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Friday at Indianapolis with Tony Goldsmith

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A tough day for Valentino Rossi who struggled with a lack of front end feel on his M1 Yamaha.

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Marc Marquez finished Day 1 as second fastest and only 0.003 secs behind fastest man Jorge Lorenzo.

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Cal Crutchlow leaves his pit box during FP2.

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Jorge Lorenzo is wearing a a special astronaut helmet design this weekend.

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It’ll be a long night studying data for Valentino Rossi and his crew to make improvements for tomorrow.

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Scott Redding had a good day finishing 8th on the time sheets.

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Dani Pedrosa ended the first day in 7th place on his Repsol Honda.

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A difficult day for Aleix Espargaro who was down in 15th place.

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Maverick Vinales did marginally better than his teammate, finishing the opening day at Indianapolis in 13th place.

It was confirmed today that Pol Espargaro will be staying at Tech 3 Yamaha in 2016.

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A “Rusty” Cal Crutchlow finished 5th on Day 1.

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Jorge Lorenzo was fastest in both FP1 and FP2, but only just.

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Marc Marquez making some time for his fans at the end of FP2.

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Bradley Smith on the main straight during FP2.

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Stefan Bradl is making his debut for Aprilia this weekend after being released by Forward Racing.

Photos: © 2015 Tony Goldsmith / www.tonygoldsmith.net – All Rights Reserved

Tony Goldsmith is an Isle of Man based freelance motorcycle racing photographer specialising in MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT races. His website can be found at www.tonygoldsmith.net. He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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