Marc Marquez opened up on top at his home MotoGP round in Catalunya, leading Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa in Friday morning's FP1 session. The reigning world champion vowed to continue his '100 percent' approach to racing on Thursday despite falling out of the Italian Grand Prix, which saw him slip 49 points behind championship leader Valentino Rossi. Experimenting with a new exhaust and electronic enhancements, Marquez lapped under the official circuit record to head Pedrosa by two clear tenths of a second. Marquez's final time of 1m 41.8s meant he was the only man to dip under the 1m 42s marker and came even after running well off line at turn ten. The 'Factory' Honda riders were...
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