[kropotkin thinks...] - 2016 Aragon MotoGP FP1 Result: MarquezLand Aragon

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With the track heating up nicely, Marc Marquez was quick to get within a second of the race record on his fifth lap, the field almost a second away and playing catch-up for the rest of the session. The championship leader was the first and only rider to drop into the 1:48s, the closest challenger proving to be Valentino Rossi, the Italian sneaking into the top positions on the last lap, almost two tenths off Marquez.

Maverick Viñales was another tenth down, another late charger, tied on fastest lap time with the Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso but leaving the Italian fourth. Jorge Lorenzo had a tricky start to the day, the world champion suspecting a faulty tyre on his first run and delaying his mid-session coffee break to catch up with his usual rivals. The Yamaha rider did not put in a new tyre at the end of FP1 and slipped down to fifth in the order.