VALENCIA, Spain: Marc Marquez, seeking to create MotoGP history in Valencia tomorrow with a record 13th win of the season, topped the times in practice yesterday.
The Spaniard, who wrapped up back-to-back world titles in Japan in October, won in Malaysia last time out to equal Australian rider Mick Doohan’s mark of 12 victories in 17 races in a season from 1997.
As well as a record victory tomorrow, the 21-year-old Marquez and team-mate Dani Pedrosa can also deliver Honda back-to-back team and constructors titles in the season’s 18th and final race.
Marquez posted a best time for the combined sessions of 1min 31.296sec, with his compatriot, Jorge Lorenzo, next best on a Yamaha almost two tenths of a second adrift.
In third came the Ducati of Italian Andrea Dovizioso.
Lorenzo’s Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi, who has a 12-point lead in the battle for second spot in the championship, was down in seventh spot.AFP
