Valencia MotoGP: Iannone leads Miller in first practice

Iannone, whose Suzuki was sporting the moustache fairing introduced at Motegi, took the lead with only three minutes left on the clock, and improved again next time around to end up with a 1m31.045s.

He was 0.312s clear of Marc VDS Honda rider Jack Miller, who led before Iannone.

The Australian took over from early leader Marquez with 10 minutes to go, but ended up crashing at Turn 6 and missed the final five minutes of the session.

The Marc VDS rider still took second, less than a tenth ahead of KTM's Pol Espargaro.

Dovizioso beat Marquez by 0.035s for fourth, as the Spaniard failed to improve in the latter stages having led the majority of the session.

The Yamahas of Maverick Vinales and Johann Zarco were sixth and seventh respectively, both seven tenths off the pace.

Cal Crutchlow and Dani Pedrosa brought four of the five Hondas into the top 10 with eighth and 10th, sandwiching KTM tester Mika Kallio.

Ducati wildcard Michele Pirro was 11th, one thousandth of a second quicker than Jorge Lorenzo on the third factory Desmosedici.

Aleix Espargaro was 16th on the best of the Aprilias on his return from injury.

Valentino Rossi had a quiet session in 18th, 1.493s off the pace, while Tech 3 stand-in Michael van der Mark propped up the times in 25th, more than three seconds adrift.

Alvaro Bautista was the only other rider to crash apart from Miller, the Aspar Ducati rider falling at Turn 2.

FP1 results

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'31.045
2	43	Jack Miller	Honda	1'31.357	0.312
3	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'31.438	0.393
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'31.476	0.431
5	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'31.511	0.466
6	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'31.750	0.705
7	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'31.808	0.763
8	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'31.827	0.782
9	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	1'31.879	0.834
10	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'31.950	0.905
11	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1'31.979	0.934
12	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'31.980	0.935
13	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'32.029	0.984
14	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'32.504	1.459
15	53	Tito Rabat	Honda	1'32.504	1.459
16	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'32.516	1.471
17	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	1'32.535	1.490
18	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'32.538	1.493
19	8	Hector Barbera	Ducati	1'32.623	1.578
20	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'32.797	1.752
21	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'32.940	1.895
22	22	Sam Lowes	Aprilia	1'32.985	1.940
23	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'33.013	1.968
24	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	1'33.183	2.138
25	60	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha	1'34.521	3.476