2021 Spanish MotoGP, Jerez - Free Practice (3) Results
UPDATE: Morbidelli has had another lap cancelled and now drops to eleventh place, putting Miller into the top ten and direct access to Qualifying 2.
Nakagami puts the 2020 Honda chassis on top of the timesheets during Free Practice 3 for the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, while Marc Marquez suffers a massive accident in the closing minutes of the session.
Returning to the scene of his broken right arm last July, Marquez lost the front of his Repsol Honda on entry to the fast Turn 7 – sending him skimming across the gravel and into the airfence.
The eight time world champion was clearly shaken but eventually able to walk away and returned to the pits on the back of a scooter, fortunately without any apparent damage to his right arm, which has required three rounds of surgery since last July.
After being examined at the medical centre, Repsol Honda confirmed that Marquez 'has no major injuries, suffering only a contusion'.
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Spanish MotoGP, Jerez - Free Practice (3) Results Pos Rider Nat Team Time/Diff Lap Max 1 ^5 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) 1'36.985s 17/19 290k 2 = Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.025s 12/18 290k 3 ^8 Stefan Bradl GER HRC (RC213V) +0.041s 16/18 298k 4 ^9 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.051s 17/20 288k 5 ˅2 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +0.064s 14/16 290k 6 ˅1 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.098s 18/22 290k 7 ˅3 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.098s 15/20 288k 8 ˅7 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) +0.151s 20/20 294k 9 = Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +0.172s 18/20 297k 10 ˅2 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.193s 19/21 293k 11 ^1 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) +0.203s 20/21 298k 12 ^4 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.369s 14/17 291k 13 ˅3 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.375s 15/15 292k 14 ^6 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.657s 19/20 292k 15 ^6 Valentino Rossi ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.719s 20/21 286k 16 ˅9 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.725s 20/20 294k 17 ˅3 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.768s 13/18 294k 18 ˅3 Luca Marini ITA Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +0.786s 18/20 290k 19 = Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* +0.829s 14/19 286k 20 ˅2 Enea Bastianini ITA Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +0.928s 18/20 292k 21 ˅4 Danilo Petrucci ITA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +0.949s 13/15 286k 22 ^1 Tito Rabat SPA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +1.428s 19/19 293k 23 ˅1 Iker Lecuona SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +1.516s 17/17 291k * Rookie.
Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than FP2.
= Rider is same position as FP2.
˅X Rider is X positions lower than FP2.
Riders directly to Qualifying 2 - Top 10 Combined Practice Times: Pos Rider Nat Team 1 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) 2 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 3 Stefan Bradl GER HRC (RC213V) 4 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 5 Aleix Espargaro ESP Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 6 Maverick Vinales ESP Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 7 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 8 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) 9 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) 10 Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) Official Jerez MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Maverick Vinales SPA Yamaha 1m 36.584s (2020)
Fastest race lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 38.051s (2019)By Peter McLaren
