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Rossi leaves it late to top practice 3

Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) left it late to storm to the top of the timesheets in FP3 at the Monster Energy Grand Prix Ceske republiky with a 1:55.175, beating second fastest Danilo Petrucci (Alma Pramac Racing) by 0.086 and third place Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) by 0.151 – but teammate Maverick Vinales misses out on an automatic Q2 place by 0.055 seconds in P11.

Safely into Q2 though was Championship leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) after the Spaniard finished fourth quickest, his 1:55.458 was 0.283 off Rossi’s time, with Andrea Iannone (Team Ecstar Suzuki) 0.041 behind the number 93 in fifth – a solid session for the Italian who was outside the top ten after Friday’s Free Practice.

Friday’s leader Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) briefly dropped outside the all-important top ten, but in the end the Spaniard had no trouble in FP3, finishing P6. Despite a late crash at Turn 3, Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) ended the session P7, with FP1 leader Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) just 0.011 behind the Brit in eighth.

Practice 3 Times

Pos. Num. Rider Nat Team Bike Time Behind Gap.
1 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'55.175 0.000s 0.000s
2 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 1'55.261 0.086 0.086
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 1'55.326 0.151 0.065
4 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'55.458 0.283 0.132
5 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 1'55.499 0.324 0.041
6 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'55.517 0.342 0.018
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 1'55.617 0.442 0.100
8 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'55.628 0.453 0.011
9 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 1'55.663 0.488 0.035
10 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'55.721 0.546 0.058
11 25 Maverick VIÃ'ALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'55.776 0.601 0.055
12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'55.810 0.635 0.034
13 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 1'55.841 0.666 0.031
14 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 1'55.916 0.741 0.075
15 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1'55.933 0.758 0.017
16 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'56.013 0.838 0.080
17 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 1'56.109 0.934 0.096
18 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM KTM 1'56.280 1.105 0.171
19 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM KTM 1'56.486 1.311 0.206
20 6 Stefan BRADL GER HRC Honda Team Honda 1'56.686 1.511 0.200
21 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'56.902 1.727 0.216
22 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 1'56.964 1.789 0.062
23 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 1'57.008 1.833 0.044
24 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 1'57.204 2.029 0.196
25 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1'57.322 2.147 0.118
26 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 1'57.560 2.385 0.238