Sachsenring MotoGP: Iannone leads Marquez in FP1

Marquez and Iannone locked out the top two positions for the majority of the session, with the Honda rider leading by three tenths initially.

However the Spaniard, who has won every year at the Sachsenring since 2010, did not improve on his 1m21.832s time.

Iannone first closed the gap to less than a tenth and then edged ahead of Marquez, beating him by 0.390s with a 1m21.442s.

Valentino Rossi was best of the rest thanks to a last-minute improvement, more than half a second off the pace. He demoted his Yamaha teammate Vinales, who ended up fourth.

Andrea Dovizioso was the top Ducati rider in fifth, closely followed by Pramac duo Danilo Petrucci and Jack Miller, who beat Jorge Lorenzo by 0.007s.

Aprilia's Scott Redding was further 0.031s behind in ninth with Johann Zarco completing the top 10.

Alex Rins was 12th behind Takaaki Nakagami, the Spaniard one of three riders to crash in the session.

The Suzuki rider fell at Turn 3, while Alvaro Bautista crashed at the first corner while he was passing his Angel Nieto Ducati teammate Karel Abraham. Avintia Ducati's Tito Rabat crashed at Turn 12.

Dani Pedrosa was 14th with LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow only taking 19th, two places behind the top KTM of Bradley Smith.

Franco Morbidelli, who returned after skipping Assen with a hand injury was 22nd, with KTM wildcard Mika Kallio taking 24th.

FP1 results

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'21.442
2	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'21.832	0.390
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'21.964	0.522
4	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'22.152	0.710
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'22.261	0.819
6	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'22.337	0.895
7	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'22.415	0.973
8	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'22.422	0.980
9	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	1'22.453	1.011
10	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'22.490	1.048
11	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'22.513	1.071
12	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'22.554	1.112
13	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'22.591	1.149
14	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'22.605	1.163
15	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'22.674	1.232
16	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'22.700	1.258
17	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'22.746	1.304
18	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'22.866	1.424
19	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'22.957	1.515
20	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Yamaha	1'22.969	1.527
21	12	Thomas Luthi	Honda	1'23.350	1.908
22	21	Franco Morbidelli	Honda	1'23.379	1.937
23	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'23.393	1.951
24	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	1'23.557	2.115
25	10	Xavier Simeon	Ducati	1'23.578	2.136