Valencia MotoGP: Petrucci tops FP3, Yamahas to Q1

After a fully wet Friday, FP3 also kicked off on a soaked track - but with no rain falling, improving on Friday times seemed possible.

However it started raining almost immediately and the field, with the exception of Marc Marquez, couldn't get close to the Honda rider's Friday benchmark of 1m39.767s for the majority of the session.

Rossi led the way early on while times were in the 1m41s region, but the Yamaha rider's progress was soon halted with a highside crash at Turn 4.

Marquez took over at the top and held a comfortable lead for a big part of the session until Petrucci edged him out by half a tenth.

Although Ducati works rider Andrea Dovizioso then set a 1m39.800s and led into the final 10 minutes, Petrucci was able to improve again in the dying stages and topped the session with a 1m39.712s.

Dovizioso and Marquez were second and third, with Jack Miller taking fourth and then suffering a crash after the chequered flag fell.

Johann Zarco was the top Yamaha in fifth, as both factory riders are outside of the top 10 and will have to take part in Q1.

Maverick Vinales missed out on the top 10 by 0.061s in 11th with Rossi finishing two places further behind.

Marquez's Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa ended up sixth, followed by an impressive Pol Espargaro in seventh for KTM.

Alex Rins and Aleix Espargaro led Suzuki's and Aprilia's efforts in eighth and ninth respectively, with Ducati wildcard Michele Pirro holding on to 10th despite a late crash.

Rins fell at the end of the session, with Suzuki teammate Andrea Iannone and Aleix Espargaro also having incidents during the practice.

Iannone ended up only 15th, with the recovering Jorge Lorenzo taking just 17th, 1.3s off the pace.

FP3 results

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'39.712
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'39.800	0.088
3	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'39.826	0.114
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'39.912	0.200
5	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'40.141	0.429
6	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'40.185	0.473
7	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'40.275	0.563
8	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'40.417	0.705
9	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'40.530	0.818
10	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1'40.586	0.874
11	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'40.647	0.935
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	Honda	1'40.675	0.963
13	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'40.750	1.038
14	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1'40.806	1.094
15	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'40.871	1.159
16	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'40.900	1.188
17	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'41.026	1.314
18	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	1'41.357	1.645
19	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'41.362	1.650
20	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'41.813	2.101
21	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Yamaha	1'41.832	2.120
22	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'41.992	2.280
23	12	Thomas Luthi	Honda	1'42.040	2.328
24	81	Jordi Torres	Ducati	1'43.439	3.727