Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez wasted no time in putting down a marker as the double MotoGP World Champion topped the first free practice session in Qatar. Marquez's best lap of 1m 55.281s was only a tenth of a second off his quickest time at the pre-season test at the Losail International Circuit as he led the way from team-mate Dani Pedrosa, who lapped in 1m 55.357s. Pedrosa headed the time sheets briefly at the beginning of FP1 as he went half-a-second faster than Marquez, but the defending premier class champion soon reasserted himself at the top of the times. Movistar Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo was prominent throughout but was bumped down to fourth by Suzuki's Aleix Espargaro, who put in an...
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