Quartararo stays on top heading into qualifying
Fabio Quartararo |
Fabio Quartararo MotoGP's again led Valencia Grand Prix practice timesheets on Saturday morning, topping the session by 0.224 seconds over Marc Marquez.
Friday pacesetter Quartararo had led third practice in the early running, and finished with a 1m30.232s to head into this afternoon's qualifying as the rider to beat.
Jack Miller held onto third ahead of Rossi and Morbidelli, while Vinales found himself shuffled back to sixth.
Factory Ducati duo Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovizioso slotted in behind the Yamaha rider, with Joan Mir the only Suzuki directly into Q2 after team-mate Alex Rins missed out in 12th.

Practice 3
POS | RIDER | TEAM | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
1 | Fabio Quartararo | Petronas Yamaha | 1m30.232s | 0.000s | 20 |
2 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1m30.456s | 0.224s | 22 |
3 | Jack Miller | Pramac Ducati | 1m30.543s | 0.311s | 19 |
4 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1m30.630s | 0.398s | 22 |
5 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha | 1m30.723s | 0.491s | 22 |
6 | Maverick Vinales | Yamaha | 1m30.735s | 0.503s | 20 |
7 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1m30.847s | 0.615s | 21 |
8 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1m30.851s | 0.619s | 22 |
9 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1m30.958s | 0.726s | 23 |
10 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | 1m30.996s | 0.764s | 19 |
11 | Pol Espargaro | KTM | 1m31.039s | 0.807s | 20 |
12 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1m31.093s | 0.861s | 23 |
13 | Johann Zarco | LCR Honda | 1m31.205s | 0.973s | 22 |
14 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 1m31.383s | 1.151s | 19 |
15 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1m31.667s | 1.435s | 22 |
16 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 1m31.671s | 1.439s | 19 |
17 | Karel Abraham | Avintia Ducati | 1m31.786s | 1.554s | 19 |
18 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1m31.868s | 1.636s | 13 |
19 | Tito Rabat | Avintia Ducati | 1m32.265s | 2.033s | 24 |
20 | Iker Lecuona | Tech3 KTM | 1m32.398s | 2.166s | 20 |
21 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 1m32.521s | 2.289s | 21 |
22 | Francesco Bagnaia | Pramac Ducati | 1m32.599s | 2.367s | 15 |
23 | Hafizh Syahrin | Tech3 KTM | 1m33.046s | 2.814s | 18 |