Marquez heads Vinales, Guintoli in mixed FP3 conditions

Marquez in the wet
Marquez in the wet

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was the man to beat in a damp MotoGP™ FP3 session at the Monster Energy Grand Prix ÄŒeské republiky, his 2:04.279 was enough to beat second fastest Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) by 0.588 as Team Suzuki Ecstar’s test rider Sylvain Guintoli ends the session in third place.

Overnight and morning rain meant the Automotodrom Brno was wet for the premier class riders and this meant one thing; the top 10 from FP2 have booked themselves an automatic Q2 place. However, all the riders went out for a spin in the wet conditions as the threat of rain later on could mean a damp qualifying, and immediately it was Marquez who set the pace. At one stage, the number 93 was over two seconds clear of the field but on a quickly drying circuit, the riders were able to improve their times and close the gap to the Championship leader.

FP3 Results

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Bike Time Behind Gap
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Honda 2'04.279 0.000s 0.000s
2 12 Maverick VIÃ'ALES SPA Yamaha 2'04.867 0.588 0.588
3 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Suzuki 2'05.173 0.894 0.306
4 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Ducati 2'05.410 1.131 0.237
5 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha 2'05.731 1.452 0.321
6 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Yamaha 2'06.219 1.940 0.488
7 36 Joan MIR SPA Suzuki 2'06.328 2.049 0.109
8 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA KTM 2'06.335 2.056 0.007
9 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR KTM 2'06.345 2.066 0.010
10 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Aprilia 2'06.381 2.102 0.036
11 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Honda 2'06.527 2.248 0.146
12 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati 2'06.539 2.260 0.012
13 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati 2'06.599 2.320 0.060
14 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Yamaha 2'06.616 2.337 0.017
15 42 Alex RINS SPA Suzuki 2'06.779 2.500 0.163
16 5 Johann ZARCO FRA KTM 2'07.031 2.752 0.252
17 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia 2'07.114 2.835 0.083
18 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Ducati 2'07.383 3.104 0.269
19 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN Honda 2'07.414 3.135 0.031
20 6 Stefan BRADL GER Honda 2'07.872 3.593 0.458
21 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati 2'07.944 3.665 0.072
22 53 Tito RABAT SPA Ducati 2'08.199 3.920 0.255
23 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL KTM 2'08.325 4.046 0.126