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Practice report

Mugello MotoGP: Marquez leads Mir in warm-up

Italian Grand Prix polesitter Marc Marquez topped Sunday's morning warm-up session at Mugello with Suzuki's Joan Mir less than a tenth behind in second.

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

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Marquez took the lead from Mir seven minutes into the session and then quickly improved four tenths further, his 1m46.930s then staying as the top time of the session.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) and Alex Rins (Suzuki) held second for most of the session before Mir posted a 1m47.019s, ending up second and just 0.089s short of Honda man Marquez.

Dovizioso and Rins, who started the session with running through the gravel at Turn 4, settled for third and fourth respectively.

Front-row starter Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) stole fifth from Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) after the chequered flag fell, the top five covered by a quarter-second.

Danilo Petrucci was seventh on the second factory Ducati, outpacing KTM's Pol Espargaro, Avintia Ducati's Tito Rabat, Ducati wildcard Michele Pirro and Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro.

Quartararo was the only competitive Yamaha in the session as factory duo Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi were separated by 0.001s in 14th and 15th, and Franco Morbidelli was 17th.

Jorge Lorenzo's poor weekend continued as he was down in 18th on the second works Honda.

Tech 3 KTM's Miguel Oliveira was the sole rider to crash in the session at Arrabbiatta 2.

Session results:

Cla # Rider Bike Time Gap
1 93 Spain Marc Marquez
Honda 1'46.930
2 36 Spain Joan Mir
Suzuki 1'47.019 0.089
3 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati 1'47.054 0.124
4 42 Spain Alex Rins
Suzuki 1'47.115 0.185
5 20 France Fabio Quartararo
Yamaha 1'47.178 0.248
6 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami
Honda 1'47.291 0.361
7 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci
Ducati 1'47.371 0.441
8 44 Spain Pol Espargaro
KTM 1'47.411 0.481
9 53 Spain Tito Rabat
Ducati 1'47.483 0.553
10 51 Italy Michele Pirro
Ducati 1'47.528 0.598
11 41 Spain Aleix Espargaro
Aprilia 1'47.529 0.599
12 43 Australia Jack Miller
Ducati 1'47.730 0.800
13 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow
Honda 1'47.750 0.820
14 12 Spain Maverick Viñales
Yamaha 1'47.756 0.826
15 46 Italy Valentino Rossi
Yamaha 1'47.757 0.827
16 29 Italy Andrea Iannone
Aprilia 1'47.759 0.829
17 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli
Yamaha 1'47.908 0.978
18 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Honda 1'48.102 1.172
19 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia
Ducati 1'48.263 1.333
20 5 France Johann Zarco
KTM 1'48.461 1.531
21 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham
Ducati 1'48.573 1.643
22 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin
KTM 1'48.844 1.914
23 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira
KTM 1'49.121 2.191

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