With the sun shining down on the Argentine circuit, Marquez picked up where he left off in FP4 as he hit the front in Q2. A 1:38.203 put the World Champion 0.282s up on Jorge Lorenzo while Cal Crutchlow joined them on the provisional front row. Immediately back into the pits, Marquez leapt from his No 1 bike onto the spare and headed back out for a second run. Aleix Espargaro, quickest in both Friday's sessions on board his Suzuki GSX-RR, opted for a similar strategy. The call paid off for both riders as Marquez upped his pace to a 1:37.873 while Espargaro, using the softer option tyre, improved to second place, 0.443s down. It was another quick return to the pits and back onto their No 1...
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