Silverstone MotoGP: Marquez beats Vinales to fastest time in FP3

Marc Marquez edged out Maverick Vinales by three thousandths of a second to top the third MotoGP practice session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone

Suzuki rider Vinales led for much of the session, and had just reclaimed top spot back from Cal Crutchlow with two minutes remaining when Marquez posted a 2m00.944s lap on his Honda - becoming the first rider to dip below the 2m01s mark this weekend.

Vinales went on another flyer at the very end of the session and fell just 0.003s short of matching Marquez's time.

Friday pacesetter Andrea Iannone crashed at Farm inside the final 10 minutes but was able to return on his spare Ducati and beat the home favourite Crutchlow to third place at the chequered flag.

Jorge Lorenzo took fifth as the leading Yamaha, while Scott Redding was a strong sixth on his Pramac Ducati in front of factory rider Andrea Dovizioso.

Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi were both outside of the combined top 10 - and a guaranteed place in Q2 - as the chequered flag came out, but managed to squeeze in in eighth and 10th respectively, split by Aleix Espargaro.

Pol Espargaro and Danilo Petrucci were the best of those who will have to go through Q1. Alex Lowes, making his debut in place of the injured Bradley Smith, was 16th.

FP3 TIMES

Pos	Rider	Team	Gap	Laps
1	Marc Marquez	Honda	2m00.944s	15
2	Maverick Vinales	Suzuki	0.003s	16
3	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	0.116s	15
4	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	0.297s	15
5	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	0.562s	17
6	Scott Redding	Pramac Ducati	0.618s	16
7	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	0.715s	16
8	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	0.830s	16
9	Aleix Espargaro	Suzuki	0.897s	15
10	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1.109s	17
11	Pol Espargaro	Tech3 Yamaha	1.219s	18
12	Danilo Petrucci	Pramac Ducati	1.256s	16
13	Hector Barbera	Avintia Ducati	1.911s	14
14	Yonny Hernandez	Aspar Ducati	2.000s	13
15	Jack Miller	Marc VDS Honda	2.064s	14
16	Alex Lowes	Tech3 Yamaha	2.137s	16
17	Loris Baz	Avintia Ducati	2.295s	15
18	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	2.680s	14
19	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia	2.859s	13
20	Eugene Laverty	Aspar Ducati	3.154s	15
21	Tito Rabat	Marc VDS Honda	3.242s	16