#JapaneseGP Moto3 FP3: Great feat from Manuel Pagliani for Alain Bronec's CIP

Pagliani used his CIP Mahindra magnificently well in the wet to succeed in winning ahead of the cream of the category. He was ahead of Tatsuki Suzuki, Nicolo Bulega, Romano Fenati, Joan Mir, Aron Canet and Albert Arenas.

#JapaneseGP Moto3™	2016	2017
FP1	1'57.523 Nicolo Bulega	2'09.577 Nicolo Bulega
FP2	1'56.982 Enea Bastianini	2'10.628 Romano Fenati
FP3	1'56.651 Brad Binder	2'09.935 Manuel Pagliani
Qualification	1'56.443 Hiroki Ono
Warm Up	1'57.455 Hiroki Ono
Course	Bastianini, Binder, Bulega (Ono disqualified, see here)
All time lap record	1'56.443 Hiroki Ono 2016

The weather was quite similar to that of the day before, with the track wet, 14° for the air temperature and 16° for that of the asphalt. The best time the day before was achieved by Nicolo Bulega during FP1 in 2'09.577. He then clearly dominated with his teammate Andrea Migno on their Sky Racing Team VR46 KTMs ahead of their compatriot Romano Fenati.

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It was no longer raining by the time the session started, but the track was uniformly wet. Romano Fenati was the first to set a relatively fast lap in 2'12.7. Fenati kept the best time in 2'11.7, 0.1 ahead of Albert Arenas and 0.2 ahead of Niccolo Antonelli. The Sky Racing Tram VR46 riders left the pits later than the day before, with one of their KTMs experiencing a shifter problem that needed to be changed.

Niccolo Antonelli was the first of the session to fall without seriousness in turn 4, even though he had just set the fastest time on the Team Ajo KTM in 2'11.272. Albert Arenas was second in his Mahindra, 0.002 behind Antonelli.

Not the way @_Nicco23 wanted to start his day!

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Manuel Pagliani, one of the two drivers of Alain Bronec's CIP team, was running very regularly in the wet, like the day before. At mid-session he was in fifth place behind Niccolo Antonelli, Albert Arenas, Nicolo Bulega and Romano Fenati. Pagliani continued to attack and took command in 2'11.248. He improved shortly after in 2'10.867.

Lorenzo Dalla Porta fell without seriousness in turn 4. Nicolo Bulega moved up to second position, 0.5 behind Pagliani. But Pagliani, in great form, accelerated again in 2'10.343, 0.3 ahead of Nicolo Bulega, 0.4 over Joan Mir and 0.9 over Niccolo Antonelli.

5 minutes from the end of this third free practice session, Manuel Pagliani was still dominating, while his CIP teammate Alain Bronec Marco Bezzecchi was also well placed with the eighth time. Then Pagliani continued his festival by being the only one to go below 1.10, exactly in 2'09.935. He then preceded Romano Fenati by 0.6, Nicolo Bulega by 0.7 and Joan Mir by 0.9.

Tatsuki went on the attack two minutes from the end and set the ninth time, 0.096 behind Pagliani (96 incidentally being the Italian's race number). Adam Norrodin fell without seriousness at the end of the session.

Manuel Pagliani finally finished first ahead of Tatsuki Suzuki, Nicolo Bulega, Romano Fenati, Joan Mir, Aron Canet and Albert Arenas.

Ranking of the third free practice session:

1. Manuel Pagliani ITA CIP (Mahindra) 2m 9.935s
2. Tatsuki suzuki JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 2m 10.031s
3. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 10.220s
4. Roman Fenati ITA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 2m 10.235s
5. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (Honda) 2m 10.539s
6. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 2m 10.697s
7. Albert Arenas SPA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 2m 10.797s
8. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 2m 10.888s
9. Enea Bastianini ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 2m 11.188s
10. Philipp Oettl GER Südmetall Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 2m 11.202s
11. George Martin SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 2m 11.239s
12. Ayumu Sasaki JPN SIC Racing Team (Honda) 2m 11.242s
13. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 11.272s
14. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 2m 11.285s
15. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 2m 11.330s
16. Adam Norrodin MAL SIC Racing Team (Honda) 2m 11.346s
17. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 2m 11.348s
18. Marco Bezzecchi ITA CIP (Mahindra) 2m 11.349s
19. Jules Danilo FRA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 2m 11.509s
20. Nakarin Atiratphuvapat THA Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 11.640s
21. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 2m 11.669s
22. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 2m 11.731s
23. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 11.977s
24. John mcphee GBR British Talent Team (Honda) 2m 12.311s
25. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 12.395s
26. Livio Law BEL Leopard Racing (Honda) 2m 12.507s
27. Tony Arbolino ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 2m 12.538s
28. Patrick Pulkkinen END Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 12.765s
29. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 2m 12.790s
30. Kaito Toba JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 14.922s
31. Tom Toparis AUS Cube Racing (KTM) 2m 18.292s