Catalunya MotoGP: Dovizioso tops FP3, Marquez loses out
Andrea Dovizioso replaced Ducati team-mate Jorge Lorenzo at the top of the timesheets during Free Prac🅘tice 3 for tꦆhe Catalunya MotoGP.
But the biggest news was tha💝t world championship ꩵleader Marc Marquez fell for the second time this weekend, dropping him outside the overall top ten and meaning he will need to take part in Qualifying 1.
The Repsol Honda rider had only been twelfth fastest after day one, but quickly 🧜rose up the ordꦯer to third overall in FP3.
Andrea Dovizioso replaced Ducati team-mate Jorge Lorenzo at t𒁃he top of the timesheets during Free Practice🍸 3 for the Catalunya MotoGP.
But the biggest news 💫was that world championship leader Marc Marquez fell for the second time this weekend, dropping him outside the overall top ten and meaning he will need to take part in Qualifying 1.
The 🐓Repsol Honda rider had only been twelfth fastest after day one, but𝓡 quickly rose up the order to third overall in FP3.
However as the late push for a flying lap began, Marquez lost the front of his♊ RC213V on entry to Turn 1𓆏0 at the end of the back straight.
The incident meant Marquez could only look on helplessly as he w🌼as shuffled down the order🅘 to eleventh, with no time to get back on track after returning to the pits for minor repairs.
It is the first time since Mugello 2015 that Marquez has not achieved direct access to ⛎Qualifying 2.
Dovizioso meanwhile topped the session with a 1m 38.923s, just 0.007s unde🀅r Lorenzo's✨ Friday best. Lorenzo, like Suzuki's Andrea Iannone, failed to improve this morning but the pair remained second and fourth fastest overall.
Lorenzo did not fit🐻 new tyres this morning - staying on used softs throughout and setting a 1m 39.795s with 22 laps on his tyres! - while Iannone put new softs at the end.
Between them was Movistar Yamaha's Maverick Vinales, with LCR Honda's Cal Crღutchlow behind Iannone in fifth despite a fall at Tu🧸rn 2.
Monster Yamaha Tech3's Johann Zarco, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha), Danilo Petrucci (Pramac Ducati), Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) and Tito Rabat (Avintia Ducati) completed the top rider riders secur🃏ing direct access to Qualifying 2.
Rabat, Rossi, Zarco and Crutchlow Joined Marquez and Dovizioso꧂ in leading the timesheets during the🐷 FP3 session.
The late push saw most riders fit brand new soft-soft tyres. However Honda riders Crutchlow, Pedrosa and Marquez opted for the mediu🎶m-soft combination - the RCV still working the front harder than most - which Marquez was using at the time of his fall.
Marquez has his second fall of the weekend in the closing minutes of FP3.
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Marquez's Qualifying 💎1 opposition will include impressive rookie Hafizh Syahrin (Tech3), who narrowly lost his overnight top ten place, plus Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro and Pramac Ducati's Jack Miller.
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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.