Practice report

Mugello MotoGP: Marquez leads Mir in warm-up

Italian Grand Prix polesitter Marc Marquez topped Sunday's morning warm-up session at Mugello with Suzuki's Joan Mir less than a tenth behind in second.

Marquez took the lead from Mir seven minutes into the session and then quickly improved four tenths further, his 1m46.930s then staying as the top time of the session.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) and Alex Rins (Suzuki) held second for most of the session before Mir posted a 1m47.019s, ending up second and just 0.089s short of Honda man Marquez.

Dovizioso and Rins, who started the session with running through the gravel at Turn 4, settled for third and fourth respectively.

Front-row starter Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) stole fifth from Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) after the chequered flag fell, the top five covered by a quarter-second.

Danilo Petrucci was seventh on the second factory Ducati, outpacing KTM's Pol Espargaro, Avintia Ducati's Tito Rabat, Ducati wildcard Michele Pirro and Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro.

Quartararo was the only competitive Yamaha in the session as factory duo Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi were separated by 0.001s in 14th and 15th, and Franco Morbidelli was 17th.

Jorge Lorenzo's poor weekend continued as he was down in 18th on the second works Honda.

Tech 3 KTM's Miguel Oliveira was the sole rider to crash in the session at Arrabbiatta 2.

Session results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'46.930
2	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'47.019	0.089
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'47.054	0.124
4	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'47.115	0.185
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'47.178	0.248
6	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'47.291	0.361
7	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'47.371	0.441
8	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'47.411	0.481
9	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'47.483	0.553
10	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1'47.528	0.598
11	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'47.529	0.599
12	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'47.730	0.800
13	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'47.750	0.820
14	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'47.756	0.826
15	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'47.757	0.827
16	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	1'47.759	0.829
17	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'47.908	0.978
18	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	1'48.102	1.172
19	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'48.263	1.333
20	5	Johann Zarco	KTM	1'48.461	1.531
21	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'48.573	1.643
22	55	Hafizh Syahrin	KTM	1'48.844	1.914
23	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1'49.121	2.191
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