Stryia MotoGP: Mir puts Suzuki on top in FP3

Joan Mir took charge in FP3 at the BMW M Grand Prix of Styria after the Spaniard slammed in a 1:23.456 to head Fabio Quartararo by 0.153 going into qualifying this afternoon.

After a troubled Friday on his Petronas Yamaha in which he was hit with a mystifying “bad” feeling on Michelin’s tyres, Fabio Quartararo made an early improvement on the combined timesheets.

Takaaki Nakagami was P3 having set the exact same time as Andrea Dovizioso – the Japanese rider’s second best time quicker than the Italian’s – as the top 15 in FP3 were covered by less than half a second. It was another tantalizingly close premier class session.

Vinales rounded out the top five ahead of Friday pacesetter Pol Espargaro, with the KTM rider’s 1m23.638s from FP2 keeping him sixth overall.

Practice 3 Results

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap
1	36	Joan MIR	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1’23.456	0.000	0.000
2	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1’23.607	0.151	0.151
3	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	1’23.610	0.154	0.003
4	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	1’23.610	0.154	0.000
5	12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’23.617	0.161	0.007
6	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’23.660	0.204	0.043
7	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	1’23.725	0.269	0.065
8	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1’23.727	0.271	0.002
9	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1’23.754	0.298	0.027
10	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’23.795	0.339	0.041
11	33	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’23.798	0.342	0.003
12	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	1’23.879	0.423	0.081
13	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	1’23.881	0.425	0.002
14	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	1’23.889	0.433	0.008
15	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’23.950	0.494	0.061
16	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	1’24.126	0.670	0.176
17	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1’24.136	0.680	0.010
18	51	Michele PIRRO	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’24.296	0.840	0.160
19	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1’24.423	0.967	0.127
20	6	Stefan BRADL	GER	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’24.617	1.161	0.194
21	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’24.742	1.286	0.125
22	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	1’25.047	1.591	0.305