All you need to know about third MotoGP practice at Jerez

Ducati MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia led points leader Fabio Quartararo by 0.006s in the third premier-class practice session of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez.

key moments:

> Bagnaia back on form

> Marquez arrests his slump

> Rins to Q1

> Three Honda crashes

Bagnaia set his 1m36.782s with 15 minutes to go, and his benchmark withstood a late barrage from Quartararo, whose post-checked flag bid to deposit the Italian came up just short.

The two Hondas of LCR rider Takaaki Nakagami and factory man Marc Marquez completed the top four around a tenth behind the duo, albeit Marquez had looked well off the pace for much of the session before capitalizing on a tow from the Ducati of Jack Miller to book his Q2 spot.

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The two Aprilias of Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro also advanced to Q2 in fifth and seventh respectively, with Gresini Ducati’s Enea Bastianini between them.

The final three automatic Q2 spots went to Joan Mir (Suzuki), Jorge Martin (Pramac Ducati) and Miller, with VR46 Ducati rookie Marco Bezzecchi missing out by a tenth.

Suzuki’s Alex Rins, level on points the top of the standings with Quartararo, will have to face Q1, as will Quartararo’s works team-mate Franco Morbidelli – despite Rins and Morbidelli being just half a second off the Frenchman’s pace.

The entire KTM contingent – down to three riders this weekend due to Raul Fernandez’s lingering hand injury – will also contest Q1.

There were three crashes during the session, and all three came courtesy of Honda riders in the final minutes.

Wildcard Stefan Bradl, LCR rider Alex Marquez – who had one of his bikes expire on track early in the session – and works rider Pol Espargaro fell late on, the latter having been on a lap that may have taken him directly into Q2.

Practice 3 results

position	Surname	team	bike	Gap Next	gap leader	best time
1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo team	Ducati			1m36.782s
2	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+0.006s	+0.006s	1m36.788s
3	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	+0.111s	+0.117s	1m36.899s
4	Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+0.026s	+0.143s	1m36.925s
5	Maverick Vinales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	+0.05s	+0.193s	1m36.975s
6	Enea Bastianini	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	+0.001s	+0.194s	1m36.976s
7	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	+0.083s	+0.277s	1m37.059s
8th	Joan Mir	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	+0.001s	+0.278s	1m37.06s
9	Jorge Martin	Pramac Racing	Ducati	+0.014s	+0.292s	1m37.074s
10	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo team	Ducati	+0.05s	+0.342s	1m37.124s
11	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	+0.077s	+0.419s	1m37.201s
12	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	+0.029s	+0.448s	1m37.23s
13	Alex Rins	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	+0.063s	+0.511s	1m37.293s
14	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+0.021s	+0.532s	1m37.314s
15	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+0.001s	+0.533s	1m37.315s
16	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+0.179s	+0.712s	1m37.494s
17	Pol Espargaro	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+0.136s	+0.848s	1m37.63s
18	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	+0.012s	+0.86s	1m37.642s
19	Andrea Dovizioso	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	+0.089s	+0.949s	1m37.731s
20	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	+0.149s	+1.098s	1m37.88s
21	Stefan Bradl	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+0.133s	+1.231s	1m38.013s
22	Remy Gardner	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+0.082s	+1.313s	1m38.095s
23	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	+0.112s	+1.425s	1m38.207s
24	Alex Marquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	+0.03s	+1.455s	1m38.237s
25	Darryn Binder	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	+0.001s	+1.456s	1m38.238s

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