Marc Marquez may have learned the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca only a day earlier, but on Saturday morning very much threw down the gauntlet for his MotoGP™ rivals. The Repsol Honda Team rider lowered the best lap time to 1’21.568, leading the way from Yamaha Factory Racing’s Valentino Rossi and LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl.