Mugello MotoGP: Lorenzo sets practice pace, Marquez misses Q2 cut

In a frantic end to the 45-minute session, riders were setting fastest sector times all over the track, and Marquez was bumped out of the magical top 10 group guaranteed a Q2 spot.

Lorenzo's 1m46.617s is the first lap in the 1m46s at Mugello by a MotoGP rider, smashing fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa's previous record by a second.

Andrea Iannone continued Ducati's excellent weekend so far by taking second, albeit 0.391s down on Lorenzo. Iannone spent most of the session in obscurity, but jumped up the order with a few minutes to go.

Iannone's Ducati team-mate and Friday pacesetter Andrea Dovisioso rounded out the top three, with wildcard entrant Michele Pirro also jumping up the order late on to make it three Ducatis in the top four on his first grand prix appearance of the year.

Pol Espargo earned fifth after undergoing recent surgery, the brutal San Donato braking zone looking painful for his forearm.

Lorenzo's team-mate Valentino Rossi followed his tough Friday with a yo-yo session to start Saturday. The crowd favourite only just secured a place in the top 10 with a late surge, managing ninth behind Pedrosa and Bradley Smith.

Maverick Vinales completed the top 10 in practice with a sensational effort on the Suzuki, which is surrendering 0.2s on the start/finish straight alone.

PRACTICE THREE TIMES:

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Yamaha	1m46.617s	-	20
2	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	Ducati	1m47.008s	0.391s	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Ducati	1m47.113s	0.496s	19
4	Michele Pirro	Ducati	Ducati	1m47.161s	0.544s	18
5	Pol Espargaro	Tech 3	Yamaha	1m47.175s	0.558s	20
6	Cal Crutchlow	LCR	Honda	1m47.210s	0.593s	17
7	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Honda	1m47.226s	0.609s	19
8	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	Yamaha	1m47.495s	0.878s	17
9	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Yamaha	1m47.543s	0.926s	21
10	Maverick Vinales	Suzuki	Suzuki	1m47.557s	0.940s	17
11	Marc Marquez	Honda	Honda	1m47.566s	0.949s	16
12	Scott Redding	Marc VDS	Honda	1m47.595s	0.978s	18
13	Danilo Petrucci	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1m47.639s	1.022s	17
14	Aleix Espargaro	Suzuki	Suzuki	1m47.776s	1.159s	15
15	Yonny Hernandez	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1m47.893s	1.276s	17
16	Loris Baz	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	1m48.548s	1.931s	15
17	Stefan Bradl	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	1m48.580s	1.963s	19
18	Jack Miller	LCR	Honda	1m48.580s	1.963s	11
19	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	1m48.806s	2.189s	18
20	Nicky Hayden	Aspar	Honda	1m49.005s	2.388s	16
21	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Ducati	1m49.006s	2.389s	13
22	Hector Barbera	Avintia Racing	Ducati	1m49.071s	2.454s	17
23	Karel Abraham	AB Motoracing	Honda	1m49.272s	2.655s	17
24	Eugene Laverty	Aspar	Honda	1m49.714s	3.097s	19
25	Alex de Angelis	IodaRacing Project	ART/Aprilia	1m50.031s	3.414s	19
26	Marco Melandri	Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	1m52.050s	5.433s	16