By alley - Jun 12, 2015, 6:31 AM ET

MotoGP: Marquez leads Honda practice one-two

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa gave the upgraded Honda a one-two result in opening practice for MotoGP's Catalunya Grand Prix at Barcelona.

Suzuki had been fastest for much of the session with Aleix Espargaro, before first Pedrosa then Marquez went quicker in the closing minutes. Marquez ended up on top with a 1m41.808s, 0.210 seconds up on Pedrosa and 0.375s ahead of Espargaro.

Jorge Lorenzo was second to Espargaro for a long while before the Hondas improved and he fell to fourth on the best of Yamahas.

Suzuki had two bikes in the top five, with Maverick Vinales using the softer tyre to go fifth late on.

It was a quiet start to the weekend for Valentino Rossi. Despite his determination to get on the pace quicker in practice, the championship leader was only eighth, behind Yonny Hernandez and Nicky Hayden.

The works Ducatis started slowly, too – Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone back in ninth and 11th, either side of Cal Crutchlow.

PRACTICE ONE TIMES:

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Marc Marquez	Honda	Honda	1m41.808ss	1m41.808s	17
2	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Honda	1m42.018ss	0.210s	21
3	Aleix Espargaro	Suzuki	Suzuki	1m42.183ss	0.375s	16
4	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Yamaha	1m42.458ss	0.650s	17
5	Maverick Vinales	Suzuki	Suzuki	1m42.555ss	0.747s	18
6	Yonny Hernandez	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1m42.594ss	0.786s	17
7	Nicky Hayden	Aspar	Honda	1m42.623ss	0.815s	19
8	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Yamaha	1m42.938ss	1.130s	19
9	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Ducati	1m42.945ss	1.137s	18
10	Cal Crutchlow	LCR	Honda	1m42.957ss	1.149s	18
11	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	Ducati	1m42.981ss	1.173s	18
12	Scott Redding	Marc VDS	Honda	1m43.002ss	1.194s	23
13	Karel Abraham	AB Motoracing	Honda	1m43.008ss	1.200s	18
14	Pol Espargaro	Tech 3	Yamaha	1m43.116ss	1.308s	18
15	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	Yamaha	1m43.378ss	1.570s	21
16	Stefan Bradl	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	1m43.536ss	1.728s	19
17	Hector Barbera	Avintia Racing	Ducati	1m44.059ss	2.251s	14
18	Eugene Laverty	Aspar	Honda	1m44.062ss	2.254s	21
19	Jack Miller	LCR	Honda	1m44.357ss	2.549s	19
20	Loris Baz	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	1m44.594ss	2.786s	16
21	Danilo Petrucci	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1m44.603ss	2.795s	17
22	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	1m44.676ss	2.868s	19
23	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Ducati	1m44.768ss	2.960s	15
24	Alex de Angelis	IodaRacing Project	ART/Aprilia	1m44.865ss	3.057s	17
25	Marco Melandri	Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	1m45.270ss	3.462s	17