Italy's Andrea Iannone gave notice of Ducati's threat to Yamaha and Honda in this year's world motorcycling championship when he swept the board in Friday’s practice for the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix. Nicknamed 'The Maniac', Iannone was third in the 2015 race under the Losail floodlights and he was back to his best again in practice, posting a best time of 1min 54.639sec. “We finished the three free practice sessions with the best time and so for us today was a very positive day," said Iannone. "We are working really well and our bike is going very strongly, so now we have to continue along this path and make further improvements." Defending world champion Jorge...
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