Aragon MotoGP: Crutchlow tops FP3, Rossi crashes

Crutchlow set the quickest time in the dying moments of the 45-minute session, the LCR Honda rider recovering from an earlier crash at Turn 2, but his 1m47.393s effort came up 0.011s shy of Marc Marquez's benchmark from FP2.

Barring an early improvement from Suzuki man Alex Rins, the combined top 10 order did not change in the opening half of the session until Crutchlow went fastest on a 1m48.041s with 20 minutes remaining.

That remained the benchmark until Pramac Ducati's Danilo Petrucci bettered that by two tenths, but after a brief spell at the top for Marquez, Crutchlow retook first place with less than a minute left on the clock.

Jack Miller (Pramac) slotted into second, just 0.020s behind, while Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) and Andrea Iannone (Suzuki) bumped Marquez down to fifth in the FP3 order.

But Marquez's Friday effort ensures he topped the combined timesheets ahead of Crutchlow and Miller, while Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati) ended up fourth overall despite not improving on his Friday time ahead of Dovizioso and Iannone.

Next up in seventh was Dani Pedrosa (Honda), ahead of Petrucci, Alvaro Bautista's Nieto Ducati and Rins, who hung on for the final automatic Q2 spot.

Missing out on a top 10 place by just 0.036s was the Yamaha of Maverick Vinales, but his teammate Valentino Rossi ended up way down in 18th, 1.5s off the pace, after crashing on his final run at Turn 2.

Bradley Smith was an encouraging 12th for KTM ahead of Franco Morbidelli's Marc VDS Honda, while Aleix Espargaro rounded out the top 15 behind the Tech 3 Yamaha of Johann Zarco.

Pol Espargaro had to be taken to the medical centre after a crash at Turn 14, with the KTM rider fracturing the left collarbone he had only just recovered from breaking last month in Brno.

The only other rider to crash was Avintia Ducati stand-in Jordi Torres, who was once again 24th and last.

FP3 results (not combined):

Pos.	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'47.393
2	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'47.413	0.020
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'47.575	0.182
4	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'47.604	0.211
5	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'47.606	0.213
6	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'47.629	0.236
7	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'47.746	0.353
8	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'47.891	0.498
9	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'48.051	0.658
10	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'48.057	0.664
11	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'48.087	0.694
12	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'48.096	0.703
13	21	Franco Morbidelli	Honda	1'48.129	0.736
14	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'48.154	0.761
15	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'48.397	1.004
16	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'48.423	1.030
17	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'48.450	1.057
18	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'48.905	1.512
19	12	Thomas Luthi	Honda	1'49.259	1.866
20	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Yamaha	1'49.361	1.968
21	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	1'49.421	2.028
22	10	Xavier Simeon	Ducati	1'49.564	2.171
23	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'49.701	2.308
24	81	Jordi Torres	Ducati	1'51.171	3.778