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Argentina MotoGP: Dovizioso leads Miller in Ducati practice one-two

Andrea Dovizioso beat Ducati MotoGP stablemate Jack Miller by just 0.009 seconds to end Friday practice for the Argentina Grand Prix at Termas de Rio Hondo on top

Practice one pacesetter Marc Marquez led much of the 45-minute second session, beating his benchmark from the morning with a 1m39.812s before improving to a 1m39.497s.

But the Honda rider opted not to take a new soft rear tyre for the closing stages, and slipped back as first Cal Crutchlow and then Miller both beat his time.

Crutchlow (LCR Honda) surged to the top of the timesheets with a 1m39.346s with four minutes left on the clock, but moments later that was surpassed by Pramac Ducati man Miller's 1m39.190s.

Dovizioso then eclipsed Miller - the only rider to crash with an early low-side at the tight penultimate corner - with a 1m39.181s effort just before the chequered flag came out.

Maverick Vinales leapt up to third on the best of the Yamahas, beating Crutchlow to the place by a single thousandth of a second.

Two more Yamahas rounded out the top six, with Fabio Quartararo (Petronas SRT) falling only 0.012s short of Vinales and almost a tenth quicker than Valentino Rossi on the second works bike.

Alex Rins ended up seventh for Suzuki ahead of Marquez, Franco Morbidelli on the second Petronas Yamaha and Takaaki Nakagami's LCR Honda - the top 10 split by less than half a second.

Aprilia riders Andrea Iannone and Aleix Espargaro took 11th and 12th ahead of Danilo Petrucci, who was 0.559s slower than his Ducati team-mate Dovizioso.

Pol Espargaro led KTM's efforts in 16th after a lurid excursion through the gravel at the very start of the session. He was a place ahead of Johann Zarco.

Jorge Lorenzo endured another session to forget on the second works Honda, managing only 21st place with a time 0.978s off the pace. Hafizh Syahrin (Tech3 KTM) was the only rider slower than the three-time premier class champion.

Practice two times

Pos Rider Team Time Gap Laps
1 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1m39.181s - 21
2 Jack Miller Pramac Ducati 1m39.190s 0.009s 16
3 Maverick Vinales Yamaha 1m39.345s 0.164s 19
4 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda 1m39.346s 0.165s 20
5 Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha 1m39.357s 0.176s 21
6 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m39.441s 0.260s 21
7 Alex Rins Suzuki 1m39.451s 0.270s 21
8 Marc Marquez Honda 1m39.497s 0.316s 19
9 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha 1m39.503s 0.322s 19
10 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda 1m39.629s 0.448s 19
11 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m39.654s 0.473s 15
12 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1m39.697s 0.516s 18
13 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1m39.740s 0.559s 18
14 Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Ducati 1m39.799s 0.618s 17
15 Joan Mir Suzuki 1m39.946s 0.765s 21
16 Pol Espargaro KTM 1m39.951s 0.770s 20
17 Johann Zarco KTM 1m39.956s 0.775s 19
18 Karel Abraham Avintia Ducati 1m39.995s 0.814s 17
19 Miguel Oliveira Tech3 KTM 1m40.006s 0.825s 19
20 Tito Rabat Avintia Ducati 1m40.110s 0.929s 20
21 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 1m40.159s 0.978s 19
22 Hafizh Syahrin Tech3 KTM 1m40.752s 1.571s 18

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