Despite finishing the first day of free practice eighth fastest, Marc Marquez ended the first day of free practice in Assen extremely satisfied with his race pace. The World Champion was fastest in FP1 but chose to use FP2 to as race simulation with conditions during this afternoons FP2 expected to be similar in Sundays race. His hard/hard run in FP2 was ominously fast leaving a lot of his rivals worried about the pace he may have come race day. 'I kept working on the same tyre like I did in Mugello, Montmelo and Le Mans, trying to concentrate on tyres for the race distance,' he explained after the first day of free practice. 'Tomorrow I will have a chance to put a new tyre in the end...
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