Rossi leads FP3, Vinales misses out on top 10

Full MotoGP FP3 results from Brno

Valentino Rossi has stormed to the top of the times in FP3 thanks to a late flying lap to edge out Danilo Petrucci as the pace sharpened ahead of qualifying at Brno.

The Movistar Yamaha rider bolted to the fastest time with a 1m 55.175s on his final lap of the session, aided by a tow on to the start/finish straight, to push Pramac Ducati’s Petrucci into second place by just 0.086s.

With the top 10 on the combined times after FP3 deciding which riders automatically progress into Q2, the MotoGP grid targeted late fast laps which saw the top order chop and change until the chequered flag.

Ducati’s Jorge Lorenzo claimed third place in the session, having trialled the new aerodynamic fairing that was debuted by Petrucci yesterday, with MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez grabbing fourth place for Repsol Honda.

Andrea Iannone secured his Q2 spot with fifth place for Suzuki Ecstar ahead of Friday’s fastest rider Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda with LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow moving into seventh place despite a late .

Johann Zarco has continued his recovery from a difficult few rounds with eighth place on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 ahead of Avintia Ducati’s Tito Rabat.

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso scraped into the top 10 with a 1m 55.721s to see Movistar Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales missed out on an automatic Q2 spot by 0.055s.

Aleix Espargaro has maintained his impressive recovery from injury sustained in Germany last month with 12^th place on the Aprilia to edge ahead of Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) and Alvaro Bautista (Angel Nieto Ducati).

Franco Morbidelli grabbed MotoGP rookie top spot honours for Marc VDS Honda in 15^th after Tech 3’s Hafizh Syahrin ed out midway through FP3.