Andrea Iannone set the pace in the opening practice session for the German MotoGP, minutes before the rain - and Jorge Lorenzo - came down. On a cold morning at the Sachsenring Ducati's Iannone set the early benchmark time, a 1:23.702, before the rain arrived. That put him 0.414s up on championship leader Marc Marquez while Danilo Petrucci was third, a further 0.041s off the pace. Valentino Rossi was fourth fastest with a 1:24.279. However, a trio of crashers as the downpour strengthened, all at the fast right-hander Turn 11, forced the riders back into the pits. Scott Redding was the first man down in the gravel, followed by Lorenzo and then Stefan Bradl. Lorenzo, who trails Marquez by...
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