Quartararo stays on top heading into qualifying

Fabio Quartararo
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