Australian MotoGP: Iannone tops morning warm-up

Running a soft rear tyre, the Suzuki rider was on the pace from the word go. He went quickest with a 1m30.140s on his first run, leaving him half a second clear of next-best Johann Zarco, who was also on a soft rear Michelin.

Maverick Vinales enjoyed a brief spell at the top mid-way through the session, with a 1m29.782s followed by a 1m29.583s on a hard rear.

However Iannone put top spot beyond doubt soon after, a 1m29.254s leaving him over three tenths clear of Vinales and co.

Zarco ended up third thanks to a 1m29.942s on a soft rear, followed by Andrea Dovizioso, Marc Marquez, and Alex Rins, all in the early 1m30s.

Pol Espargaro was seventh quickest on the KTM, with Prama duo Danilo Petrucci and Jack Miller and Bradley Smith rounding out the Top 10.

There was only one crash in the session, Alvaro Bautista dropping his Ducati at Turn 4 with five minutes of the session to go.

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'29.254
2	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'29.583	0.329
3	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'29.942	0.688
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'30.020	0.766
5	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'30.072	0.818
6	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'30.131	0.877
7	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'30.280	1.026
8	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'30.300	1.046
9	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'30.358	1.104
10	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'30.623	1.369
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Honda	1'30.627	1.373
12	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'30.647	1.393
13	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Yamaha	1'30.701	1.447
14	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'30.749	1.495
15	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'30.757	1.503
16	12	Thomas Luthi	Honda	1'30.861	1.607
17	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'30.885	1.631
18	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'30.928	1.674
19	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'31.253	1.999
20	81	Jordi Torres	Ducati	1'31.301	2.047
21	10	Xavier Simeon	Ducati	1'31.325	2.071
22	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	1'31.456	2.202
23	7	Mike Jones	Ducati	1'33.185	3.931

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