VALENCIA (SPAIN) - Marc Marquez, seeking to create MotoGP history in Valencia on Sunday with a record 13th win of the season, topped the times in practice on Friday.
Repsol Honda's Spanish rider Marc Marquez takes part in the first Moto GP free practice session at the Valencia Grand Prix on November 7, 2014
The Spaniard, who wrapped up the MotoGP crown in Japan in October, won in Malaysia last time out to equal Australian rider Mick Doohan's mark of 12 in 17 races in a season from 1997.
As well as a record victory on Sunday, the 21-year-old Marquez and teammate 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 31.296s, 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.