Silverstone MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo tops FP3 with late flying lap
Jorge Lorenzo pulled nearly half a second clear of Marc Marquez in MotoGP's Saturday morning British Grand Prix practice session at Silverstone
Marquez had been narrowly ahead going into the closing minutes, but Friday pacesetter Lorenzo produced a 2m01.429s lap on his Yamaha to beat the Honda by 0.459 seconds.
Andrea Dovizioso put Ducati in a close third on his last run, within 0.081s of Marquez and just ahead of the second Honda of Dani Pedrosa.
Valentino Rossi, who admitted after Friday practice that he had yet to fully master his set-up for this weekend, was again slightly off the pace and ended the session in seventh.
It was another very impressive morning for the local riders. Scott Redding thrust his Marc VDS Honda up to fifth late on, just ahead of Bradley Smith's Tech 3 Yamaha, while Cal Crutchlow recovered from a disappointing second practice to go eighth for LCR Honda.
Pol Espargaro and Andrea Iannone completed the top 10 riders going straight through to Q2.
Both Suzukis will have to start off in the first qualifying segment, Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro - who had a crash at Farm - both knocked out of the Q2 places when the likes of Redding surged forward on the last laps.
PRACTICE THREE TIMES:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Bike | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | Yamaha | 2m01.429s | - | 14 |
| 2 | Marc Marquez | Honda | Honda | 2m01.888s | 0.459s | 16 |
| 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | Ducati | 2m01.969s | 0.540s | 16 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | Honda | 2m02.020s | 0.591s | 17 |
| 5 | Scott Redding | Marc VDS | Honda | 2m02.119s | 0.690s | 15 |
| 6 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2m02.125s | 0.696s | 18 |
| 7 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | Yamaha | 2m02.203s | 0.774s | 17 |
| 8 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR | Honda | 2m02.341s | 0.912s | 15 |
| 9 | Pol Espargaro | Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2m02.346s | 0.917s | 17 |
| 10 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | Ducati | 2m02.443s | 1.014s | 17 |
| 11 | Maverick Vinales | Suzuki | Suzuki | 2m02.476s | 1.047s | 16 |
| 12 | Aleix Espargaro | Suzuki | Suzuki | 2m02.482s | 1.053s | 13 |
| 13 | Danilo Petrucci | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2m02.842s | 1.413s | 15 |
| 14 | Yonny Hernandez | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2m02.981s | 1.552s | 16 |
| 15 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar | Honda | 2m03.120s | 1.691s | 15 |
| 16 | Hector Barbera | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 2m03.263s | 1.834s | 16 |
| 17 | Loris Baz | Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 2m03.363s | 1.934s | 14 |
| 18 | Alvaro Bautista | Aprilia Gresini | Aprilia | 2m03.444s | 2.015s | 16 |
| 19 | Jack Miller | LCR | Honda | 2m03.626s | 2.197s | 14 |
| 20 | Nicky Hayden | Aspar | Honda | 2m03.833s | 2.404s | 17 |
| 21 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 2m04.030s | 2.601s | 15 |
| 22 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Gresini | Aprilia | 2m04.152s | 2.723s | 17 |
| 23 | Alex de Angelis | IodaRacing Project | ART/Aprilia | 2m04.689s | 3.260s | 13 |
| 24 | Karel Abraham | AB Motoracing | Honda | 2m05.203s | 3.774s | 15 |
| 25 | Claudio Corti | Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 2m05.947s | 4.518s | 15 |
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