Argentina MotoGP: Iannone leads wet extended warm-up

Following the cancellation of Sunday's morning's planned extra practice due to poor weather, warm-up was extended from its usual 20-minute run time to 30-minutes, and took place on a wet Termas de Rio Hondo track.

Iannone was the man to beat throughout much of the session, becoming the first rider to dip beneath the 1m50s with a benchmark of 1m49.518s 10 minutes in that stood until the closing stages.

Works Honda rider Dani Pedrosa beat the Italian by three tenths with a minute to go until the chequered flag with a 1m49.231s, which was fractionally bettered by teammate Marc Marquez after the clock hit zero.

However, Iannone's final effort of 1m49.177s was good enough to depose his former Moto2 rival by 0.030s, with Pedrosa slotting back into second with a time just 0.006s slower.

Hector Barbera was an impressive fourth on the Avintia Ducati, just 0.082s off the pace, with Valentino Rossi completing the top five on the best of the Yamahas, 0.279s off the pace.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), Yonny Hernandez (Aspar Ducati), Jack Miller (Marc VDS Honda), Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) and Barbera's Avintia teammate Loris Baz completed the top 10, with reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo lapping 1.876s off the pace in 12th.

All eyes will now be on the weather conditions, as a dry track for the race would now mean a reduced race distance of 20 laps and a mandatory bike swap.

Warm-up results:

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Time
1	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP16	1:49.177
2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda RC213V	1:49.183
3	Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda RC213V	1:49.207
4	Hector Barbera	Avintia Racing	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	1:49.259
5	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha YZR-M1	1:49.456
6	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP16	1:49.473
7	Yonny Hernandez	Aspar Racing Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	1:49.763
8	Jack Miller	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda RC213V	1:50.551
9	Cal Crutchlow	Team LCR	Honda RC213V	1:50.872
10	Loris Baz	Avintia Racing	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	1:50.962
11	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati Desmosedici GP15	1:50.971
12	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha YZR-M1	1:51.053
13	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:51.064
14	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia RS-GP	1:51.317
15	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia RS-GP	1:51.439
16	Michele Pirro	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati Desmosedici GP15	1:51.556
17	Aleix Espargaro	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:51.622
18	Pol Espargaro	Tech 3	Yamaha YZR-M1	1:52.000
19	Tito Rabat	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda RC213V	1:52.050
20	Eugene Laverty	Aspar Racing Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	1:52.209
21	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	Yamaha YZR-M1	1:52.566