Vinales tops Practice 3 as Marquez returns

Maverick Vinales

All eyes were on Marc Marquez's return to action just six days after fracturing his humerus last weekend, but it was Maverick Vinales who blitzed the Jerez lap record to lead MotoGP Andalusian Grand Prix Practice 3 at Jerez.

Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) set a new Jerez lap record to edge out Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) – a 1:36.584 for the Spaniard, Quartararo 0.059 off. Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) completed the top three.

In the end, Marc Marquez would finish 19th, 1.2sec off the all-time lap record after completing 18 laps. Will we see the eight-time Champion in practice 4, qualifying and the race, or is the pain just too great?

Practice 3 Results

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nat	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap
1	12	Maverick VIÃ'ALES	SPA	Yamaha	1'36.584	0.000	0.000
2	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Yamaha	1'36.643	0.059	0.059
3	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Ducati	1'36.710	0.126	0.067
4	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Honda	1'36.842	0.258	0.132
5	63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Ducati	1'36.847	0.263	0.005
6	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Ducati	1'36.937	0.353	0.090
7	33	Brad BINDER	RSA	KTM	1'36.938	0.354	0.001
8	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Yamaha	1'36.988	0.404	0.050
9	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	KTM	1'36.995	0.411	0.007
10	36	Joan MIR	SPA	Suzuki	1'37.053	0.469	0.058
11	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia	1'37.070	0.486	0.017
12	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Yamaha	1'37.180	0.596	0.110
13	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	KTM	1'37.278	0.694	0.098
14	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati	1'37.295	0.711	0.017
15	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Ducati	1'37.304	0.720	0.009
16	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	Honda	1'37.557	0.973	0.253
17	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Honda	1'37.621	1.037	0.064
18	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	Ducati	1'37.828	1.244	0.207
19	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Honda	1'37.882	1.298	0.054
20	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Aprilia	1'38.016	1.432	0.134
21	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	KTM	1'38.360	1.776	0.344
	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Suzuki	No Time	N/A	N/A

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