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Marquez leads Zarco in Brno MotoGP test

Marc Marquez topped MotoGP's post-Czech Grand Prix test at Brno ahead of Johann Zarco, the Spaniard testing a new prototype Honda during the day.

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

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The majority of the eight-hour test was led by one of the two factory Ducati riders, with Jorge Lorenzo setting the early benchmark of 1m55.609s.

The Spaniard stayed ahead for the first two hours before Sunday winner Andrea Dovizioso took over, going 0.092s quicker.

Dovizioso remained fastest for nearly three hours when Marquez finally edged ahead, only to then be demoted by his teammate Dani Pedrosa with little less than two hours on the clock.

However, Marquez fought back with 38 minutes to go to end up topping the test with a time of 1m55.209s.

Pedrosa was also edged out by Johann Zarco late in the session, and had to settle for third.

The Ducatis of Dovizioso, focusing on chassis comparison, and Lorenzo eventually ended up fourth and fifth respectively.

LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow was sixth, the Briton testing a new front fork, as Valentino Rossi took seventh, more than seven tenths off the pace.

Rossi was the sole factory Yamaha rider in the test as Maverick Vinales decided to rest after complaining of shoulder pain from his crash in Sunday's race.

Pramac Ducati's Danilo Petrucci was eighth as the top 10 was completed by Alex Rins, who worked on electronics in the morning and his afternoon plans included testing a chassis for 2019, and Hafizh Syahrin.

Rins' teammate Andrea Iannone had a shortened day after he crashed and took 11th ahead of Aleix Espargaro, who tested a carbon swingarm and was another rider to fall. The sole KTM of Bradley Smith was 13th.

Suzuki tester Sylvain Guintoli, running with two broken ribs, completed the day in 19th as Hiroshi Aoyama, who replaced the injured Stefan Bradl as Honda's test rider, rounded out the order in 20th, 4.1s off the pace.

The Angel Nieto and Avintia Ducati teams did not take part in the test.

Testing times:

 Pos.  No. Rider Bike  Time  Gap  Laps 
93 Marc Marquez Honda 1'55.209   77
5 Johann Zarco Yamaha 1'55.342 0.133 71
26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1'55.399 0.190 52
4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1'55.517 0.308 40
99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati 1'55.609 0.400 45
35 Cal Crutchlow Honda 1'55.771 0.562 43
46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1'55.918 0.709 51
9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1'55.939 0.730 34
42 Alex Rins Suzuki 1'55.986 0.777 62
10  55 Hafizh Syahrin Yamaha 1'56.032 0.823 65
11  29 Andrea Iannone Suzuki 1'56.111 0.902 26
12  41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1'56.366 1.157 26
13  38 Bradley Smith KTM 1'56.566 1.357 68
14  30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1'56.622 1.413 18
15  21 Franco Morbidelli Honda 1'56.697 1.488 30
16  45 Scott Redding Aprilia 1'56.855 1.646 50
17  43 Jack Miller Ducati 1'56.885 1.676 13
18  12 Thomas Luthi Honda 1'57.034 1.825 37
19  50 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki 1'57.843 2.634 37
20  7 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 1'59.334 4.125 43

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