Rabat, Pedrosa and Rins the best in the MotoGP Warm up at Brno

The World Motorcycle Championship kicked off Sunday’s action with the warm-up sessions for all three categories at the Brno Circuit, where we saw Tito Rabat, Dani Pedrosa and Álex Rins as the fastest, with the Moto2 riders being the first to take to the track, followed by MotoGP and Moto3 closing the sequence.

So the first to take to the track were the riders from the intermediate category, with Tito Rabat as the fastest, setting a lap time of 2:02.945, while Sandro Cortese finished behind him, just 0.008s off the leader, so things were very tight at the front. The third-place rider was also just 0.021s away, with Nico Terol being the third contender.

Completing the top 10 with Kallio 4th, Espargaró 5th, Luthi 6th, Nakagami 7th, Simeon 8th, Redding 9th and 10th Zarco. The rest of our riders finished Torres 12th, Simón 13th, Elías 18th, Moncayo 23rd, Cardús 25th, Rivas 27th and Pons 29th. There were some crashes among them, including Simón’s, fortunately without physical consequences.

The next to head out onto the Czech track were the MotoGP riders, with Dani Pedrosa as the best, being the fastest with a time of 1:56.515, while Marc Márquez finished behind him, just 0.003s off the leader, so again very close. In addition, the riders of the premier class were able to rehearse the flag-to-flag procedure, the pit entry to change bikes in case of rain.

Completing the top 10 with Rossi 3rd, Lorenzo 4th, Crutchlow 5th, Bradl 6th, Smith 7th, Bautista 8th, Hayden 9th and 10th Dovi. With Espargaró 12th and Barbera 15th.

Last to head out onto the circuit were the Moto3 riders, with Álex Rins as the best, setting a time of 2:08.451, while Jonas Folger finished behind him, just 0.068s off the leader, and completing the top 10 were Viñales 3rd, I. Viñales 4th, Márquez 5th, Vázquez 6th, Salom 7th, Miller 8th, Masbou 9th and 10th Mcphee. The rest of our riders finished Carrasco 33rd and Guevara 35th.

Now on to the races.

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