Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso has topped the opening MotoGP free practice session at Le Mans, lapping a quarter of a second quicker than reigning champion Marc Marquez while the returning Dani Pedrosa ended in 13th place after putting in 17 laps of the Bugatti circuit. Dovizioso’s best of 1’34.034 is some two seconds off Marquez’ pole record but the track temperature was only 15°C so expect that gap to come down significantly in this afternoon’s second session. Marquez started the session late, making his first exit with a new swingarm with only 26 minutes left but was soon on the pace, jumping into second place on his seventh lap with a 1’34.825. He passed Dovizoso for top spot...
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