It was in the very last minutes that the young Italian won, ahead of Juanfran Guevara, Aron Canet, Brad Binder and Fabio Quartararo.
Objective: 1'39.556, because this was the time that the Italian Enea Bastianini had achieved the day before for the Gresini team. Juanfran Guevara ranked second for the RBA Racing team, just nine hundredths behind the Transalpin. Joan Mir good third ahead of the new World Champion Brad Binder, but above all dominated his two main opponents for the place of best rookie 2016 Nicolo Bulega twentieth and Fabio di Giannantonio twenty-second. Nobody thought much of Bulega's chances due to his shoulder still suffering since Aragon. For this FP3, the temperature close to 10° was more favorable than the day before.
The first significant time this Saturday morning was to the credit of Gabriel Rodrigo in 1'40.726. Andrea Migno took the lead in 1'40.632, ahead of Jorge Navarro and Brad Binder. But Navarro fell without seriousness in turn 12. Joan Mir moved into first position in 1'39.769, while Stefano Valtulini fell in turn 10. Brad Binder became leader in 1'39.909, while Fabio Quartararo occupied eighth position at 0.6 from South Africa. Enea Bastianini's team – then fourth – was a little worried because he had lost a kilo of muscle mass because he had not been able to train enough due to the consequences of his injury. “ But he's a solid driver » was affirmed by Fausto Gresini.
Juan Guevara took the lead 2 minutes from the end in 1'39.890. Andrea Locatelli replaced him in 1'39.628, and the Italian won ahead of Guevara, Canet, Binder and Quartararo, while Danilo ranked thirty-first and Boulom thirty-fourth.
FP3 ranking,
| 1 | 55 | Andrea LOCATELLI | KTM | 1'39.628 | ||
| 2 | 58 | Juanfran GUEVARA | KTM | 1'39.824 | 0.196 | 0.196 |
| 3 | 44 | Aaron CANET | Honda | 1'39.858 | 0.230 | 0.034 |
| 4 | 41 | Brad BINDER | KTM | 1'39.909 | 0.281 | 0.051 |
| 5 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | KTM | 1'39.928 | 0.300 | 0.019 |
| 6 | 23 | Niccolo ANTONELLI | Honda | 1'39.965 | 0.337 | 0.037 |
| 7 | 36 | Joan Mir | KTM | 1'39.974 | 0.346 | 0.009 |
| 8 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | Honda | 1'40.006 | 0.378 | 0.032 |
| 9 | 88 | Jorge MARTIN | Mahindra | 1'40.009 | 0.381 | 0.003 |
| 10 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 1'40.037 | 0.409 | 0.028 |
| 11 | 64 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | KTM | 1'40.079 | 0.451 | 0.042 |
| 12 | 16 | Andrea MIGNO | KTM | 1'40.102 | 0.474 | 0.023 |
| 13 | 42 | Marcos RAMIREZ | Mahindra | 1'40.181 | 0.553 | 0.079 |
| 14 | 11 | Livio LOI | Honda | 1'40.201 | 0.573 | 0.020 |
| 15 | 19 | Gabriel RODRIGO | KTM | 1'40.253 | 0.625 | 0.052 |
| 16 | 33 | Enea BASTIANINI | Honda | 1'40.285 | 0.657 | 0.032 |
| 17 | 63 | Vicente PEREZ | Peugeot | 1'40.303 | 0.675 | 0.018 |
| 18 | 31 | Raul FERNANDEZ | KTM | 1'40.378 | 0.750 | 0.075 |
| 19 | 98 | Karel HANIKA | KTM | 1'40.403 | 0.775 | 0.025 |
| 20 | 40 | Darryn BINDER | Mahindra | 1'40.446 | 0.818 | 0.043 |
| 21 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | KTM | 1'40.484 | 0.856 | 0.038 |
| 22 | 8 | Nicholas BULEGA | KTM | 1'40.518 | 0.890 | 0.034 |
| 23 | 48 | Lorenzo FROM THE DOOR | KTM | 1'40.545 | 0.917 | 0.027 |
| 24 | 76 | Hiroki ONO | Honda | 1'40.551 | 0.923 | 0.006 |
| 25 | 4 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Honda | 1'40.617 | 0.989 | 0.066 |
| 26 | 12 | Albert Arenas | Peugeot | 1'40.622 | 0.994 | 0.005 |
| 27 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | Honda | 1'40.663 | 1.035 | 0.041 |
| 28 | 24 | Tatsuki SUZUKI | Mahindra | 1'40.709 | 1.081 | 0.046 |
| 29 | 7 | Adam NORRODIN | Honda | 1'40.720 | 1.092 | 0.011 |
| 30 | 89 | Khairul Idham PAWI | Honda | 1'41.014 | 1.386 | 0.294 |
| 31 | 95 | Jules DANILO | Honda | 1'41.084 | 1.456 | 0.070 |
| 32 | 26 | Daniel SAEZ | KTM | 1'41.293 | 1.665 | 0.209 |
| 33 | 77 | Lorenzo PETRARCA | Mahindra | 1'42.409 | 2.781 | 1.116 |
| 34 | 99 | Enzo BOULOM | Mahindra | 1'42.622 | 2.994 | 0.213 |
| 35 | 43 | Stefano VALTULINI | Mahindra | 1'43.235 | 3.607 | 0.613 |
