MotoGP Germany Sachsenring FP3 LIVE: Quartararo, Miller and Zarco in less than a tenth!

At the end of the first day of the German Grand Prix on the Sachsenring circuit, Miguel Oliveira, fabio quartararo, Maverick Vinales, Alex Rins, Espargaro Pol, Takaaki Nakagami, Aleix Espargaro, Johann zarco, Jack Miller and Franco Morbidelli have pre-qualified for Q2.

These 10 drivers did it during FP2 despite very high track temperatures, which suggests that the times will be further improved this morning for the last semi-qualifying free practice session.

If the Ducatis actually seem to suffer a little from the long series of left turns offered by the German track, and if we witnessed yesterday without much surprise the good performance of the Yamahas on the German turnstile, the overall acclimatization of the Hondas to this particular circuit as well as the confirmation of the progress of the KTMs were more unexpected and constituted good news, not even to mention the positive feedback fromalex rins after his stupid bike fall, nor the constant presence ofAlex Espargaro and his Aprilia in the leading group.

But with a top 10 which is held in just half a second, the game is still far from being made, which will undoubtedly benefit Marc Márquez who, unlike his opponents, has not yet used a soft rear tire...

The 45 minutes ahead therefore promise to be as exciting as they are important, with currently a maximum time of 1'21.228 for direct access to Q2.

The temperatures are still high, with 30° in the air and 37° on the asphalt, as the 22 drivers prepare live under the lenses of Dorna's cameras.

 

Here are the past references:

Sachsenring MotoGP™	2019	2021
FP1	1'21.390 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'21.660 Marc Marquez (See here)
FP2	1'20.705 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'20.690 Miguel Oliveira (See here)
FP3	1'20.347 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'20.348 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP4	1'21.153 Maverick Viñales (See here)
Q1	1'20.933 Valentino Rossi (See here)
Q2	1'20.195 Marc Márquez (See here)
Warm Up	1'23.116 Marc Márquez (See here)
Course	Marquez, Vinales, Crutchlow (See here)
All time lap record	1'20.195 Marc Márquez (2019)

When the red lights go out... Maverick Vinales decides to change tactics and rushes first Franco Morbidellias fabio quartararo remains faithful to his strategy of leaving last.

Here are the tires chosen to start the session:

Marc Márquez also the first reference in 1'22.336 at the end of the first flying lap. On the next pass, the Honda driver is in 1'21.097 (which excludes Franco Morbidelli of the top 10) whileEnea Bastianini minor fall at the first turn.

Miguel Oliveira comes to position itself second in the session ahead of Takaaki Nakagami, Aleix Espargaro et Espargaro Pol while Marc Márquez will cross the gravel of turn 10 without falling.

Quite spectacularly, Iker Lecuona loses control of his KTM when braking for turn #1.

At the end of the first run, the situation did not change except for the arrival of Marc Márquez in the top 10 to the detriment of Franco Morbidelli.

On resumption, Johann zarco rises to fifth position in the session, alex rins to the third. Immediately afterwards, we see the Suzuki rider and his machine pushed into the safety lane…

fabio quartararo use it new Yamaha front mudguard.

Joan mir then took third place in the session, but above all ninth overall, to the detriment of Jack Miller who is currently no longer pre-qualified for Q2. The Suzuki driver even does a little too much…

A quarter of an hour from the checkered flag, Jack Miller, then positioned thirteenth in the session, lights the first three sectors in red before lowering the weekend benchmark to 1'20.526!

In the wake, Takaaki Nakagami places his Honda 34/1000 behind the Australian driver… but Fabio Quartararo then achieved the best time of the weekend in 1'20.348!

Brad Binder enters the top 10 and ousts it Johann zarco. There are 10 minutes left...

Johann zarco then produces his effort with Miguel Oliveira in the spotlight and positions his Ducati GP 21 in second place, 85/1000 behind Fabio Quartararo.

Valentino Rossi improves and reaches the gates of the top 10 while Maverick Vinales minor fall at the first turn. There are 5 minutes left...

Three minutes from the checkered flag, Jack Miller, then dropped back to fourth position, lit three first sectors in red but ultimately had to settle for second place.

Espargaro Pol suffered his third crash of the weekend, this time at turn #8, which led to the yellow flag appearing for a few seconds.

One minute before the flag is lowered, Marc Marquez, then down to ninth position, lights the first two sectors in red and climbs back to fourth place, but sees his lap canceled.

Finally, Fabio Quartararo, Jack Miller, Johann Zarco, Miguel Oliveira, Aleix Espargaro, Jorge Martin, Takaaki Nakagami, Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Márquez and Alex Márquez are pre-qualified for Q2, which is neither the case for the two Suzuki drivers nor for Maverick Vinales, Franco Morbidelli and Pol Espargaro.

See you at 13:30 p.m. for FP4 and 14:10 p.m. for qualifications!

Standings for FP3 of the MotoGP German Grand Prix at Sachsenring:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com