MotoGP: Bagnaia tops third Mugello practice with lap record

Ducati factory rider Francesco Bagnaia set a new MotoGP lap record of Mugello as he topped the third practice session ahead of the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.

Bagnaia led his title rival Fabio Quartararo by 0.157s with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Brad Binder also under two tenths away from Bagnaia in third, as we witness the South African equal the top speed record.

The man searching for a 2021 hat-trick of wins is fourth behind Bagnaia, Quartararo and Binder, his name is of course Miller as the Aussie and Zarco complete the top five. Rins, Oliveira, Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar), Pol Espargaro and Morbidelli were able to sail into Q2, as just 0.409s covers the leading 10 riders ahead of qualifying at Mugello.

Viñales sits 11th after FP3 and will have to contest in the opening part of qualifying. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), Aleix Espargaro and Nakagami are also outside the all-important top 10, as just under a second splits the top 19.

This means one thing: the fight for the final two Q2 places will be intense in Q1, and the pole position battle is shaping up to be a barn burner.

Practice 3 Results

Pos	Name	Team	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap
1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1m45.465s	0.000s	0.000s
2	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1m45.613s	0.157	0.157
3	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1m45.652s	0.196	0.039
4	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1m45.701s	0.245	0.049
5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1m45.725s	0.269	0.024
6	Alex Rins	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1m45.754s	0.298	0.029
7	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1m45.791s	0.335	0.037
8	Joan Mir	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1m45.825s	0.369	0.034
9	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1m45.858s	0.402	0.033
10	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1m45.865s	0.409	0.007
11	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1m45.895s	0.439	0.030
12	Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1m46.013s	0.557	0.118
13	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1m46.015s	0.559	0.002
14	Michele Pirro	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1m46.103s	0.647	0.088
15	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	1m46.311s	0.855	0.208
16	Luca Marini	SKY VR46 Avintia Team	Ducati	1m46.332s	0.876	0.021
17	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1m46.355s	0.899	0.023
18	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1m46.358s	0.902	0.003
19	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1m46.447s	0.991	0.089
20	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	1m46.627s	1.171	0.180
21	Alex Marquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	1.46s	1.397	0.226
22	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1m47.247s	1.791	0.394