Assen MotoGP: Vinales leads Dovizioso in warm-up

Vinales led from six minutes into the warm-up until the finish, improving on a couple of occasions in the process.

While the rest of the field couldn't go below the 1m34s barrier, Vinales first did it at halfway point.

Franco Morbidelli, Alex Rins and Marc Marquez all spent time in second before Vinales improved again just as the chequered flag fell.

He ended the warm-up with a 1m33.677s, with Andrea Dovizioso moving up to second with a 1m34.022s.

Dovizioso narrowly beat pole-sitter Fabio Quartararo, while Marquez in fourth was over half a second slower than Vinales.

Suzuki's Rins was fifth ahead of Pol Espargaro, the KTM rider again impressing despite riding with an injured right wrist.

Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) was Vinales' closest challenger in the opening minutes and was seventh in the end, followed by the factory Ducati of Danilo Petrucci.

The second Suzuki of Joan Mir and SIC Yamaha rider Morbidelli completed the top 10.

Valentino Rossi made big changes to his Yamaha overnight but still was only 13th, 1.1s slower than his teammate.

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	13	1'33.677
2	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	13	1'34.022	0.345
3	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	8	1'34.042	0.365
4	Marc Marquez	Honda	12	1'34.227	0.550
5	Alex Rins	Suzuki	12	1'34.254	0.577
6	Pol Espargaro	KTM	13	1'34.332	0.655
7	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	11	1'34.415	0.738
8	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	10	1'34.417	0.740
9	Joan Mir	Suzuki	12	1'34.424	0.747
10	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	13	1'34.450	0.773
11	Jack Miller	Ducati	12	1'34.475	0.798
12	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	11	1'34.714	1.037
13	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	13	1'34.793	1.116
14	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	11	1'34.978	1.301
15	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	11	1'35.013	1.336
16	Johann Zarco	KTM	9	1'35.094	1.417
17	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	12	1'35.120	1.443
18	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	8	1'35.210	1.533
19	Tito Rabat	Ducati	12	1'35.272	1.595
20	Karel Abraham	Ducati	11	1'35.405	1.728
21	Hafizh Syahrin	KTM	10	1'35.926	2.249
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