Joan Mir (Team SUZUKI ECSTAR) missed out, as did Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT). It was a disaster for Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) who, with seven minutes remaining on the clock, crashed at Turn 1, leaving him to sprint back to the pits to get on his spare bike. He wasn’t the only one to have a crash in the closing stages though, as Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) made it a hat-trick of crashes at the Sachsenring, this time at Turn 7. Mechanical problems for Alex Rins (Team SUZUKI ECSTAR) meant he missed out too, whilst Danilo Petrucci (Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing), teammate Iker Lecuona – who had a crash and Valentino Rossi (Petronas Yamaha SRT) all improved their times, but couldn’t crack the top ten, meaning they’ll fight it out in what is set to be a power packed Q1.

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