Lorenzo quickest out of the blocks at Brno
Marquez’s teammate Pedrosa completed the provisional front row, ahead of the two Factory Ducati Team GP15's. Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone both had at their disposal an updated version of the bike, with a new engine and fairing, although both set their fastest times of the session on the older version. Dovizioso finished just 0.322s behind Lorenzo, with Iannone (+0.415s) less than a tenth further back.
Lorenzo’s teammate and current championship leader Rossi ended the session in sixth (+0.539s) as he looks to use practice more effectively to solve his qualifying woes, with Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith in 7th.
Aleix Espargaro (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and his teammate Maverick Vinales were in eighth and ninth respectively, with Cal Crutchlow on the CWM LCR Honda completing the top ten.
Scott Redding (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) found himself in 13th, just ahead of the leading Open rider Hector Barbera (Avintia Racing) in 14th. Irishman Eugene Laverty (Aspar MotoGP Team) was 18th, with the returning Forward Racing team’s Loris Baz in 20th and Jack Miller (CWM LCR Honda) in 22nd. Local rider Karel Abraham finished the session in 25th on his comeback from his foot injury.
Results
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time | Behind | Gap |
1 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1'56.499 | 0.000s | 0.000s |
2 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1'56.650 | 0.151 | 0.151 |
3 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1'56.784 | 0.285 | 0.134 |
4 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1'56.821 | 0.322 | 0.037 |
5 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1'56.914 | 0.415 | 0.093 |
6 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1'57.038 | 0.539 | 0.124 |
7 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1'57.137 | 0.638 | 0.099 |
8 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1'57.597 | 1.098 | 0.460 |
9 | 25 | Maverick VIÂ¥ALES | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1'57.753 | 1.254 | 0.156 |
10 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 1'57.781 | 1.282 | 0.028 |
11 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1'57.983 | 1.484 | 0.202 |
12 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1'58.195 | 1.696 | 0.212 |
13 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 1'58.365 | 1.866 | 0.170 |
14 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1'58.416 | 1.917 | 0.051 |
15 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1'58.445 | 1.946 | 0.029 |
16 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 1'58.549 | 2.050 | 0.104 |
17 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1'58.589 | 2.090 | 0.040 |
18 | 50 | Eugene LAVERTY | IRL | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 1'58.656 | 2.157 | 0.067 |
19 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1'58.669 | 2.170 | 0.013 |
20 | 76 | Loris BAZ | FRA | Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 1'58.720 | 2.221 | 0.051 |
21 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1'59.434 | 2.935 | 0.714 |
22 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 1'59.559 | 3.060 | 0.125 |
23 | 71 | Claudio CORTI | ITA | Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 2'00.074 | 3.575 | 0.515 |
24 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | E-Motion IodaRacing Team | ART | 2'00.122 | 3.623 | 0.048 |
25 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | AB Motoracing | Honda | 2'01.881 | 5.382 | 1.759 |