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The clouds that threatened proceedings early in the day gave way to large patches of blue sky by the time the intermediate class joined an almost entirely dry track, offering an unexpected opportunity to change the hierarchy in the combined top 14. The early rush led to an impressive number of cancelled lap times due to exceeding track limits but riders were quick on the pace from Friday. Luca Marini was one of the first improvers and placed himself at the top of the timesheets early on, a place he kept until the final ten minutes, when Sam Lowes improved the fastest time of the weekend. The Marc VDS rider survived a late time attack to lead FP3 by seven hundredths of a second from Remy Gardner, while Marini dropped to third, the trio safely into Q2.
Enea Bastianini left it late to join the top 14 but when he did he went straight to fourth, ahead of rookie Aron Canet. Marco Bezzecchi was a late improver but did well in sixth position, followed by Xavi Vierge and Somkiat Chantra, who were less than three tenths off the lead. Tetsuta Nagashima had an eventful morning, with an early crash that left him with only 10 min of running at the end of the session, but it proved sufficient to secure a place in Q2. Tom Luthi finally found his way into the top ten of the session and 12th overall, while Jorge Navarro’s session ended nine minutes early with a high side at turn one but the Spaniard made it into Q2 unhurt.
Jorge Martin was one of the few riders who failed to go any faster than Friday but his top time was good enough for third on the combined timesheets, despite being outside of the top 20 in FP3. Similarly, Augusto Fernandez was tenth overall and Jake Dixon got lucky with a late laptime cancellation for Nicolo Bulega, which handed the final direct Q2 place to the Petronas rider. Despite being under four tenths of a second off the leader, Stefano Manzi and Joe Roberts missed out on the top 14, while Marcel Schrotter’s late crash also left him out in the cold of Q1.
Results:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1'28.877 | ||
2 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 1'28.950 | 0.073 | 0.073 |
3 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 1'29.020 | 0.143 | 0.070 |
4 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 1'29.038 | 0.161 | 0.018 |
5 | 44 | Aron Canet | Speed Up | 1'29.103 | 0.226 | 0.065 |
6 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 1'29.145 | 0.268 | 0.042 |
7 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 1'29.155 | 0.278 | 0.010 |
8 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1'29.171 | 0.294 | 0.016 |
9 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 1'29.187 | 0.310 | 0.016 |
10 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Kalex | 1'29.188 | 0.311 | 0.001 |
11 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 1'29.204 | 0.327 | 0.016 |
12 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 1'29.240 | 0.363 | 0.036 |
13 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1'29.245 | 0.368 | 0.005 |
14 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'29.297 | 0.420 | 0.052 |
15 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1'29.342 | 0.465 | 0.045 |
16 | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 1'29.377 | 0.500 | 0.035 |
17 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1'29.379 | 0.502 | 0.002 |
18 | 40 | Hector Garzo | Kalex | 1'29.402 | 0.525 | 0.023 |
19 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 1'29.475 | 0.598 | 0.073 |
20 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Speed Up | 1'29.554 | 0.677 | 0.079 |
21 | 88 | Jorge Martin | Kalex | 1'29.566 | 0.689 | 0.012 |
22 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | Kalex | 1'29.615 | 0.738 | 0.049 |
23 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 1'29.855 | 0.978 | 0.240 |
24 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | NTS | 1'29.908 | 1.031 | 0.053 |
25 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1'29.913 | 1.036 | 0.005 |
26 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 1'30.060 | 1.183 | 0.147 |
27 | 27 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Kalex | 1'30.080 | 1.203 | 0.020 |
28 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1'30.511 | 1.634 | 0.431 |
29 | 99 | Kasma Daniel | Kalex | 1'30.655 | 1.778 | 0.144 |
30 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 1'30.786 | 1.909 | 0.131 |
Comments
You mean raises the benchmark
Lowering would only mean getting worse. It's a benchmark, not a lap time.Higher is better and phrases have meanings.