MONTMELÓ, Spain: World champion Marc Marquez of Honda hit overdrive Friday (Saturday in Manila), dominating free practice at the redesigned Montmelo track at the Catalunya MotoGP, despite being penalized for failing to slow down approaching an accident.

Marquez, 24, saw his best time from the end of the session cancelled but still clocked a top 1min 44.478sec to lead Ducati’s Jorge Lorenzo by 0.222 with German rookie Jonas Folger third on a Yahama at 0.361.

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