– Austrian Grand Prix winner Andrea Iannone set the pace during the first practice session at Brno, improving late on to beat the Yamaha riders.Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo held the top two places for the majority of the session, which featured drops of rain, before Iannone's charge.Iannone produced a 1:56.189 with just under a minute to spare, and almost went faster on his final lap, finding time in three out of the four sectors.Iannone's effort came despite a technical issue, which forced him to stop out on track, after which he was returned to the pit lane on a scooter.Rossi and Lorenzo thus had to settle for second and third at the end of the session, ahead of Avintia's...
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