Czech GP: Rossi topped the FP3 with a last minute flyer
Valentino Rossi after spending most of the session outside the top ten Topped the session on his last attempt to finsish ahead of Danilo Petrucci and Jorge Lornezo.
In last minute, dwindling outside of the top ten Valentino Rossi went fastest of all with little help by slip stream of Ducati to clock 1:55.175, +0.086 ahead of Petrucci.
Jorge Lorenzo of Ducati finished the session Third fastest 0.061 behind Petrucci and 0.132 ahead of Marquez’s Honda.
In improving condition Suzuki of Iannone was also coming handy as he clocked Fifth fastest time ahead 0.018 ahead of Sixth fastest Dani Pedrosa who wasn’t in the form which he showed yesterday.
Cal Crutchlow who lost his bike but his earlier time was good to enough to put him Seventh fastest a tent of a second behind Pedrosa and 0.11 ahead of Eighth fastest Johann Zarco.
Tito Rabat had an impressive session and will directly go into Q2 with his Ninth fastest time which was 0.058 faster than Tenth place Ducati Rider Dovizioso whose lap came in his very last attempt. Maverick Vinales in other Yamaha was only good enough for Eleventh fastest and will have to go through Q1.
As shoot out begin, Marquez beat the yesterday’s fastest time set by his teammate by three tenths (1:55.637). Second one to beat Pedrosa’s time was LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow with a time of 1:55.77. Marquez led most of the session with his first run time.
With 20 minutes into the session Takaaki Nakagami lost his LCR Honda in Stadion section. In last minutes Cal Crutchlow also lost his bike at turn 3.
Other rider to break the barrier of 1:56 ahead of Pedrosa was Tito Rabat of Avintia Racing with the time 0.334 slower than Marquez’s benchmark. Yamaha riders on their first runs failed to beat their yesterday’s best times. On his first runs Pedrosa also failed to beat his best time which he set yesterday during FP2.
With 12 minutes remaining in the session Cal Crutchlow on his Hard Front and Soft Rear beat the time set Marquez by two thousandths of a second. Two minutes later Petrucci went two tenths faster on Medium Front and Soft Rear. In last second Hafizh Syahrin also his tech three at last corner to bring out the yellow flags.
With new wings on his Ducati Lorenzo went quickest of all with a time of 1:55.328 before that Rossi also abled to improve on his yesterday’s time which was only good for eighth fastest.
