#SpanishGP Moto3 FP3: Martin, Ramirez, Canet, Mir, the Spaniards in form

The young Spanish drivers are very motivated at home, and from this Saturday the battle was intense. Jorge Martin finished this third free practice session in the lead, ahead of Marcos Ramirez, Aron Canet and Joan Mir.

#SpanishGP Moto3	2016	2017
FP1	1'47.241 Brad Binder	2'01.000 Jakub Kornfeil
FP2	1'47.119 Brad Binder	1'49.564 Joan Mir
FP3	1'46.575 Brad Binder	1'46.513 Jorge Martin
Qualification	1'46.223 Nicolo Bulega
Warm Up	1'48.435 Brad Binder
Course	Binder, Bulega, Bagnaia
All time lap record	1'46.173 Jack Miller 2014

The temperature was much more favorable than the day before, with a dry track. The track temperature was 17° and the air temperature was 15°. John mcphee, who had fallen heavily the day before, was not in too much pain, with the exception of a bandaged finger on his left hand. Most of the drivers started on medium at the front and rear to carry out long runs.

Roman Fenati established an interesting first reference time in 1'47.804, already significantly faster than the best time of the day before. Jorge Martin, excellent and surprising second in the provisional ranking of the World Championship, established the second performance at 0.1 from Fenati. Nicholas Bulega brought the best KTM into third position, behind two Hondas. Livio Law fell without gravity in turn 11 following Bulega.

We were changing the shock absorber on the Honda Leopard Racing Joan mir 25 minutes from the checkered flag, the Championship leader was then nineteenth. Aron Canet took the lead in 1'47.729, ahead of Fenati by 0.075. Joan Mir then took the lead in 1'47.162. Canet immediately responded in 1'47.032. Jules Danilo was then in nineteenth position at 1.7.

After all the riders had passed through the pits with around twelve minutes to go, the two KTM Ajo riders moved up the standings, with Will Bendsneyder fourth and Niccolo Antonelli sixth. Philipp Oettl brought the first KTM into fourth position, 0.4 behind Canet.

The groups were formed at the end of the session and both Mir and Canet found themselves stuck. George Martin progressed to first position in 1'46.876, then in 1'46.513. Canet found a clear lap and moved up to second at 0.1.

Marcos Ramirez overtook Canet under the checkered flag for second place. Jorge Martin finished FP3 in the lead, ahead of Marcos Ramirez, Aron Canet and Joan Mir. Jules Danilo finished thirteenth.

Results of the third free practice session (compiled by crash.net)

1. George Martin SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 1m 46.513s
2. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 1m 46.603s
3. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 46.631s
4. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 47.006s
5. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 1m 47.217s
6. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 47.296s
7. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 47.302s
8. Roman Fenati ITA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 1m 47.374s
9. John mcphee GBR British Talent Team (Honda) 1m 47.431s
10. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 1m 47.436s
11. Philipp Oettl GER Südmetall Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 47.452s
12. Tatsuki suzuki JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 1m 47.459s
13. Jules Danilo FRA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 1m 47.671s
14. Albert Arenas SPA Mahindra Northgate Aspar (Mahindra) 1m 47.696s
15. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 47.792s
16. Enea Bastianini ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 47.799s
17. Ayumu Sasaki JPN SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 47.825s
18. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 47.843s
19. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 1m 47.898s
20. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 47.966s
21. Adam Norrodin MAL SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 48.158s
22. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Mahindra Northgate Aspar (Mahindra) 1m 48.166s
23. Marco Bezzecchi ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 48.204s
24. Tony Arbolino ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 1m 48.219s
25. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 1m 48.231s
26. Manuel Pagliani ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 48.377s
27. Maria Herrera SPA AGR Team (KTM) 1m 48.464s
28. Vicente Perez SPA Reale Avintia Academy (KTM) 1m 48.467s
29. Kaito Toba JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 48.676s
30. Livio Law BEL Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 48.892s
31. Raul fernandez SPA Mahindra MRW Aspar Team (Mahindra) 1m 48.895s
32. Patrick Pulkkinen END Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 49.883s
33. Nakarin Atiratphuvapat THA Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 50.184s