No one told Marc Marquez that the first few laps at Misano should be done calmly because the nearness of the circuit to the Adriatic sea can deposit some saltiness on the track surface during the evening and making it a little slippier, as the Repsol Honda rider once again lead the proceedings.
Posting a best lap of 1′33.
975, Marquez headed the top of the timesheets in FP3 followed by his team mate Dani Pedrosa who suffered a crash in the third sector at the Rio, but with no physical consequences.
The Yamaha duo of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, were third and fourth respectively.
Lorenzo spent a long time in his pit at the start of session after having donejust two laps, while Rossi as usual debuted a new helmet for his home race.
The new ‘musical’ graphics were a tribute to late friend and rider Marco Simoncelli, with Pink Floyd’s song “Wish you were here“ scrawled on the helmet.
Andrea Dovizioso made a very good jump forward finishing fifth with his Ducati GP13 Evo and just 0.
473s from Marquez and ahead of Alvaro Bautista, Stefan Bradl and Andrea Iannone who finally made it into the Q2, and Nicky Hayden.
Unable to repeat his sensational Friday’s fifth spot Aleix Espargaro however did enter the the Q2, with a 10th best time.
Prototype riders not making the Q2 cut and will have to fight in Q1 were: Michele Pirro who crashed at turn 5, Cal Crutchlow who is still not completely fit and is struggling to find confidence and his team mate 2013 MotoGP Misano FP3 results:01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’33.
975 02- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
149 03- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
249 04- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
382 05- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 0.
473 06- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.
594 07- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 0.
660 08- Andrea Iannone – Energy T.
I.
Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 0.
756 09- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 0.
847 10- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13 – + 0.
849 11- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
933 12- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
088 13- Michele Pirro – Ignite Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.
305 14- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda Suter BMW – + 1.
756 15- Hector Barbera – Avintia Blusens – BQR FTR – + 1.
762 16- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Kawasaki – + 2.
002 17- Hiroshi Aoyama – Avintia Blusens – BQR FTR – + 2.
039 18- Claudio Corti – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Kawasaki – + 2.
437 19- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13 – + 2.
648 20- Yonny Hernandez – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP13 – + 2.
856 21- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – ART GP13 – + 3.
170 22- Bryan Staring – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – FTR Honda MGP13 – + 3.
378 23- Michael Laverty – Paul Bird Motorsport – PBM 01 – + 3.
900 24- Lukas Pesek – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda Suter BMW – + 3.
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