Viñales, Terol and Lorenzo control the MotoGP warm-up in Valencia

The World Motorcycle Championship has started the action on Sunday, the key day at the Valencia Circuit, with the warm-up sessions for all three categories, the Moto3 riders being the first to hit the track, followed by Moto2 and MotoGP.

The first riders to take part in their warm-up were the Moto3 riders, the smallest category, with the fastest being Maverick Viñales, setting a lap time of 1:39.790, while second place went to Jonas Folger, who finished 0.171s behind the leader.

Completing the top 10 were Rins in 3rd, Miller 4th, Salom 5th, Fenati 6th, Ajo 7th, Vázquez 8th, Ferrari 9th and Antonelli 10th. As for our riders, I. Viñales finished 11th, Carrasco 17th, Márquez 24th, Navarro 27th and Guevara 28th.

Behind them, the Moto2 riders, from the intermediate category, took to the track, with Nico Terol as the best, setting a lap time of 1:35.505, while second place went to Thomas Luthi, who finished 0.037s behind the leader.

For their part, the top 10 was completed by Espargaró in 3rd, Corsi 4th, Kallio 5th, De Angelis 6th, Simeon 7th, Torres 8th, Zarco 9th and Rabat 10th. The rest of our riders were Simón 12th, Cardús 21st, Pons 22nd and Moncayo 33rd. The Moto2 Champion suffered a crash and was unable to make the most of the morning practice session until the end, but without major consequences.

And finally, closing this pre-race session, the MotoGP riders, from the premier category, with the best in this last warm-up session being Jorge Lorenzo, setting a lap time of 1:31.073. For their part, second place went to Marc Márquez, who finished 0.181s behind the leader.

Completing the top 10 were Crutchlow in 3rd, Pedrosa 4th, Bradl 5th, Bautista 6th, Rossi 7th, Iannone 8th, Hayden 9th and Smith 10th. With Espargaró 12th and Barberá 13th.

On to the races.

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