MotoGP testing: Marquez quickest at Jerez on Monday

The Honda rider, who took his fourth consecutive victory of 2014 on Sunday, went quickest with a time of 1m38.737s, outpacing Yamaha rival Jorge Lorenzo by over two tenths of a second.

Marquez finished his day's work early - around 14:30 local time - as the team found the track temperature was too high in the afternoon to obtain useful tyre data.

Lorenzo's team-mate Valentino Rossi was third quickest ahead of the second Honda of Dani Pedrosa, who tested a new front suspension to try to improve the handling of his bike.

Gresini's Alvaro Bautista completed the top five, the Spaniard one of the busiest riders today with 73 laps covered.

Aleix Espargaro (Forward Yamaha) was the quickest man in the Open class, finishing eighth overall behind Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda) and his brother Pol on a Tech 3 Yamaha.

The most significant incidents of the day involved crashes for Andrea Iannone and Bradley Smith. Both riders were okay, but the Italian did not test in the afternoon.

Pos Rider             Bike                   Time       Gap     Laps
 1. Marc Marquez      Honda                  1m38.737s           55
 2. Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                 1m38.999s  +0.262s  62
 3. Valentino Rossi   Yamaha                 1m39.063s  +0.326s  58
 4. Dani Pedrosa      Honda                  1m39.377s  +0.640s  51
 5. Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda          1m39.635s  +0.898s  73
 6. Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda              1m39.713s  +0.976s  70
 7. Pol Espargaro     Tech 3 Yamaha          1m39.780s  +1.043s  68
 8. Aleix Espargaro   Forward Yamaha         1m39.797s  +1.060s  41
 9. Bradley Smith     Tech 3 Yamaha          1m39.840s  +1.103s  58
10. Hiroshi Aoyama    Aspar Honda            1m39.881s  +1.144s  60
11. Andrea Iannone    Pramac Ducati          1m40.077s  +1.340s  15
12. Scott Redding     Gresini Honda          1m40.276s  +1.539s  71
13. Michele Pirro     Ducati                 1m40.717s  +1.980s  70
14. Karel Abraham     Cardion Honda          1m40.723s  +1.986s  43
15. Hector Barbera    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki   1m41.231s  +2.494s  74
16. Michael Laverty   PBM Aprilia            1m41.357s  +2.620s  38
17. Broc Parkes       PBM Aprilia            1m41.925s  +3.188s  55
18. Simone Corsi      Forward Yamaha         1m42.333s  +3.596s  45
19. Mike di Meglio    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki   1m42.912s  +4.175s  65