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MotoGP Dutch TT

Assen MotoGP: Quartararo breaks lap record, Rossi 14th

Fabio Quartararo led MotoGP's FP3 at the Dutch TT by 0.109s with a new lap record, while Yamaha stablemate Valentino Rossi missed out on an automatic Q2 spot after his best lap was cancelled.

Lewis Duncan

Edited: Jun 29, 2019, 9:08 AM

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Fabio Quartararo, Petronas Yamaha SRT

Rossi lifted himself into Q2 contention with a 1m32.881s to go fifth at the end of FP3, but had that lap scrubbed for exceeding track limits at the last corner and was dropped to 14th as a result.

Teammate Maverick Vinales and Petronas Yamaha's Quartararo traded top spot on the individual FP3 timesheet in the early stages, with the works Yamaha rider prevailing to set the pace with a 1m33.260s.

For much of the session, only Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro, Tito Rabat on the Avintia Ducati and Tech3's Hafizh Syahrin had improved on the combined times.

LCR's Cal Crutchlow was the first significant mover, as he guided his Honda into a provisional Q2 place in seventh, while Quartararo cemented second with a 1m32.807s.

With just over nine minutes remaining, Danilo Petrucci shot to the top of the order with a record lap of 1m32.580s on his Ducati, which looked like it would remain unchallenged through as the chequered flag fell.

However, Quartararo began to light up the timing screens, and produced a 1m32.471s to usurp Petrucci.

The Ducati rider held onto second, with Marc Marquez third on the works Honda ahead of LCR counterpart Takaaki Nakagami.

Vinales was fifth in the session, but held onto third on the combined times by virtue of his 1m32.638s lap set in FP2.

Franco Morbidelli shadowed Vinales on the second SIC Yamaha, with Jack Miller (Pramac) heading Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), Crutchlow and Suzuki's Joan Mir, who was elevated to a Q2 place courtesy of Rossi's cancelled lap.

Rossi will be joined in Q1 by Suzuki's Alex Rins, alongside the Aprilia duo of Andrea Iannone and Aleix Espargaro, and Pramac's Francesco Bagnaia.

KTM's Pol Espargaro had to go to hospital following Friday's sessions after experiencing pain in the hand he injured in a heavy crash during the Barcelona test two weeks ago.

He was cleared to continue, and will join the aforementioned in the first part of qualifying this afternoon.

Session results

Cla Rider Bike Laps Time Gap 1 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 19 1'32.471 2 Italy Danilo Petrucci Ducati 18 1'32.580 0.109 3 Spain Marc Marquez Honda 23 1'32.688 0.217 4 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda 21 1'32.890 0.419 5 Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha 22 1'32.910 0.439 6 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 23 1'32.913 0.442 7 Australia Jack Miller Ducati 19 1'32.918 0.447 8 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 22 1'32.922 0.451 9 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda 20 1'32.956 0.485 10 Spain Joan Mir Suzuki 21 1'33.068 0.597 11 Spain Alex Rins Suzuki 20 1'33.138 0.667 12 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 21 1'33.205 0.734 13 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 19 1'33.228 0.757 14 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 22 1'33.279 0.808 15 Spain Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 18 1'33.636 1.165 16 Spain Pol Espargaro KTM 18 1'33.868 1.397 17 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 21 1'33.962 1.491 18 Spain Tito Rabat Ducati 20 1'34.257 1.786 19 France Johann Zarco KTM 17 1'34.258 1.787 20 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin KTM 21 1'34.326 1.855 21 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ducati 16 1'35.136 2.665 View full results

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