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Jerez MotoGP: Quartararo breaks lap record in FP3
Fabio Quartararo set a new lap record in MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix FP3 to lead the session by 0.052 seconds, while Alex Rins missed the Q2 qualifying cut.
Lewis Duncan
Edited: Jul 18, 2020, 2:42 PM
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The cooler track conditions relative to FP2 meant several riders improved on combined times almost immediately, with Suzuki’s Alex Rins taking over top spot in FP3 with a 1m38.309s putting him fifth overall.
Around 10 minutes after Rins set his lap, Pramac Ducati’s Jack Miller took over top spot on the individual FP3 timesheet with a 1m37.375s, which moved him into third on the combined times.
The first major improvement came from Joan Mir on the sister Suzuki, who fired in a 1m37.333s to better Marc Marquez’s best time from Friday’s running.
Mir’s run at the top of the standings was short-lived, however, as Quartararo took over with a 1m37.182s with just over 20 minutes to go.
The Petronas Yamaha rider – who said on Friday that the 2020 Yamaha is not as easy to ride as its predecessor - proceeded to dip underneath his outright lap record set last year in qualifying with a 1m36.806s.
Quartararo’s laptime came under threat in the closing stages, with Mir getting to within 0.102s on his final effort.
Miller posed the biggest threat to Quartararo’s time, but would miss out by just 0.052s with his 1m36.858s in second spot.
Reigning world champion Marquez was fourth on the Honda, though may find himself under investigation by race direction after appearing to impede Rins late in the session.
Maverick Vinales rounded out the top five on his works team Yamaha, with Crutchlow heading Franco Morbidelli on the second Petronas M1 and a late-improving Valentino Rossi, who said after Friday he was “never fast” in practice.
Francesco Bagnaia clung onto a direct spot in Q2 in ninth on his Pramac Ducati, with Andrea Dovizioso sneaking into 10th at the death by 0.038s to push KTM’s Pol Espargaro into Q1.
The surprise scalp in FP3 was Rins, who was shuffled out of the Q2 places into 12th in the end, with the Suzuki rider edging ahead of Danilo Petrucci (Ducati), Takaaki Nakagami (LCR) and Johann Zarco (Avintia).
Aleix Espargaro was top Aprilia runner in 17th, his woes in the slightly cooler conditions seemingly continuing.
Tech3 rookie Iker Lecuona was the only crasher, the Spaniard suffering a low-speed off at Turn 2 in the closing stages.
Spanish GP - Third practice results:
Cla # Rider Bike Time Gap 1 20 Fabio Quartararo
Yamaha 1'36.806 2 43 Jack Miller
Ducati 1'36.858 0.052 3 36 Joan Mir
Suzuki 1'36.908 0.102 4 93 Marc Marquez
Honda 1'37.029 0.223 5 12 Maverick Viñales
Yamaha 1'37.046 0.240 6 35 Cal Crutchlow
Honda 1'37.099 0.293 7 21 Franco Morbidelli
Yamaha 1'37.112 0.306 8 46 Valentino Rossi
Yamaha 1'37.130 0.324 9 63 Francesco Bagnaia
Ducati 1'37.171 0.365 10 4 Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati 1'37.185 0.379 11 44 Pol Espargaro
KTM 1'37.223 0.417 12 42 Alex Rins
Suzuki 1'37.307 0.501 13 9 Danilo Petrucci
Ducati 1'37.363 0.557 14 30 Takaaki Nakagami
Honda 1'37.462 0.656 15 5 Johann Zarco
Ducati 1'37.629 0.823 16 33 Brad Binder
KTM 1'37.655 0.849 17 41 Aleix Espargaro
Aprilia 1'37.701 0.895 18 53 Tito Rabat
Ducati 1'37.749 0.943 19 73 Alex Marquez
Honda 1'37.761 0.955 20 27 Iker Lecuona
KTM 1'37.783 0.977 21 88 Miguel Oliveira
KTM 1'38.071 1.265 22 38 Bradley Smith
Aprilia 1'38.229 1.423 View full results
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