LOMBOK: Honda’s Luca Marini clocked the fastest time in the first practice for the Indonesia MotoGP on Friday ahead of KTM’s Pedro Acosta, while recently crowned champion Marc Marquez was fifth fastest.
In warm conditions at the Mandalika track on the resort island of Lombok, Italian rider Marini laid down a fastest lap of 1 minute 30.809 seconds.
That was 0.136 seconds faster than Acosta and 0.237 seconds ahead of Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi, who finished second behind Marc Marquez at the San Marino Grand Prix last month.