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It's relatively cool this morning (17°/20°) and the wind is starting to blow, but the sky is still clear and the sun is present.

The Spanish weather forecast still announces a possibility of rain between 14 and 18 p.m., but the probability has now dropped to 50%, and we can therefore hope for a dry MotoGP race.

But the big news is Alex Lowes package, who will not start the race this afternoon; although nothing broken, the British driver is really suffering with his left ankle following a huge crash yesterday in FP3.

His teammate, Espargaro Pol, despite several falls during testing, including one caused by Marc Marquez, will be good at the start, after an emotional farewell to the British driver…

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FP1 1'48.249 Jorge Lorenzo 1'48.830 Marc Marquez
FP2 1'47.517 Jorge Lorenzo  1'48.429 Dani Pedrosa
FP3 1'47.380 Marc Marquez  1'47.810 Marc Marquez
FP4 1'48.058 Dani Pedrosa 1'48.060 Marc Marquez
Q1 1'47.853 Danilo Petrucci 1'48.596 Danilo Petrucci
Q2 1'46.635 Marc Marquez 1'47.117 Marc Marquez
WUP 1'48.181 Marc Marquez
Course Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Rossi
All time lap record 1'46.635 Marc Marquez

 

The session begins with the fall of Jorge Lorenzo at very high speed in turn #8 (“Corkscrew” entry); not enough to regain confidence in one's Michelin tires that he accuses relatively often...

Meanwhile, Danilo Petrucci, who suffers from memory loss, is at the top of the provisional ranking. But from mid-session, the pace accelerates under the impetus ofAlex Espargaro then the usual tenors, starting with Marc Marquez, While Jorge Lorenzo can leave with his second motorcycle. This allowed him to regain his bearings with a soft front tire and move from 19th place to 8th, just behind his teammate.

Tito Rabat falls without gravity at turn #2 just before the end of the session while Alex Espargaro, who has just had disagreements with Valentino Rossi on this subject,  embarrassment Marc Marquez in a quick turn.
So, he refuses his apology, as we can see in the following video.

Pos. Num. Driver Country Team Moto Km/h Time Difference 1st/Prev.

1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 335.8 1'48.928
2 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 333.1 1'49.004 0.076 / 0.076
3 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 331.3 1'49.172 0.244 / 0.168
4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 339.7 1'49.239 0.311 / 0.067
5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 332.4 1'49.241 0.313 / 0.002
6 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 334.8 1'49.259 0.331 / 0.018
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 334.7 1'49.332 0.404 / 0.073
8 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 331.3 1'49.768 0.840 / 0.436
9 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 336.9 1'49.979 1.051 / 0.211
10 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 336.2 1'50.048 1.120 / 0.069
11 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 335.2 1'50.072 1.144 / 0.024
12 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 332.7 1'50.328 1.400 / 0.256
13 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 331.8 1'50.330 1.402 / 0.002
14 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 331.2 1'50.427 1.499 / 0.097
15 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 327.9 1'50.491 1.563 / 0.064
16 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 333.6 1'50.498 1.570 / 0.007
17 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 334.1 1'50.629 1.701 / 0.131
18 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 329.5 1'50.850 1.922 / 0.221
19 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 327.1 1'51.051 2.123 / 0.201
20 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 328.0 1'51.461 2.533 / 0.410
22 Alex LOWES GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha

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