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Marquez and Pedrosa get first taste of Argentina track - Malcolm - 26-04-2014 Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have had their first experience on the new Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina. The first 45 minute FP1 session was delayed – as a result of the Moto3 session being postponed due to electrical issues in the pit lane – and was almost victim to the same problem when the power went down just two minutes before the start of the session. However, power was restored just in time and World Champion, Marc Marquez, was the first MotoGP rider out on track. Marc was fastest on a very dirty track for the beginning of the session until the other riders caught up as they all took their time to familiarise themselves with the new 4.806km circuit, located 1100km North West of Buenos Aires. At the end of FP1 Marc was 14th with a best time of 1’45.103 (lap 3 of 16) and Dani in 16th with 1’45.724 (lap 14 of 20), both Repsol Honda riders remained on the same tyre for the duration of the session, whilst others put on a fresh tyre at the end. FP2 will begin at 14h05 local time. TEAM QUOTES Marc Marquez : 14th - 1'45.103 “The feeling is quite good and the track seems nice, but the grip level was pretty low. The tyre life was very, very short and after just three laps it was completely destroyed - especially in the beginning. I am confident we will improve this afternoon when the track conditions are better!” Dani Pedrosa : 16th - 1'45.724 “This morning we didn’t learn very much as after two or three laps the rear tyre was destroyed and we chose not to put on a new tyre in this session but instead wait until this afternoon - when I’m sure the track conditions will be better” PRACTICE RESULTS - Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina - Round 3 Pos. - Rider - Num. - Nation - Team - Constructor - Time/Gap 1 - Jorge Lorenzo - 99 - ESP - Yamaha Factory Racing - YAMAHA - 1’42.804 2 - Aleix Espargaro - 41 - ESP - NGM Mobile Forward Racing - YAMAHA - 1’43.285 3 - Alvaro Bautista - 19 - ESP - Go & Fun Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1’43.637 4 - Andrea Iannone - 29 - ITA - Pramac Racing - DUCATI - 1’43.706 5 - Bradley Smith - 38 - GBR - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 1’43.806 6 - Pol Espargaro - 44 - ESP - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 1’43.961 7 - Stefan Bradl - 6 - GER - LCR Honda MotoGP - HONDA - 1’44.055 8 - Andrea Dovizioso - 4 - ITA - Ducati Team - DUCATI - 1’44.096 9 - Nicky Hayden - 69 - USA - Drive M7 Aspar - HONDA - 1’44.333 10 - Valentino Rossi - 46 - ITA - Yamaha Factory - YAMAHA - 1’44.502 11 - Scott Redding - 45 - GBR - Go & Fun Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1’44.763 12 - Michele Pirro - 51 - ITA - Ducati Team - DUCATI - 1’44.790 13 - Yonny Hernandez - 68 - COL - Pramac Racing - DUCATI - 1’44.889 14 - Marc Marquez - 93 - ESP - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1’45.103 15 - Hiroshi Aoyama - 7 - JPN - Drive M7 Aspar - HONDA - 1’45.137 16 - Dani Pedrosa - 26 - ESP - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1’45.724 17 - Colin Edwards - 5 - USA - NGM Mobile Forward Racing - YAMAHA - 1’45.808 18 - Danilo Petrucci - 9 - ITA - IodaRacing Project - IODA-SUTER - 1’46.008 19 - Michael Laverty - 70 - GBR - Paul Bird Motorsport - ART & PBM - 1’46.167 20 - Mike Di Meglio - 63 - FRA - Avintia Racing MotoGP - FTR-KAWASAKI - 1’46.264 21 - Broc Parkes - 23 - AUS - Paul Bird Motorsport - PBM - 1’46.896 22 - Hector Barbera - 8 - ESP - Avintia Racing MotoGP - FTR-KAWASAKI - 1’47.027 23 - Karel Abraham - 17 - CZE - Cardion AB Motoracing - HONDA - 1’47.037 .