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Le Mans MotoGP: Marquez edges Folger in morning warm-up
Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez set the pace in morning warm-up for Sunday's French GP at Le Mans, edging out satellite Yamaha rider Jonas Folger by just 0.021s.
Jamie Klein
Edited: May 21, 2017, 11:29 AM
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A clear, dry morning meant times tumbled rapidly from the outset, with poleman Maverick Vinales going fastest on a 1m33.561s just before the halfway mark of the 20-minute session.
That was soon beaten by Jerez winner Dani Pedrosa, before Tech 3 Yamaha's Folger and later Pramac Ducati man Danilo Petrucci enjoyed stints at the top of the times late on.
Folger snatched back the top spot from Petrucci with a few minutes remaining as he set a 1m33.070s, which stood as the benchmark until Marquez recorded a 1m33.049s just before the chequered flag.
That meant Marquez ended up 0.021s clear of Folger at the finish, with home hero Johann Zarco going third-fastest aboard the second Tech 3 bike, 0.153s down on the reigning champion.
Factory Yamaha rider Vinales ended up fourth, eight thousandths behind Zarco, ahead of Petrucci, the second Pramac bike of Scott Redding and Andrea Dovizioso on the best of the works Ducatis.
Valentino Rossi was eighth on the second of the works Yamahas, 0.304s slower than Marquez and ahead of Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) and Andrea Iannone (Suzuki).
Pedrosa wound up 11th on the second Repsol Honda, four places up on Jorge Lorenzo, who was 0.702s off the pace on the second factory Ducati.
Warm-up results:
Pos.#RiderBikeTimeGap 1 93 
Marc Marquez Honda 1'33.049 2 94 
Jonas Folger Yamaha 1'33.070 0.021 3 5 
Johann Zarco Yamaha 1'33.202 0.153 4 25 Maverick Viñales Yamaha 1'33.210 0.161 5 9 
Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1'33.241 0.192 6 45 
Scott Redding Ducati 1'33.309 0.260 7 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1'33.344 0.295 8 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1'33.353 0.304 9 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1'33.357 0.308 10 29 Andrea Iannone Suzuki 1'33.434 0.385 11 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1'33.434 0.385 12 19 Alvaro Bautista Ducati 1'33.436 0.387 13 35 Cal Crutchlow Honda 1'33.637 0.588 14 8 Hector Barbera Ducati 1'33.750 0.701 15 99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati 1'33.751 0.702 16 53 Tito Rabat Honda 1'33.800 0.751 17 43 
Jack Miller Honda 1'33.858 0.809 18 38 Bradley Smith KTM 1'34.127 1.078 19 76 Loris Baz Ducati 1'34.250 1.201 20 44 Pol Espargaro KTM 1'34.269 1.220 21 22 Sam Lowes Aprilia 1'34.416 1.367 22 50 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki 1'34.502 1.453 23 17 
Karel Abraham Ducati 1'34.776 1.727
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