Marquez tops final practice, then crashes
Marquez had just posted a time of 2:01.906 and had set two fastest sector times when he lost the front end of his Honda under braking for the left hander at The Loop. Marquez limped away and was able to return to the circuit for the final few moments of the session.
Andrea Dovizioso was second for Ducati, just 0.034s behind Marquez. Dani Pedrosa, who ended Marquez’s run of victories last time out at Brno, was third fastest.
Valentino Rossi was fourth, ahead of Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo, with Pol Espargaro in sixth.
Stefan Bradl ended in seventh despite suffering from a crash during the closing moments of the session, while Bradley Smith, Andrea Iannone and Aleix Espargar¢ rounded out the top 10.
British riders Scott Redding and Cal Crutchlow will have to participate in Q1 after ending third practice in 13th and 15th positions respectively.
Results
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'01.906 | 0.000 / 0.000 |
2 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 2'01.940 | 0.034 / 0.034 |
3 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'02.116 | 0.210 / 0.176 |
4 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2'02.243 | 0.337 / 0.127 |
5 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2'02.359 | 0.453 / 0.116 |
6 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2'02.368 | 0.462 / 0.009 |
7 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 2'02.564 | 0.658 / 0.196 |
8 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2'02.605 | 0.699 / 0.041 |
9 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2'02.726 | 0.820 / 0.121 |
10 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 2'02.886 | 0.980 / 0.160 |
11 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 2'02.912 | 1.006 / 0.026 |
12 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2'02.912 | 1.006 |
13 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 2'03.368 | 1.462 / 0.456 |
14 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 2'03.845 | 1.939 / 0.477 |
15 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Ducati Team | Ducati | 2'04.319 | 2.413 / 0.474 |
16 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 2'04.350 | 2.444 / 0.031 |
17 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 2'04.655 | 2.749 / 0.305 |
18 | 2 | Leon CAMIER | GBR | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 2'04.735 | 2.829 / 0.080 |
19 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 2'05.732 | 3.826 / 0.997 |
20 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 2'06.021 | 4.115 / 0.289 |
21 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 2'06.053 | 4.147 / 0.032 |
22 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 2'06.909 | 5.003 / 0.856 |
23 | 23 | Broc PARKES | AUS | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 2'07.648 | 5.742 / 0.739 |