MotoGP: Bagnaia tops third Misano practice

Francesco Bagnaia will head into Saturday’s qualifying as the premier class’ fastest rider, with the Ducati man’s 1:31.936 giving him 0.039s to spare over Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) as the two look set to duel it out at the Octo Grand Prix of San Marino. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) will also want to be part of that conversation, and the Aussie sits third on the timesheets.

As usual, the once great Marc Marquez crashed again. He has not been the same rider since his serious arm injury, and may never be the same again.

Who made Q2, and who’s in Q1?

Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) ensured both GSX-RR’s will be in Q2 while Johann Zarco left it late to make his move, but in the end, it was good enough for P7. He’ll be joined by Pramac Racing teammates Jorge Martin and Michele Pirro, who finished just behind Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team).

There are some big names who will scrap it out in Q1, with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) having his best time cancelled for exceeding track limits. He and Marquez will be joined by some other big hitters like Red Bull KTM’s Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira, as well as the returning Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP).

Practice 3 Results

Pos	Name	Team	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap
1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1m31.936s	+0.000s	+0.000s
2	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1m31.975s	+0.039s	+0.039s
3	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1m32.089s	+0.153s	+0.114s
4	Joan Mir	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1m32.136s	+0.2s	+0.047s
5	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1m32.2s	+0.264s	+0.064s
6	Alex Rins	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1m32.324s	+0.388s	+0.124s
7	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1m32.364s	+0.428s	+0.04s
8	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1m32.416s	+0.48s	+0.052s
9	Jorge Martin	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1m32.427s	+0.491s	+0.011s
10	Michele Pirro	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1m32.432s	+0.496s	+0.005s
11	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	1m32.481s	+0.545s	+0.049s
12	Stefan Bradl	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1m32.55s	+0.614s	+0.069s
13	Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1m32.637s	+0.701s	+0.087s
14	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1m32.644s	+0.708s	+0.007s
15	Alex Marquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	1m32.807s	+0.871s	+0.163s
16	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1m32.838s	+0.902s	+0.031s
17	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1m33.041s	+1.105s	+0.203s
18	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1m33.053s	+1.117s	+0.012s
19	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	1m33.06s	+1.124s	+0.007s
20	Andrea Dovizioso	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1m33.074s	+1.138s	+0.014s
21	Luca Marini	SKY VR46 Avintia Team	Ducati	1m33.12s	+1.184s	+0.046s
22	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1m33.235s	+1.299s	+0.115s
23	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1m33.305s	+1.369s	+0.07s
24	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1m33.325s	+1.389s	+0.02s