A last-ditch lap by the soft-tyred Andrea Iannone saw undisputed Austin MotoGP king Marc Marquez deposed from the top of Friday’s timesheet as the chequered flag was waved. But the Repsol Honda man, who was only 0.056s slower than the Suzuki man, spent the whole session on the same hard Michelin rear and was able to put in a 2’04.655 on a tyre that had already done six laps at an ominous pace with two more laps in the 2’04 bracket. By comparison, Maverick Vinales spent his session on a medium/medium setup and his fastest lap, set on his last, was two-tenths down on his fellow Spaniard. More in a minute Click here for times
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