San Marino Misano MotoGP FP3 Grand Prix: Quartararo in charge, Pol Espargaró third and Zarco narrowly misses the boat

Yamahas in good shape, Ducatis struggling, a discreet Álex Rins while Pol Espargaró made the show on his KTM, all with, again and again, a Marc Márquez in the leading trio on the only Honda pointing in the lead. top 10. This is the appearance of this San Marino Grand Prix in Misano at the end of its first day on Friday and before starting a Saturday which will be decisive for the places on the starting grid. A deadline that begins in this morning FP3 which is the last chance to enter a top 10 directly opening the doors to Q2... 

Who will be able to get into this good wagon? John Zarco believes in it. Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts…

Misano MotoGP™	2018	2019
FP1	1'32.608 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'33.153 Fabio Quartararo
FP2	1'32.198 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'32.775 Maverick Viñales
FP3	1'32.788 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'32.081 Fabio Quartararo
FP4	1'32.633 Maverick Viñales (See here)
Q1	1'32.389 Dani Pedrosa (See here)
Q2	1'31.629 Jorge Lorenzo (See here)
warm up	1'32.536 Marc Márquez (See here)
Course	Dovizioso, Marquez, Crutchlow (See here)
All time lap record	1'31.629 Jorge Lorenzo (2018)

It's 26,6 degrees in the air and 28 degrees on the track, all under mild skies and bright sunshine. These will be the conditions offered to the pilots for the 45 minutes of exercise. Before starting hostilities, Valentino Rossi presents the special helmet he will wear for this home meeting for him…

The first reference is signed by Marc Marquez in 1'33.429. He is followed by Pol Espargaró that we definitely don't stop with our KTM! Iannone falls at turn 4. This is his second fall since Friday.

After ten minutes of work, Casa Particular in Viñales takes the lead in 1'33.083 ahead Quartararo, Marquez et Pirro, the guest at Ducati. Pol Espargaró closes this very provisional top 5 to Valentino Rossi.

The first quarter of an hour passed with Marc Marquez in control, author of a 1'33.051 which gave him the advantage. It runs on full medium like Crutchlow 18th. His teammate Lorenzo, 22nd is in full soft. Nakagami is in medium soft and points ninth. Discreet until then, Alex Rins enters the top 10… Dovizioso is not there and he has been refused quite a few laps due to using the track too wide.

The last quarter of an hour has begun and Pirro along with Petrucci are the only Ducati riders potentially in Q2. Marc Márquez continues its work in full medium while the track climbs above 31°. The misfortunes of Lorenzo continue with a technical problem declared on his Honda…

Johann zarco signs the eighth time in full soft and thus enters Q2. But general hostilities are also launched since Nakagami also invites himself to the party with his Honda. Here is the seventh Japanese of the session. There are less than ten minutes left. Dovizioso climbs sixth.

The last five minutes have begun. Pol Espargaró clocked a 1'33.069 which placed him second. The first five are within a tenth... But it's splitting up in the peloton. Under the checkered flag, we see a Quarterly dominating in 1'32.081, more than three tenths ahead Casa Particular in Viñales. Pol Espargaró is third with his KTM, ahead Marc Márquez six tenths of the leading man. Morbidely et Nakagami follow. Rossi is seventh ahead Rins, Pirro et Dovizioso who saves his head right in front of a zarco beaten for entry into Q2 by only 33 thousandths…

Olive tree follows the Frenchman, Crutchlow is only thirteenth and beaten by his teammate. Petrucci is 17th, Lorenzo 19th at 1s870 Fabio. Miller is 16th.

San Marino Misano MotoGP FP3 Grand Prix: times

1	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Yamaha	1'32.081
2	12	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	1'32.437	0.356	0.356
3	44	Pol ESPARGARÓ	KTM	1'32.646	0.565	0.209
4	93	Marc MÁRQUEZ	Honda	1'32.686	0.605	0.040
5	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Yamaha	1'33.056	0.975	0.370
6	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	1'33.098	1.017	0.042
7	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'33.103	1.022	0.005
8	42	Alex RINS	Suzuki	1'33.140	1.059	0.037
9	51	Michael PIRRO	Ducati	1'33.294	1.213	0.154
10	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'33.340	1.259	0.046
11	5	johann zarco	KTM	1'33.373	1.292	0.033
12	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'33.426	1.345	0.053
13	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'33.432	1.351	0.006
14	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'33.448	1.367	0.016
15	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'33.497	1.416	0.049
16	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'33.550	1.469	0.053
17	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	1'33.680	1.599	0.130
18	41	Aleix ESPARGARÓ	Aprilia	1'33.890	1.809	0.210
19	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	1'33.951	1.870	0.061
20	53	Tito RABAT	Ducati	1'34.177	2.096	0.226
21	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	1'34.423	2.342	0.246
22	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	1'34.537	2.456	0.114
23	55	Hafiz Syahrin	KTM	1'34.644	2.563	0.107