Reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez set a new outright lap record at Jerez on his way to the top of the free practice three timesheets this morning while title rivals Andrea Dovizoso and Maverick Vinales failed to secure am automatic place in qualifying two. Marquez set two consecutive laps under the existing record, putting in a 1'37.818 on his first lap of the weekend on the soft Michelin rear and then dropping the hammer for a 1'37.702 on his 19th lap of 22 in the session. The Repsol Honda man deposed HRC stablemate Cal Crutchlow from the top of the timesheet after the Briton had been the first man under the 1'38s barrier with a 1'37.973 - but the LCR Honda man was the only...
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