But it certainly won’t be easy for them to secure the top two slots in Q1 if rain falls for FP3. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) is the man splitting the Ducati duo, with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) just 0.047 slower than Petrucci in P14. 15th fastest Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) has a 100% Q2 record so far in 2019, so the Japanese rider poses a real threat if the times stay the same after FP3. Five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda Team) is another big name to find himself down the timesheets, so it’ll be a titanic Q1 session as things stand.

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