Saturday, July 2, 2022

What went down in third Mugello MotoGP practice

Ducati MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia sets the pace in the third Italian Grand Prix practice at Mugello.

key moments:

> Six Ducatis in top seven

> Quartararo sneaks into top 10

> Miller, Marquez and Suzuki duo heading to Q1

The first half of the session was largely dominated by various Ducati-related dramas, with a mechanical problem and three separate crashes complicating life for the Bologna marque’s roster.

A fast off at Correntaio for @PeccoBagnaia! 😱

The Italian is the 4th Ducati rider to have a problem in FP3 but thankfully the Italian is able to walk away! 👍#MotoGP | #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/2F7fHIv3Wo

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 28, 2022

Shortly after Jack Miller had to ride off at Arrabbiata 1 with his Desmosedici apparently failing on him, works team-mate Bagnaia went down at speed at Correntaio, his bike ending up lodged in the tire wall after cartwheeling through the gravel.

Drama for two rookies into San Donato! 😱@Marco12_B and @FabioDiggia49 having some issues early in FP3! 👀#MotoGP | #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/M7n9WMYO7M

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 28, 2022

Either side of that there were crashes for Marco Bezzecchi, who ran into the gravel and tipped off at virtually no speed, and Jorge Martin, who went down on the outside of Scarperia.

More disaster for Ducati! 💢@88jorgemartin slides off at Scarperia! 💥#MotoGP | #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/t2X7cicPFM

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 28, 2022

Soon after returning from his crash, Bagnaia used a fresh soft rear to set the best time of the weekend by far, a 1m45.393s, leaving him nearly three quarters of a second clear in the FP3 timesheets.

The gap was ultimately whittled down to a 0.276s gap by Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro, who was the sole non-Ducati rider in the top seven.

The rest of that top seven was made up by Luca Marini (VR46), Johann Zarco (Pramac), Bezzecchi (VR46), Enea Bastianini (Gresini) and Martin (Pramac).

Two Hondas also booked spots in Q2, with Pol Espargaro making use of a tow from brother Aleix and LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami also getting in.

The final automatic Q2 spot was occupied by Yamaha’s championship leader Fabio Quartararo, who outpaced Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) by just 0.028s.

After a difficult Friday, both Suzuki riders Alex Rins and Joan Mir had to settle for Q1, as did Marc Marquez, who ended up only 21st.

The biggest surprise name in Q1, however, was Miller, who had been third-fastest after Friday but only found around a tenth and a half in FP3.

Going, going, gone! 💥@Bestia23 almost saves this slide! 🤯#MotoGP | #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/u328JQYYQu

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 28, 2022

There were two late crashes in the session, with Bastianini dropping his pace-liveried Ducati and RNF Yamaha rookie Darryn Binder then falling off soon after.

Practice 3 results

position Surname team bike Gap Next gap leader best time
1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo team Ducati 1m45.393s
2 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia Racing Aprilia +0.276s +0.276s 1m45.669s
3 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati +0.093s +0.369s 1m45.762s
4 Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati +0.005s +0.374s 1m45.767s
5 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati +0.086s +0.46s 1m45.853s
6 Enea Bastianini Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati +0.007s +0.467s 1m45.86s
7 Jorge Martin Pramac Racing Ducati +0.019s +0.486s 1m45.879s
8th Pol Espargaro Repsol Honda Team Honda +0.001s +0.487s 1m45.88s
9 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda +0.119s +0.606s 1m45.999s
10 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +0.033s +0.639s 1m46.032s
11 Maverick Vinales Aprilia Racing Aprilia +0.028s +0.667s 1m46.06s
12 Alex Rins Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki +0.004s +0.671s 1m46.064s
13 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati +0.052s +0.723s 1m46.116s
14 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM +0.038s +0.761s 1m46.154s
15 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo team Ducati +0.015s +0.776s 1m46.169s
16 Joan Mir Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki +0.168s +0.944s 1m46.337s
17 Alex Marquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda +0.026s +0.97s 1m46.363s
18 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +0.12s +1.09s 1m46.483s
19 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM +0.017s +1.107s 1m46.5s
20 Michele Pirro Austrian Junior Cup Ducati +0.057s +1.164s 1m46.557s
21 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda Team Honda +0.02s +1.184s 1m46.577s
22 Raúl Fernández Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM +0.162s +1.346s 1m46.739s
23 Remy Gardner Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM +0.2s +1.546s 1m46.939s
24 Darryn Binder WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha +0.024s +1.57s 1m46.963s
25 Andrea Dovizioso WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha +0.06s +1.63s 1m47.023s
26 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Racing Aprilia +0.023s +1.653s 1m47.046s

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