Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Free Practice (3) Results
Bagnaia stays fastest for Ducati with a new lap record at Mugello during Free Practice 3 for the Italian MotoGP.
Vinales fell in the closing stages of the session and was pushed out of a top ten place, meaning he misses out direct access to the second and final part of qualifying.
Joining Vinales in Qualifying 1 will be the likes of Marc Marquez and Rossi, with the top 19 riders covered by less than one-second!
All riders set their best times of the weekend so far this morning.
Aleix Espargaro is riding for the first time since arm pump surgery. Injured rookie Jorge Martin is being replaced by Ducati test rider Michele Pirro. Marc Marquez, sidelined for nine months after complications to a broken right arm at Jerez last July, is taking part in his fourth event since returning to MotoGP action - and struggling with pain and lack of strength in his right shoulder.
The official MotoGP top speed record is 362.4km/h (225.2mph) set by Zarco in Qatar earlier this year - and equalled by the KTM of Binder this morning.
With Mugello missing from last year's calendar, the current rookies (Marini, Bastianini and Savadori) plus the 2020 rookies (Binder, Alex Marquez and Lecuona) are all competing at the track for the first time in the premier-class.
MUUUUGELLO!
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Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Free Practice (3) Results Pos Rider Nat Team Time/Diff Lap Max 1 = Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) 1'45.456s 17/19 353k 2 ^2 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.157s 17/20 348k 3 ^2 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.196s 17/18 362k 4 ^5 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) +0.245s 17/17 358k 5 ^5 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +0.269s 17/17 358k 6 ˅4 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.298s 20/20 347k 7 ˅1 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.335s 17/19 358k 8 ^3 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.369s 19/21 353k 9 ^4 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.402s 17/19 352k 10 ˅7 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.409s 14/18 341k 11 ^6 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.439s 19/20 345k 12 = Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.557s 20/20 348k 13 ˅5 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +0.559s 14/15 358k 14 = Michele Pirro ITA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +0.647s 16/18 358k 15 ˅8 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.855s 18/18 346k 16 = Luca Marini ITA Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +0.876s 17/18 353k 17 ˅2 Danilo Petrucci ITA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +0.899s 15/19 353k 18 ^3 Valentino Rossi ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.902s 18/20 348k 19 ^1 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* +0.991s 16/19 350k 20 ˅1 Enea Bastianini ITA Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +1.171s 19/19 356k 21 ˅3 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.397s 19/19 352k 22 = Iker Lecuona SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +1.791s 15/16 352k * Rookie.
Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than FP2.
= Rider is same position as FP2.
˅X Rider is X positions lower than FP2.
Riders directly to Qualifying 2 - Top 10 Combined Practice Times: Pos Rider Nat Team 1 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) 2 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 3 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) 4 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) 5 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) 6 Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 7 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) 8 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 9 Pol Espargaro ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 10 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) Fastest Friday time:
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1m 46.147sOfficial Mugello MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 45.519s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 47.639s (2013)By Peter McLaren
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
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