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Lorenzo Tops First Practice of 2015 Red Bull Indianapolis GP

Practice is underway for Sunday’s eighth Red Bull Indianapolis GP, and 2009 champion Jorge Lorenzo showed early strength on Friday morning with a top lap of 1 minute, 33.654 seconds around the 16-turn, 2.591-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.

Lorenzo, on the No. 99 Movistar Yamaha, took over the top spot late in the session from Marc Marquez, the two-time defending champion of the Red Bull Indianapolis GP. Marquez was second in the session at 1:33.747 on the No. 93 Repsol Honda.

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Rounding out the top five were No. 4 Andrea Dovizioso (1:33.871), No. 26 Dani Pedrosa (1:34.050) and No. 46 Valentino Rossi (1:34.374).

Nicky Hayden, of Owensboro, Kentucky, clocked in 18th in the opening practice with a time of 1:35.340.

MotoGP’s second practice will be at 2:05 p.m. Friday.

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