Jorge Lorenzo looked back to the kind of form that took him to four straight wins during the opening day of the Indianapolis MotoGP. The Movistar Yamaha rider narrowly held off Honda's Marc Marquez to lead both Friday practice sessions. But the #99 set his best lap time with used, hard compound tyres both front and rear. The Spaniard feels that fitting a new set of rubber alone would give an instant improvement of at least 0.5s. Lorenzo is fighting to close a 13-point championship gap to team-mate and title leader Valentino Rossi, with the Italian was only tenth quickest on day one. “Very good, very positive and very happy with the start to the weekend,” began Lorenzo. “After a lot...
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