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MotoGP: Morbidelli tops practice 3 in Barcelona

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Franco Morbidelli’s (Petronas Yamaha SRT) 1:38.929 on his final flying lap saw the Italian beat former teammate and World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) in FP3 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, the Yamaha pair split by just 0.046s on a sunny Saturday morning.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Miguel Oliveira cemented a top three at the end of the session as two-time 2021 race winner Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) is squeezed out of an automatic Q2 place.

Practice 3 Results

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Time Behind Gap.
1 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 1’38.929 0.000s 0.000s
2 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’38.975 0.046 0.046
3 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’39.051 0.122 0.076
4 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 1’39.073 0.144 0.022
5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1’39.079 0.150 0.006
6 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’39.166 0.237 0.087
7 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’39.282 0.353 0.116
8 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 1’39.324 0.395 0.042
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 1’39.426 0.497 0.102
10 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 1’39.495 0.566 0.069
11 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 1’39.498 0.569 0.003
12 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’39.519 0.590 0.021
13 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’39.689 0.760 0.170
14 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’39.701 0.772 0.012
15 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Pramac Racing Ducati 1’39.760 0.831 0.059
16 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 1’39.816 0.887 0.056
17 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’39.918 0.989 0.102
18 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 1’39.928 0.999 0.010
19 10 Luca MARINI ITA SKY VR46 Avintia Ducati 1’40.075 1.146 0.147
20 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 1’40.743 1.814 0.668
21 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1’41.180 2.251 0.437