MotoGP: Morbidelli tops practice 3 in Barcelona

Franco Morbidelli’s (Petronas Yamaha SRT) 1:38.929 on his final flying lap saw the Italian beat former teammate and World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) in FP3 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, the Yamaha pair split by just 0.046s on a sunny Saturday morning.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Miguel Oliveira cemented a top three at the end of the session as two-time 2021 race winner Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) is squeezed out of an automatic Q2 place.

Practice 3 Results

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap.
1	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1’38.929	0.000s	0.000s
2	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’38.975	0.046	0.046
3	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’39.051	0.122	0.076
4	63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1’39.073	0.144	0.022
5	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1’39.079	0.150	0.006
6	33	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’39.166	0.237	0.087
7	12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’39.282	0.353	0.116
8	36	Joan MIR	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1’39.324	0.395	0.042
9	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1’39.426	0.497	0.102
10	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1’39.495	0.566	0.069
11	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	1’39.498	0.569	0.003
12	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’39.519	0.590	0.021
13	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’39.689	0.760	0.170
14	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’39.701	0.772	0.012
15	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’39.760	0.831	0.059
16	89	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’39.816	0.887	0.056
17	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’39.918	0.989	0.102
18	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	1’39.928	0.999	0.010
19	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati	1’40.075	1.146	0.147
20	23	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	1’40.743	1.814	0.668
21	32	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1’41.180	2.251	0.437