12th as Ducati men Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso step up.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Most of the top riders are back in the pits now before their last runs.
Pedrosa has pushed Bautista out of third, while Stefan Bradl has started getting up to speed and is now sixth, with Rossi falling to eighth.
Home riders Crutchlow, Smith and Laverty are fifth, 10th and 20th respectively.
Pedrosa has pushed Bautista out of third, while Stefan Bradl has started getting up to speed and is now sixth, with Rossi falling to eighth.
Home riders Crutchlow, Smith and Laverty are fifth, 10th and 20th respectively.
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MotoGP - Silverstone: Now it's Marquez on top, he puts in a 2m04.012s and beats Lorenzo by 0.023s.
Bautista has moved up to third ahead of Pedrosa, Crutchlow and Hayden, with Rossi falling to seventh.
Bautista has moved up to third ahead of Pedrosa, Crutchlow and Hayden, with Rossi falling to seventh.
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MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez improves every slightly with a 2m04.232s, but just as he does so, Lorenzo raises the bar with a 2m04.035s.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Here's the leading order as this opening session passes its halfway point:
1 Lorenzo; 2 Marquez; 3 Pedrosa; 4 Rossi; 5 Crutchlow; 6 Hayden; 7 Bautista; 8 Espargaro; 9 Bradl; 10 Smith.
1 Lorenzo; 2 Marquez; 3 Pedrosa; 4 Rossi; 5 Crutchlow; 6 Hayden; 7 Bautista; 8 Espargaro; 9 Bradl; 10 Smith.
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MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez beats Lorenzo's time with a 2m04.287s, but the champion is already on a better lap and claims it back with a 2m04.179s.
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MotoGP - Silverstone: Jorge Lorenzo strikes a blow for Yamaha as he does a 2m04.343s to go fastest by 0.6s.
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MotoGP - Silverstone: We're one bike down on the entry list this weekend.
After his collarbone injury at Indianapolis, Czech star Karel Abraham gritted his teeth to ensure he could race on home ground at Brno a week later, but has chosen to sit Silverstone out so he can recover properly.
After his collarbone injury at Indianapolis, Czech star Karel Abraham gritted his teeth to ensure he could race on home ground at Brno a week later, but has chosen to sit Silverstone out so he can recover properly.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Silverstone: Now the other Honda hits the front. Dani Pedrosa is first into the 2m04s with a 2m04.946s.
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MotoGP - Silverstone: Championship leader, and winner of the last four grands prix, Marc Marquez takes over at the top on a 2m05.1s.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Crutchlow trims a few tenths off his table-topping time despite getting a bit caught up with Nicky Hayden's Ducati on that last lap.
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MotoGP - Silverstone: As the early tentative times flow in, Crutchlow is fastest on a 2m05.630s.
MotoGP - Silverstone: For the first time since MotoGP returned to Silverstone from Donington Park in 2010, the series is using the traditional pitlane between Woodcote and Copse, rather than Formula 1's new complex between Club and Abbey.
That means Copse becomes the first corner again.
That means Copse becomes the first corner again.
Green flag
MotoGP - Silverstone: Riders are already flooding out onto the circuit as practice one gets underway.
It's cloudy but dry, although we had a tiny hint of rain in the preceding Moto3 session.
It's cloudy but dry, although we had a tiny hint of rain in the preceding Moto3 session.
It's not just motorbikes this weekend, we also have the World Endurance Championship's first round since Le Mans at Interlagos, Sebastien Loeb's arrival in European Rallycross at Loheac, IndyCar on the streets of Baltimore, the European Rally Championship in the Czech Republic and Auto GP plus Superstars at Donington Park.
Good morning from AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live as we commence MotoGP's British Grand Prix weekend from Silverstone.
By: Matt Beer, Scott Mitchell, Sam Tremayne, Mark Glendenning, Gary Watkins, Connell Sanders Jr, Peter Mills, Andrew van Leeuwen, Andrew van de Burgt, Dan Cross
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