#SanMarinoGP Moto2 FP3: Morbidelli imposes his law

A storm of blue skies and a track heated to 29° welcomed the Moto2 protagonists for an FP3 which was also the last test gallop before this afternoon's qualifying. Friday revealed a Pasini leader of a category which will do without an Alex Márquez injured in the pelvis and who returned home to recover. One less competitor for a title race which will be played out first between Morbidelli and Lüthi, who will be teammates next year in MotoGP.

Before launching the debates, here is the situation in table.

#SanMarinoGP Moto2™	2016	2017
FP1	1'38.307 Takaaki Nakagami	1'38.205 Alex Marquez
FP2	1'37.737 Takaaki Nakagami	1'38.061 Mattia Pasini
FP3	1'37.908 Takaaki Nakagami
Qualification	1'37.436 Johann Zarco
Warm Up	1'37.749 Takaaki Nakagami
Course	Baldassarri, Rins, Nakagami
All time lap record	1'36.754 Zarco 2015

In 1'38.104, Syahrin showed from the outset that the track was welcoming for great performances. A message received by Morbidely who signed the first achievement under 1'38 of the weekend with a 1'37.941 which put him in control of the exercise, after a little over ten minutes. lecuona fell at turn 16, barely his good eighth time validated. After a quarter of an hour of jousting, Courses on the SpeedUp, agitated on the Suter were third and fourth, ahead of a Lüthi fifth preceding Pasini.

The same Pasini who fell twenty minutes from the goal at turn 2. Axel Pons imitated him at turn 8. The surprise came fromAugusto Fernandez, 20 year old Spaniard, who finished fifth on the other SpeedUp. fabio quartararo, for his part, took ninth position at the start of the final quarter of an hour.

Joe Roberts fell at turn 6. In sight of the checkered flag, Lüthi raised his voice and entered the leading trio. Axel Pons suffered his second fall of the morning, at turn 6 this time.

Finally, Morbidely remained untouchable in front Syahrin, Nakagami which was revealed late, Lüthi, Courses, agitated, Fernandez, Pasini, Manzi et Quarterly which closed the top 10.

#SanMarinoGP Moto2 FP3: Chronos

1	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Kalex	1'37.941
2	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Kalex	1'38.104	0.163	0.163
3	12	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	1'38.338	0.397	0.234
4	24	Simone COURSES	Speed ​​Up	1'38.384	0.443	0.046
5	77	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	1'38.409	0.468	0.025
6	37	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Speed ​​Up	1'38.478	0.537	0.069
7	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	1'38.526	0.585	0.048
8	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	1'38.535	0.594	0.009
9	62	Stefano MANZI	Kalex	1'38.565	0.624	0.030
10	40	Fabio QUARTARARO	Kalex	1'38.583	0.642	0.018
11	27	Iker LECUONA	Kalex	1'38.744	0.803	0.161
12	57	Edgar PONS	Kalex	1'38.795	0.854	0.051
13	87	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	1'38.822	0.881	0.027
14	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'38.832	0.891	0.010
15	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'38.860	0.919	0.028
16	19	Xavier SIMEON	Kalex	1'38.870	0.929	0.010
17	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'38.903	0.962	0.033
18	2	Jesko RAFFIN	Kalex	1'39.000	1.059	0.097
19	11	Sandro CORTESE	Suter	1'39.022	1.081	0.022
20	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	1'39.049	1.108	0.027
21	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	1'39.051	1.110	0.002
22	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	1'39.077	1.136	0.026
23	32	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	1'39.087	1.146	0.010
24	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'39.169	1.228	0.082
25	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'39.197	1.256	0.028
26	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Tech 3	1'39.293	1.352	0.096
27	49	Axel PONS	Kalex	1'39.312	1.371	0.019
28	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	Suter	1'39.588	1.647	0.276
29	20	Joe ROBERTS	Kalex	1'39.939	1.998	0.351
30	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	1'40.231	2.290	0.292
31	6	Tarran MACKENZIE	Suter	1'40.628	2.687	0.397
32	22	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	1'40.751	2.810	0.123