Brno MotoGP: Marquez tops wet FP3, Guintoli shines

Despite no rain falling on track during the 45-minute session and a dry line starting to emerge towards the end, all riders spent the entire session on wet tyres.

Marquez established himself in the lead with his very first lap and improved several times early on, keep a dominant two-second gap over the rest of the field.

His last fast lap was a 2m04.279s, which remained the benchmark time until the finish.

The field gradually closed the gap with Guintoli moving up to second, nine tenths off Marquez's time, before Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales also improved.

Vinales ended up taking second with a deficit of 0.588s behind Marquez, with Guintoli securing third.

Danilo Petrucci was fourth on the best of the Ducatis followed by the Yamahas of Valentino Rossi and Fabio Quartararo.

Joan Mir brought a second Suzuki in the top 10 in seventh, followed by Pol Espargaro, whose Tech 3 counterpart Miguel Oliveira was ninth. Andrea Iannone (Aprilia) completed the top 10.

Andrea Dovizioso spent session outside of the top 10 and ended up 13th, 2.3s slower than Marquez.

As nobody could set their best time of the weekend in FP3, the 10 automatic Q2 spots were decided based on Friday's running.

That meant all four Yamaha riders - Quartararo, Vinales, Franco Morbidelli and Rossi - the Hondas of Marquez and Cal Crutchlow, the Ducatis of Dovizioso, Petrucci and Jack Miller, as well as the Suzuki of Alex Rins, all secured their Q2 positions.

Session results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	2'04.279
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	2'04.867	0.588
3	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	2'05.173	0.894
4	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	2'05.410	1.131
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	2'05.731	1.452
6	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	2'06.219	1.940
7	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	2'06.328	2.049
8	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	2'06.335	2.056
9	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	2'06.345	2.066
10	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	2'06.381	2.102
11	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	2'06.527	2.248
12	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	2'06.539	2.260
13	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	2'06.599	2.320
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	2'06.616	2.337
15	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	2'06.779	2.500
16	5	Johann Zarco	KTM	2'07.031	2.752
17	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	2'07.114	2.835
18	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	2'07.383	3.104
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	2'07.414	3.135
20	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	2'07.872	3.593
21	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	2'07.944	3.665
22	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	2'08.199	3.920
23	55	Hafizh Syahrin	KTM	2'08.325	4.046
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