It’s Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) who was the closest rival to the top two, the Spaniard sitting 0.251 off Quartararo, with Championship leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) 0.444 back in P4 and Franco Morbidelli in fifth as the two Petronas Yamaha SRT riders continue to impress.
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The Italian, who bounced back from a monster crash in FP3 earlier in the day, will be joined in the fight for pole position by premier class rookie Joan Mir, after the Suzuki Ecstar rider moved ahead of fellow freshman Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Racing) in the closing stages.
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It’s Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) who was the closest rival to the top two, the Spaniard sitting 0.251 off Quartararo, with Championship leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) 0.444 back in P4 and Franco Morbidelli in fifth as the two Petronas Yamaha SRT riders continue to impress.
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“We are the only team now with options in terms of machinery and riders,” said Xaus on his plans for the 2020 MotoGP™ season. “Maybe we can keep going with Ducati, we’re comfortable with them and for the first time ever, the machinery they provide us is equal to any of the other teams. Step by step, it’s giving us the results.
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Rodrigo set his fastest lap of 1:48.450 with half of the session still remaining before coming down pitlane and waiting for the final few minutes for a last gasp time attack in typical lightweight class fashion. However, not wanting to offer a slipstream and a helping hand to any of his rivals, he exited pitlane too late meaning he didn’t get the chance to post a final flying lap. Instead, he had to sit, watch and cross his fingers.
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However, Ciabatti did admit that Ducati’s intentions are to keep things how they are: “But the direction we think the correct one is to keep everything like it is on the factory team and on Pramac team. So we’ll start talking with respective managers and also to Paolo Campinoti during this weekend to see if we can make it happen. Obviously, it’s a process what we’ll start this weekend.”
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A multiple-rider crash saw Hildhan Kusuma, Adenanta Putra, Tatchakorn Buasri and Abdul Mutaqim all go down, and soon after the Red Flag was shown, bringing the race to an early end. That meant that last time over the line decided the winner – and it had been close. By an infinitesimal 0.060 the win goes to Nishimura, with the Japanese rider just ahead of Munandar, and Matsuyama completes the podium. Thongnoppakun and Igarashi complete the top five.
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Conditions were spot on for the intermediate class to better their Friday times and every rider did so, with a place in the top 14 and Q2 beckoning. The two Speed Up riders were at the sharp end of the times from the off and it was home rider Navarro who would end FP3 at the top of the combined standings thanks to an early flying lap – but only just. 0.068 is the gap between the top five riders in Moto2™ heading into qualifying, with SKY Racing Team VR46’s Luca Marini fourth at the end of play, the Italian also getting his work done in the early stages of the session to sit 0.017 off Lowes.
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However, FP3 would end badly for Petronas Yamaha SRT. Franco Morbidelli, while battling to keep his place in the top ten, suffered a big highside at Turn 13, with Quartararo then experiencing his first premier class crash at Turn 2 – luckily for the 20-year-old, he was safe from dropping out the top ten.
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