Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo has drawn first blood at the Indianapolis MotoGP, topped the first free practice timesheet but by only 0.093s from reigning world champion Marc Marquez and less than a second outside the lap record on a green and dirty track. Lorenzo stuck in a 1’33.654 on his 16th lap of 18 in the period but was caught by Marquez after the young Repsol Honda rider started slowly and was languishing down in 14th before making some changes. Marquez is losing valuable time in the final sector which should suit the Honda as it is stop/start so he and crew chief Santi Hernandez have some work to do ahead of second practice later today. Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso brought his...
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