Mugello MotoGP: Marquez tops FP3, Vinales to Q1

Vinales had ended Friday's running second-fastest, but could not improve on his laptime in FP3 and was knocked out of the combined-classification top 10 at the death.

Having convincingly topped both of Friday's sessions, Suzuki's Andrea Iannone was into the lead once more six minutes into FP3 and concluded his first run two tenths clear of LCR's Cal Crutchlow.

Pramac Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci soon edged a few hundredths closer to Iannone's 1m47.236s effort, and remained in the runner-up spot until teammate Jack Miller, who had crashed at the Correntaio right-hander earlier in the session, improved to just 0.066s off the Suzuki man's pace.

As late-session soft-tyre time attacks kicked off, Iannone was finally deposed by compatriot Valentino Rossi, the Yamaha rider dipping below the 1m47s mark.

Shortly thereafter, Honda rider Marquez fired in the best lap of the weekend so far, eclipsing Iannone's Friday benchmark with a 1m46.439s.

His lap also surpassed the pole record, which had likewise been set by Iannone, on a Ducati back in 2015.

Ducati's Jorge Lorenzo improved to second place behind Marquez, before being relegated to third by Rossi at the chequered flag, as the Yamaha man wound up 0.336s slower than the Spaniard.

Iannone ended the session in fourth, ahead of Tech 3 Yamaha's Johann Zarco, Petrucci and Crutchlow.

Marc VDS Honda rider Franco Morbidelli followed Marquez throughout the Spaniard's pace-setting lap and managed to book his first Q2 appearance as a result, finishing eighth in FP3.

Iannone's Suzuki teammate Alex Rins stunned Vinales at the chequered flag by snatching ninth place and securing a Q2 berth, while Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso also advanced from 10th.

Miller and Honda's Dani Pedrosa are the other frequent frontrunners who will be joining Vinales in Q1.

Session results

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	20	1'46.439
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	20	1'46.775	0.336
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	17	1'46.782	0.343
4	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	19	1'46.790	0.351
5	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	18	1'46.863	0.424
6	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	18	1'46.946	0.507
7	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	18	1'46.946	0.507
8	21	Franco Morbidelli	Honda	17	1'46.987	0.548
9	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	18	1'47.056	0.617
10	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	16	1'47.086	0.647
11	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	16	1'47.134	0.695
12	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	19	1'47.227	0.788
13	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	16	1'47.248	0.809
14	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	21	1'47.249	0.810
15	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	21	1'47.257	0.818
16	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Yamaha	15	1'47.269	0.830
17	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	22	1'47.460	1.021
18	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	18	1'48.019	1.580
19	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	18	1'48.093	1.654
20	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	16	1'48.148	1.709
21	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	19	1'48.194	1.755
22	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	17	1'48.534	2.095
23	12	Thomas Luthi	Honda	19	1'48.799	2.360
24	10	Xavier Simeon	Ducati	19	1'49.224	2.785