Ecstar Suzuki’s Aleix Espargaro stayed top of the MotoGP free practice pile in Argentina, outpacing Andrea Iannone and reigning champion Marc Marquez by more than half a second using his softest available Bridgestone rear. The Spaniard set a 1’38.776 on his 12th lap to stay on top of the timesheets as Ducati’s Andrea Iannone, also on the soft tyre (which is medium in the allocation) put in a 1’39.311 with his last flyer to knock Repsol Honda’s Marquez into third place. Marquez used the red-banded hard tyre to lap at 1’39.336 but both his and Iannone’s times were under serious threat from Britain’s Cal Crutchlow. The CWM LCR Honda man was on for top spot until the third...
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