Marquez leads FP3 at Jerez with a new lap record, while Dovizioso and Vinales miss out on direct access to Qualifying 2. Jerez has been resurfaced since the 2017 event. Kallio has his first wild-card appearance of the season.
Marc Marquez has gone under the lap record at Jerez to lead Saturday morning practice ahead of Cal Crutchlow while MotoGP championship leader Andrea Dovizioso missed out on the top ten which will see him go into Qualifying 1.
Johann Zarco picked up where he left off in last year's Spanish MotoGP race, by again being the top Yamaha rider in Friday practice for the 2018 event.
Jorge Lorenzo spent his 31st birthday on track at Jerez, where the Ducati rider set the seventh fastest time in Friday practice for his home Spanish MotoGP.
Crutchlow fastest on day one at the Spanish MotoGP, as Marquez falls late in FP2. Jerez has been resurfaced since the 2017 event. Kallio has his first wild-card appearance of the season, on an early prototype of the 2019 KTM...
KTM hasn't had much to celebrate on track in MotoGP so far this season, but Pol Espargaro gave the Austrian factory a shot in the arm by setting the third fastest time (+0.043s) in opening practice for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.
The British Talent Cup became a reality in 2018, giving young talent in the British Isles their first step on the road to MotoGP by racing Honda Moto3 machines at selected MotoGP, World Superbike and British Superbike events.