Rins, Márquez and Rabat the best in MotoGP FP3 at Misano

The World Motorcycle Racing Championship kicked off on Saturday with the third free practice session at the Misano Marco Simoncelli Circuit, where we were able to see all three categories in action, under ideal conditions to head out on track and with plenty of excitement.

The first riders to hit the track were the Moto3 riders, with Álex Rins setting the fastest time at 1:42.917, while Jonas Folger finished behind him, 0.194s off the pace, with plenty still to come. Completing the top 10 were Viñales 3rd, Miller 4th, Márquez 5th, Fenati 6th, Sissis 7th, Oliveira 8th, I. Viñales 9th and Binder 10th. As for our riders, the rest were Vázquez 12th, Salom 16th, Carrasco 26th and Guevara 31st.

Behind them, it was the turn of the riders in the premier class, MotoGP, with the fastest rider of this FP3 being Marc Márquez, setting a time of 1:33.975, while second place went to Dani Pedrosa, 0.149s behind the leader. The top 10 was completed by Lorenzo 3rd, Rossi 4th, Dovi 5th, Bautista 6th, Bradl 7th, Iannone 8th, Hayden 9th and Espargaró 10th.

Meanwhile, the combined times from the three sessions left the following riders moving directly through to Q2: Márquez, Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Rossi, Dovi, Bautista, Bradl, Iannone, Espargaró and Hayden. Two more riders will reach Q2 later through the Q1 repechage.

The last riders to hit the track were the Moto2 riders, with Tito Rabat as the best of the final free practice session at the Italian circuit, setting a time of 1:37.835, followed by Takaaki Nakagami, 0.207s behind the leader. The top 10 was completed by Espargaró 3rd, Zarco 4th, Redding 5th, Luthi 6th, Schrotter 7th, Simeon 8th, Pasini 9th and Cortese 10th.

As for the rest of our riders, Simón finished 11th, Terol 13th, Torres 17th, Cardús 19th, Moncayo 20th, Mariñelarena 23rd and Pons 26th. There were also several crashes, including Morbidelli’s and Pons’s own, among others.

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