MotoGP Barcelona, ​​Free Practice 1: Honda leads with Marquez and Pedrosa, Rossi is 8th

MotoGP 2015 GP Catalunya – Marc Marquez achieved the best time in the first free practice session of the Catalunya Grand Prix, scene of the seventh race of the 2015 MotoGP.

The Honda rider stopped the clock at a time of 1:41.808, putting his Honda RC213V ahead of that of teammate Dani Pedrosa.

Two official Hondas in the lead, followed by Aleix Espargarò's Suzuki, which has new engines here, and Jorge Lorenzo's Yamaha. The winner of the last three races (Jerez, Le Mans and Mugello) suffers a gap from the top of 0.650s, while his team-mate Valentino Rossi is eighth at 1.130s. The Pesaro driver completed 19 laps, the best in 1:42.938.

Rookie Maverick Vinales did well, fifth with Suzuki and ahead of the Colombian Yonny Hernandez and the surprise Nicky Hayden. The American, world champion in 2006, took his Honda Open to seventh place, ahead of Valentino Rossi's Yamaha and the first of the official Ducatis, the Desmosedici GP15 of Andrea Dovizioso from Forlì.

Mugello poleman Andrea Iannone is eleventh, behind Cal Crutchlow's Honda and 1.173 from the top. The first Aprilia is that of Spaniard Alvaro Bautista, twenty-second and behind Pramac Racing's Danilo Petrucci from Terni, who had a difficult start to the weekend.