– MotoGP championship leader Maverick Viñales comfortably set the pace during Friday's first practice session for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin.Under dark clouds, but with no rain falling, Yamaha rider Viñales clocked a time of 2:04.923, over half a second quicker than Repsol Honda's Marc Márquez.Andrea Dovizioso put his factory Ducati third, while Johann Zarco (Tech 3 Yamaha) and Álvaro Bautista (Aspar Ducati) were the final riders within a second of Viñales.Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa took sixth and seventh, around half a second off team-mates Dovizioso and Márquez, the latter unbeaten at the Circuit of the Americas.Valentino Rossi again trailed Viñales by a...
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