Brno MotoGP: Marquez leads Honda 1-2 in red-flagged FP3
Marc Marquez recovered from an early-session crash to set the pace in the Saturday morning MotoGP practice for the Czech Grand Prix at Brno.
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team
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Just four and a half minutes into the session, Alvaro Bautista crashed at Turn 10 after his Aspar Ducati appeared to leak oil on the track.
The Hondas of Marquez and Cal Crutchlow both fell at the same spot a few moments later and the session was red-flagged to allow the damaged air fence the two Honda riders hit to be repaired.
After the restart, Marquez's teammate Dani Pedrosa quickly claimed the top spot with a 1m55.541s, soon before he also fell at Turn 8.
While he didn't improve for the rest of the session, he stayed ahead until the very last minute, when Marquez went 0.171s quicker with a 1m55.370s.
Pedrosa ended up second as the two factory Yamahas followed in the order of Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales, who were 0.388s and 0.403s behind Marquez respectively.
Andrea Dovizioso was the fastest of the three 2017-spec Ducatis, which all used different fairing designs.
While Dovizioso again opted not to use the new fairing, Jorge Lorenzo tested the same version he trialled in on Friday and was ninth, two tenths behind his teammate.
Meanwhile, Pramac's Danilo Petrucci used a different version of the new fairing, but was only 16th.
Crutchlow recovered from his early crash to take seventh, followed by Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro and Tech 3 Yamaha's Johann Zarco, who also had a crash at Turn 3.
Lorenzo and Avintia Ducati's Loris Baz were the last riders to seal the automatic Q2 spots, despite the latter falling at Turn 8.
Scott Redding also crashed his 2016-spec Pramac Ducati at Turn 5 on his way to 19th.
Practice 3 results:
Pos. | # | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 93 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1'55.370 | |
2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1'55.541 | 0.171 |
3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1'55.758 | 0.388 |
4 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | 1'55.773 | 0.403 |
5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'55.777 | 0.407 |
6 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'55.819 | 0.449 |
7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'55.871 | 0.501 |
8 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Yamaha | 1'55.895 | 0.525 |
9 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'55.969 | 0.599 |
10 | 76 | Loris Baz | Ducati | 1'56.177 | 0.807 |
11 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Yamaha | 1'56.268 | 0.898 |
12 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'56.280 | 0.910 |
13 | 8 | Hector Barbera | Ducati | 1'56.320 | 0.950 |
14 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | KTM | 1'56.350 | 0.980 |
15 | 19 | Alvaro Bautista | Ducati | 1'56.667 | 1.297 |
16 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1'56.686 | 1.316 |
17 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'56.766 | 1.396 |
18 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | 1'56.835 | 1.465 |
19 | 45 | Scott Redding | Ducati | 1'57.001 | 1.631 |
20 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati | 1'57.156 | 1.786 |
21 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Honda | 1'57.307 | 1.937 |
22 | 38 | Bradley Smith | KTM | 1'57.398 | 2.028 |
23 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Aprilia | 1'57.406 | 2.036 |
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