Argentina MotoGP: Marquez leads Honda 1-2 in wet warm-up

Marquez, who was quickest in the wet in FP3 and FP4 but only qualified in sixth place, stormed to the lead on his third lap and was never headed, controlling the proceedings in a familiar fashion.

The Honda rider managed four laps good enough for the top spot as he gradually lowered his benchmark throughout the 20-minute session, eventually ending up on a 1m48.428s.

This was 0.570s clear of his works teammate Dani Pedrosa, who made up a Honda 1-2.

The gap between the Honda duo was bigger than the gap from Pedrosa to Suzuki's Andrea Iannone down in ninth place.

Aprilia's Scott Redding finished an impressive third, having started his run in the session later than most.

Jorge Lorenzo was the top Ducati in fourth, ahead of LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow, Suzuki's Alex Rins and Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro, the latter two separated by just 0.002s.

Valentino Rossi was a further 0.002s down in eighth, with teammate Maverick Vinales 10th, as the Yamaha factory pair were split by Iannone.

Ducati's championship leader Andrea Dovizioso placed 11th, while Pramac's Jack Miller, who will start the race from pole position, was 17th, 1.5s off the pace.

Session results

Pos.	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'48.428
2	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'48.998	0.570
3	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	1'49.043	0.615
4	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'49.230	0.802
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'49.343	0.915
6	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'49.510	1.082
7	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'49.512	1.084
8	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'49.514	1.086
9	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'49.524	1.096
10	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'49.719	1.291
11	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'49.740	1.312
12	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'49.762	1.334
13	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Yamaha	1'49.836	1.408
14	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'49.842	1.414
15	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'49.848	1.420
16	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'49.896	1.468
17	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'49.918	1.490
18	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'49.969	1.541
19	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'50.029	1.601
20	21	Franco Morbidelli	Honda	1'50.031	1.603
21	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'50.418	1.990
22	10	Xavier Simeon	Ducati	1'50.454	2.026
23	12	Thomas Luthi	Honda	1'50.544	2.116
24	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'50.545	2.117