Marc Marquez set the pace on the first day of official 2016 testing at Valencia, as a number of riders crashed trying to get to grips with next year's Michelin rubber. Marquez was the first rider of all to crash, losing the front-end of his Honda RC213V towards the end of the first hour on only his fourth tour of the Ricardo Tormo circuit at Turn 3. On his previous lap, Marquez hit the top of the timesheets on a 1m32.077s, which was bettered by fellow Honda riders Cal Crutchlow and Dani Pedrosa in the second hour. Marquez then improved to a 1m31.551s in the third hour, which would remain the benchmark for the remainder of the session as the Spaniard then began to circulate using the...
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