MotoGP Valencia FP3: Marquez the best, Dovizioso struggles, Rossi avoids Q1

Valencian Community GP Valencia MotoGP Free Practice 3 – The third free practice session of the MotoGP class in Valencia, which decided the 10 riders who will directly access Q2 (where the pole position of the Valencian Community Grand Prix will be up for grabs) was held under the sun and with a temperature of 19.9° in the air and 17.1° on the asphalt.

The fastest of the 45-minute session was Marc Marquez, who put his Honda ahead of everyone with a time of 1:30.255.

The leader of the championship standings preceded Johann Zarco's Yamaha, 0.246s behind. Third time for our Andrea Iannone, who preceded Jorge Lorenzo, Alex Rins, Michele Pirro and Jack Miller.

Valentino Rossi managed to grab the Top Ten right at the end (eighth time in FP3 and tenth in the combined), thus avoiding Q1, something his team-mate Maverick Vinales failed to do.

Below are the riders who directly access Q2: Marquez, Zarco, Iannone, Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Rins, Pirro, Dovizioso, Miller and Rossi.

All the others will be forced to compete in Q1, where we remember the top two classified will move on to Q2, where in the 15-minute "Time Attack" the pole in Valencia will be contested.

Photos: Alex Farinelli