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Assen MotoGP: Miller leads Marquez in rain-affected warm-up

Last year's Dutch TT winner Jack Miller topped the 20-minute warm-up session on Sunday morning at Assen, which saw limited running from the field because of heavy rain.

Jack Miller, Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS

Jack Miller, Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS

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The conditions were damp at the beginning of the session, allowing the field to join the track on slicks, but a heavy downpour hit the track just a couple of minutes later.

Aspar Ducati's Alvaro Bautista was the only rider to set a time before going back to the pits, his 1m52.113s nearly six seconds slower than Johann Zarco's pole time in a wet qualifying on Saturday.

While most of the session passed by without any running, the field was back on track for the final five minutes.

Bautista's time continued to be the benchmark until the very end, when Miller demoted him with a 1m51.203s. Marc Marquez was just 0.017s adrift, the reigning champion completing a Honda 1-2.

Suzuki's Andrea Iannone was the top non-Honda rider, further six tenths down, with his teammate Alex Rins taking fifth. Bautista dropped to fourth, while Tito Rabat brought the second Marc VDS bike into the top six.

Maverick Vinales, who will only start the race from 11th, was seventh, followed by Pramac Ducati's Scott Redding and KTM's Pol Espargaro.

Valentino Rossi completed the top 10, as only a further five riders set a time in the session.

Factory Ducati riders Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo, the latter seemingly struggling with a bike problem, Zarco and Honda factory rider Dani Pedrosa all completed the warm-up without a time.

Warm-up results:

Pos.#RiderBikeTimeGap
1 43 australia Jack Miller  Honda 1'51.203  
2 93 spain Marc Marquez  Honda 1'51.220 0.017
3 29 italy Andrea Iannone  Suzuki 1'51.840 0.637
4 19 spain Alvaro Bautista  Ducati 1'52.113 0.910
5 42 spain Alex Rins  Suzuki 1'52.583 1.380
6 53 spain Tito Rabat  Honda 1'52.841 1.638
7 25 spain Maverick Viñales  Yamaha 1'53.272 2.069
8 45 united_kingdom Scott Redding  Ducati 1'53.332 2.129
9 44 spain Pol Espargaro  KTM 1'53.432 2.229
10 46 italy Valentino Rossi  Yamaha 1'53.479 2.276
11 35 united_kingdom Cal Crutchlow  Honda 1'54.059 2.856
12 8 spain Hector Barbera  Ducati 1'55.126 3.923
13 41 spain Aleix Espargaro  Aprilia 1'56.173 4.970
14 94 germany Jonas Folger  Yamaha 1'56.366 5.163
15 17 czech_republic Karel Abraham  Ducati 1'57.383 6.180

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