The Estrella Galicia Honda team of Emilio Alzamora achieved a good group shot during this third session, with the best time of the weekend so far for Aron Canet, ahead of Enea Bastianini Fabio di Giannantonio, Joan Mir, Philipp Oettl, Marcos Ramirez and Romano Fenati.
| #SanMarinoGP MotoGP |
2016 |
2017 |
| FP1 |
1'33.451 Valentino Rossi |
1'33.556 Marc Marquez |
| FP2 |
1'32.769 Pol Espargaro |
1'33.231 Danilo Petrucci |
| FP3 |
1'32.451 Marc Marquez |
1'42.413 Aron Canet |
| FP4 |
1'33.043 Valentino Rossi |
|
| Q1 |
1'33.059 Michele Pirro |
|
| Q2 |
1'31.868 Jorge Lorenzo |
|
| Warm Up |
1'33.068 Marc Marquez |
|
| Course |
Pedrosa, Rossi, Lorenzo |
|
| All time lap record |
1'31.868 Lorenzo 2016 |
If FP1 had not been of immense interest due to a drying track (best lap in 1'46), on the other hand FP2 took place at a very high pace, with Fabio di Giannantonio lapping faster than Locatelli's lap record of 1'42.620. On this Saturday morning, the air temperature for the third free practice session was 22° and that of the track was 19°. The route was completely dry.
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John McPhee fell on his first lap, without seriousness in the last corner (small error on cold tires, according to him, of no consequence). The first fast time was the work of Romano Fenati in 1'44.177. Philipp Oettl then preceded him in 1'44.136. Romano Fenati regained his position in 1'43.486. He preceded Andrea Migno and Marcos Ramirez. Jules Danilo was twenty-fourth.
Andrea Migno fell without seriousness in turn 10. Fenati improved his best time to 1'43.157, ahead of Marco Bezzecchi (CIP) brilliant at Misano. Joan Mir, then fifth, switched to new tires but did not improve at first. He accelerated on the next lap and moved into second position, 0.07 behind Fenati.
Joan Mir took first place a quarter of an hour from the checkered flag, in 1'43.112, 0.04 ahead of Romano Fenati. Tatsuki Suzuki moved into third position for Paolo Simoncelli's SIC58 Squadra Corse team. Nicolo Bulega was fourth ahead of Enea Bastianini and Marco Bezzecchi. Jules Danilo was twenty-seventh.
Johan McPhee came out of the pits with his repaired Honda, following his crash at the start of the session, to complete his first timed lap with 7 minutes remaining before the end of this third session. Niccolo Antonelli fell without seriousness with his KTM in turn 2. He was then in ninth position.
Joan Mir progressed in the final minutes in 1'43.072, 0.08 ahead of Romano Fenati. Aron Canet improved to 1'42.854, 0.02 ahead of Joan Mir. The pace intensified significantly during the final laps. Enea Bastianini took first in 1'42.760, then Canet improved to 1'42.413, the best time since the start of the weekend.
🏁 # Moto3 FP3#BritishGP race winner @aroncanet44 goes fastest before qualifying this afternoon for the #SanMarinoGP 💪 pic.twitter.com/Yup2gtpBqO
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) September 9, 2017
Ultimately, Aron Canet kept the best time ahead of his teammate Enea Bastianini Fabio di Giannantonio, Joan Mir, Philipp Oettl, Marcos Ramirez and Romano Fenati. Jules Danilo ranked twenty-ninth.
Results of the third free practice session:
1- Aron Canet – Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Honda NSF250RW – 1’42.413
2- Enea Bastianini – Estrella Galicia 0,00.347
3- Fabio Di Giannantonio – Del Conca Gresini Moto3 – Honda NSF250RW – + 0.379
4- Joan Mir – Leopard Racing – Honda NSF250RW – +0.463
5- Philipp Öttl – Südmetall Schedl GP Racing – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.582
6- Marcos Ramirez – Platinum Bay Real Estate – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.649
7- Ayumu Sasaki – SIC Racing Team – Honda NSF250RW – + 0.725
8- Romano Fenati – Marinelli Rivacold Snipers – Honda NSF250RW – +0.744
9- Gabriele Rodrigo – RBA BOÉ Racing Team – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.757
10- Livio Loi – Leopard Racing – Honda NSF250RW – + 0.782
11- Marco Bezzecchi – CIP – Mahindra MGP3O – + 0.903
12- Nicolò Bulega – Sky Racing Team VR46 – KTM RC 250 GP – + 0.972
13- Nakarin Atiratphuvapat – Honda Team Asia – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.015
14- Tatsuki Suzuki – Sic 58 Squadra Corse – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.032
15- Jorge Martin – Del Conca Gresini Moto3 – Honda NSF250RW – +1.045
16- Andrea Migno – Sky Racing Team VR46 – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.099
17- Niccolò Antonelli – Red Bull KTM Ajo – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.131
18- Bo Bendsneyder – Red Bull KTM Ajo – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.170
19- Tony Arbolino – Sic 58 Squadra Corse – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.319
20- Kaito Toba – Honda Team Asia – Honda NSF250RW – + 1.353
21- Jakub Kornfeil – Peugeot MC SaxoPrint – Peugeot GP3-17 – + 1.436
22- Jaume Masia – Platinum Bay Real Estate – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.516
23- Adam Norrodin – SIC Racing Team – Honda NSF250RW – +1.605
24- Lorenzo Dalla Porta – Aspar Mahindra Moto3 – Mahindra MGP3O – + 1.621
25- Manuel Pagliani – CIP – Mahindra MGP3O – + 1.636
26- Kevin Zannoni – Althea Racing – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.708
27- Juanfran Guevara – RBA BOÉ Racing Team – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.749
28- Patrik Pulkkinen – Peugeot MC SaxoPrint – Peugeot GP3-17 – + 1.929
29- Jules Danilo – Marinelli Rivacold Snipers – Honda NSF250RW – + 2.388
30- Maria Herrera – AGR Team – KTM RC 250 GP – + 2.473
31- Alex Fabbri – Minimoto Portomaggiore – Mahindra MGP3O – + 3.086
32- John McPhee – British Talent Team – Honda NSF250RW – + 3.237
Reference times:
Test record: 1'42.209 by Danny Kent (Honda Leopard Racing) in 2015
Lap record: 1'42.627 by Andrea Locatelli (KTM Leopard Racing) in 2016
Best top speed: 210,9 km/h for Efren Vasquez (Honda SaxoPrint-RTG) in 2014
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 Joan MIR-Honda 226 points
2 Aron CANET-Honda 162
3 Romano FENATI-Honda 160
4 Jorge MARTIN-Honda 121
5 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO-Honda 101
6 John MCPHEE-Honda 96
7 Marcos RAMIREZ-KTM 92
8 Andrea MIGNO-KTM 91
9 Enea BASTIANINI-Honda 85
10 Philipp OETTL-KTM 71
…18 Jules DANILO-Honda 29
