ÁLEX MÁRQUEZ THE FASTEST HONDA ON DAY ONE AT SILVERSTONE

Álex Márquez made a solid start as MotoGP returned to the track at the British Grand Prix today. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider ended up in 14^th position overall as he and his premier class peers reacquainted themselves with their machinery after the five-week summer break.

The British weather behaved on the opening day at Silverstone with free practice taking place under sunny, cloudy skies. Álex eased back into things by taking 15^th spot in FP1, but then improved by around a second a half in the afternoon session to emerge as the leading Honda rider on the timesheets.