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Jerez MotoGP: Marquez leads Lorenzo in Honda one-two in practice

Honda rider Marc Marquez beat his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo to top the opening MotoGP practice session at Jerez, while Valentino Rossi was only 18th

Marquez led nearly the entire 45-minute session after taking the session lead with his second flying lap, and stayed in front until just two minutes remained on the clock.

Lorenzo was then able to demote the sister works Honda by two tenths of a second with a 1m38.045s, but Marquez fought back just as the chequered flag fell.

Marquez first lowered the benchmark by a tenth and then slightly improved once again on his last lap to end the session with a 1m37.921s, the only rider below the 1m38s barrier.

Lorenzo completed a factory Honda one-two with Maverick Vinales, whose Yamaha team used a winglet by the rear tyre similar to the Ducati device that caused so much controversy earlier this year, taking third, 0.191s off the pace.

LCR's Takaaki Nakagami - the pacesetter in post-season testing at Jerez last year - took an impressive fourth to bring a third Honda into the top four, narrowly beating lead Ducati man Andrea Dovizioso.

SRT Yamaha duo Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli were sixth and ninth, sandwiching the Ducati GP19s of Jack Miller, who seemingly had arm-pump issues during the session, and Danilo Petrucci. The top 10 was completed by Suzuki's Alex Rins.

Johann Zarco was the top KTM in 12th but his session ended in the only crash of the morning.

Aleix Espargaro was the fastest Aprilia rider, as his team also tested a rear tyre winglet, in 14th.

Honda tester Stefan Bradl kicked off his first wildcard of the season in 15th while Bradley Smith made his second appearance for Aprilia in 19th - right behind Rossi, who was 1.459s off the pace in 18th.

FP1 times

Pos Rider Team Time Gap Laps
1 Marc Marquez Honda 1m37.921s - 18
2 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 1m38.045s 0.124s 19
3 Maverick Vinales Yamaha 1m38.112s 0.191s 17
4 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda 1m38.134s 0.213s 21
5 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1m38.150s 0.229s 19
6 Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha 1m38.209s 0.288s 21
7 Jack Miller Pramac Ducati 1m38.464s 0.543s 15
8 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1m38.474s 0.553s 19
9 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha 1m38.478s 0.557s 19
10 Alex Rins Suzuki 1m38.534s 0.613s 20
11 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda 1m38.800s 0.879s 19
12 Johann Zarco KTM 1m38.897s 0.976s 19
13 Joan Mir Suzuki 1m38.905s 0.984s 21
14 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1m38.942s 1.021s 20
15 Stefan Bradl Honda 1m38.975s 1.054s 21
16 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m39.064s 1.143s 18
17 Pol Espargaro KTM 1m39.141s 1.220s 19
18 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m39.380s 1.459s 20
19 Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m39.410s 1.489s 18
20 Tito Rabat Avintia Ducati 1m39.667s 1.746s 20
21 Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Ducati 1m39.675s 1.754s 17
22 Karel Abraham Avintia Ducati 1m39.949s 2.028s 17
23 Miguel Oliveira Tech3 KTM 1m40.313s 2.392s 18
24 Hafizh Syahrin Tech3 KTM 1m41.093s 3.172s 18


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