MotoGP Thailand Buriram FP3: Andrea Dovizioso responds to Yamaha (for form)

It was a Yamaha trio who won yesterday on the Chang track during the first two free practice sessions. Fabio Quartararo, Maverick Viñales and Franco Morbidelli managed to keep the Hondas and Ducatis of the official teams at bay. It was Jack Miller, the Pramac Racing rider who managed to get in by taking fourth place on the Ducati. Marc Márquez, who had a big scare yesterday in FP1, still took part in FP2, enjoying the luxury, even in pain, of placing sixth. So it's time for the players in this category to close this last free practice session before the qualifying sessions begin.

Buriram MotoGP™	2018	2019
FP1	1'31.220 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'30.979 Maverick Viñales (See here)
FP2	1'31.090 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'30.404 Fabio Quartararo
FP3	1'30.399 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'36.250 Andrea Dovizioso
FP4	1'30.693 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)
Q1	1'30.031 Marc Márquez (See here)
Q2	1'30.088 Marc Márquez (See here)
warm up	1'30.863 Marc Márquez (See here)
Course	Márquez, Dovizioso, Vinales (See here)
All time lap record	1'30.031 Marc Márquez (2018)

It's 25 degrees in the air, under an overcast sky, and 31,5 degrees on the track.

The pilots will only have 35 minutes due to the delay taken by Moto3, given the rain which disrupted the session. Certain curves which pose a problem due to the accumulation of water there.

It's launched and it was Márquez who set the reference time in 1.42.011s before Miller et Petrucci. Dovizioso, Vinales closed the top5. The World Champion pushes further and improves his time in 1.41.835s. Behind, there is jostling, Dovizioso comes to position itself second, Petrucci third. The tricolor Quarterly points in tenth position, Red is fourth. The Suzukis are ninth for Kidneys and fifteenth for Mir in 1.44.932s.

20 minutes from the end of the session, Petrux takes the best time in 1.41.570s before Morbidely et Marquez

But the Yamaha official, Viñales pushes and in turn achieves the best time in 1.41.088s. Behind, the rookie bagnaia seems comfortable in his conditions, he placed second best time in front Mir (1.41.501s) on the Suzuki.

 

At the checkered flag, it was Dovizioso on slick tires who took the best time in 1.36.250s ahead of Morbidelli, Rins, Márquez et Vinales. 

 

Pos	number	Pile	Motorcycle	Chrono	1st gap
1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'36.250
2	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Yamaha	1'37.074	0.824
3	42	Alex RINS	Suzuki	1'37.644	1.394
4	93	Marc MÁRQUEZ	Honda	1'38.864	2.614
5	12	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	1'38.949	2.699
6	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	1'39.057	2.807
7	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'39.502	3.252
8	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'39.926	3.676
9	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Yamaha	1'40.019	3.769
10	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'40.152	3.902
11	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'40.232	3.982
12	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'40.289	4.039
13	82	Mika Kallio	KTM	1'40.389	4.139
14	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	1'40.463	4.213
15	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	1'40.886	4.636
16	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'41.251	5.001
17	53	Tito RABAT	Ducati	1'41.351	5.101
18	55	Hafiz Syahrin	KTM	1'41.409	5.159
19	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	1'41.570	5.320
20	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	1'42.301	6.051
21	44	Pol ESPARGARÓ	KTM	1'42.559	6.309
	41	Aleix ESPARGARÓ	Aprilia	1'45.425	9.175