After a first day dominated by the Italian Fabio di Giannantonio, the Spanish leader of the World Championship responded this Saturday morning. Joan Mir was fastest ahead of Nicolo Bulega, Romano Fenati, John McPhee, Philipp Oettl and Jorge Martin.
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#ItalianGP Mugello Moto3 |
2016 |
2017 |
| FP1 |
2'09.992 Khairul Idham Pawi |
1'58.387 Romano Fenati |
| FP2 |
1'58.489 Hiroki Ono |
1'57.328 Fabio di Giannantonio |
| FP3 |
1'57.789 Niccolo Antonelli |
1'57.462 Joan Mir |
| Qualification |
1'57.289 Romano Fenati |
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| Warm up |
1'58.701 Enea Bastianini |
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| Course |
Binder, Di Giannantonio, Bagnaia (see here) |
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| All time lap record |
1'56.615 Danny Kent 2015 |
The time to improve during this third free practice session was the 1'57.328 set the day before by Fabio di Giannantonio, who said hello this Saturday morning:
we have # Moto3 FP3 up first this morning
@FabioDiggia21 👋#ItalianGP pic.twitter.com/aVFeiNVimK
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) June 3, 2017
At KTM, only Bo Bendsneyder and Niccolo Antonelli used the new, recently approved frame. The other KTM teams were entitled to it, regulations required, but preferred to keep the old model while waiting for the official team to succeed in making the new one work. Several technical managers of client teams explained that also a change between two GPs was problematic, after so many tests to adapt the current frames to the tastes of the drivers.
Joan Mir set the first fast lap during the initial run in 1'58.594. He preceded Albert Arenas, rather discreet until then, as did his Mahindra official team Aspar. Nicholas Bulega took second position from him on his Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM, despite persistent back pain following his involvement in the collective crash at the French Grand Prix.
Jorge Martin set the best time in 1'57.976 on his Honda Gresini. After the fastest time of his teammate Fabio di Giannantonio the day before, this indicated that the Italian team could count on two competitive drivers for its national Grand Prix. As Romano Fenati closed in second, George Martin accelerated in 1'57.809.
With just under 15 minutes to go before the checkered flag, many riders were switching from medium Dunlop tires to softs, and groups were starting to form to benefit from the aspiration on the 1 meters of the course (especially for the Moto141s) straight line. And obviously some were waiting for the right wheel.
'After you...' 😆#ItalianGP pic.twitter.com/F7iHpiHHVp
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) June 3, 2017
Joan Mir was the first to come close to di Giannantonio's best time from the day before, in 1'57.462. Jules Danilo then occupied twenty-third position at 1.9. Philipp Oettl, back from injury following testing at the Jerez GP, and not in good shape at Le Mans, climbed to a good third position.
Under the checkered flag, Fabio di Giannantonio maintained the best time of the three sessions in 1'57.328. Joan Mir was the fastest this Saturday morning in 1'57.462, ahead of Nicolo Bulega, Romano Fenati, John mcphee, Philipp Oettl and Jorge Martin. Jules Danilo was twelfth at 0.9.
Results of the third free practice session:
1. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 57.462s
2. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.630s
3. Roman Fenati ITA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda)
1m 57.744s
4. John mcphee GBR British Talent Team (Honda) 1m 57.761s
5. Philipp Oettl GER Südmetall Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 57.804s
6. George Martin SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 1m 57.809s
7. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 1m 57.813s
8. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 1m 57.892s
9. Tony Arbolino ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 1m 58.157s
10. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 58.230s
11. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.312s
12. Jules Danilo FRA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda)
1m 58.449s
13. Tatsuki suzuki JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 1m 58.498s
14. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 58.567s
15. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 1m 58.663s
16. Marco Bezzecchi ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 58.715s
17. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 1m 58.860s
18. Livio Law BEL Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 58.913s
19. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 58.947s
20. Albert Arenas SPA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 1m 58.956s
21. Enea Bastianini ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 58.975s
22. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra)
1m 59.026s
23. Adam Norrodin MAL SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 59.052s
24. Manuel Pagliani ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 59.066s
25. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 59.222s
26. Ayumu Sasaki JPN SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 59.280s
27. Nakarin Atiratphuvapat THA Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 59.485s
28. Kaito Toba JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 59.491s
29. Patrick Pulkkinen END Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot)
2m 0.437s
30. Maria Herrera SPA AGR Team (KTM) 2m 0.587s
31. Edoardo Sintoni ITA 3570-MTA (Mahindra) 2m 0.718s
Reference times:
Test record: 1'56.615 by Danny Kent (Honda Leopard Racing) in 2015
Lap record: 1'57.318 by Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in 2015
Top speed: 244,0 km/h for Nicolo Bulega (KTM SKY Racing Team VR46) in 2016
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 Joan MIR-Honda 99 points
2 Romano FENATI-Honda 65
3 Aron CANET-Honda 63
4 Jorge MARTIN-Honda 59
5 John MCPHEE-Honda 53
6 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO-Honda 51
7 Andrea MIGNO-KTM 43
8 Marcos RAMIREZ-KTM 36
9 Juanfran GUEVARA-KTM 34
10 Enea BASTIANINI-Honda 31
11 Nicolo BULEGA-KTM 22
12 Philipp OETTL-KTM 20
13 Jules DANILO-Honda 16
