Lorenzo stamps his authority in Jerez Free Practice 3
Two times world champion Jorge Lorenzo has stamped his authority in practice by claiming top spot in Free Practice 3, Saturday morning in Jerez ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.
The temperature was a lot cooler than yesterday´s FP2 and riders improved on their FP1 times. The factory Yamaha rider, Lorenzo waited till the last moment to clock 1´38.493 and regain top spot from Pol Espargaro on the Satelitte Yamaha.
Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda), Aliex Espargaro (Suzuki), Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) are in the top5 with Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) in 6th ahead of Marc Marquez (Honda) in 7th.
Next session today will be Practice 4 followed by Qualifying. The main race will be on Sunday.
MotoGP - 2015 Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez - Free Practice 3
Pos. | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Lap Time | Gap 1st / Prev |
1 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1´38.493 | |
2 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1´38.547 | 0.054 / 0.054 |
3 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 1´38.575 | 0.082 / 0.028 |
4 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1´38.653 | 0.160 / 0.078 |
5 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1´38.728 | 0.235 / 0.075 |
6 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1´38.767 | 0.274 / 0.039 |
7 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1´38.860 | 0.367 / 0.093 |
8 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1´38.876 | 0.383 / 0.016 |
9 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1´38.924 | 0.431 / 0.048 |
10 | Scott REDDING | GBR | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 1´39.151 | 0.658 / 0.227 |
11 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1´39.196 | 0.703 / 0.045 |
12 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1´39.229 | 0.736 / 0.033 |
13 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1´39.312 | 0.819 / 0.083 |
14 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1´39.582 | 1.089 / 0.270 |
15 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1´39.724 | 1.231 / 0.142 |
16 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | AB Motoracing | Honda | 1´39.824 | 1.331 / 0.100 |
17 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1´39.840 | 1.347 / 0.016 |
18 | Stefan BRADL | GER | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 1´39.882 | 1.389 / 0.042 |
19 | Eugene LAVERTY | IRL | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 1´40.088 | 1.595 / 0.206 |
20 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1´40.149 | 1.656 / 0.061 |
21 | Loris BAZ | FRA | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 1´40.354 | 1.861 / 0.205 |
22 | Jack MILLER | AUS | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 1´40.486 | 1.993 / 0.132 |
23 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 1´40.499 | 2.006 / 0.013 |
24 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 1´41.049 | 2.556 / 0.550 |
25 | Marco MELANDRI | ITA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1´41.433 | 2.940 / 0.384 |