Maverick Vinales’ formidable form in Dutch MotoGP this weekend continued as he led the third session in a row.
The Spaniard’s fastest time was 1: 32.336s, two tenths faster than his team-mate Fabio Quartararo.
The top three consisted of the same three riders from FP1, but with Quartararo ahead of Pol Espargaro.
The two factory Yamaha riders were the first to start the time attacks when Vinales set an initial time of under 1:33 of 1: 32.686 seconds. Quartararo then went half a tenth faster before Vinales regained the top spot – a position he held to the checkered flag.
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It had looked like Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia were facing a tougher weekend during Friday’s race, but the 31-year-old put in a good final lap and finished fourth.
Fifth and sixth were the Suzuki pair, Joan Mir and Alex Rins, as speed seems to have improved significantly over a lap this weekend.
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Takaaki Nakagami was the second fastest Honda as he only jumped up the order late after several laps were canceled because the track limits were exceeded. He achieved the fastest performance of the Japanese in 17th place.
Miguel Oliveira was eighth fastest, while Valentino Rossi secured an automatic promotion to Q2 for the third time this season with ninth place. Jack Miller rounded out the top ten for Ducati.
Johann Zarco was the first rider to miss a top ten spot as the Frenchman recovered from an early fall at Turn 3. Garrett Gerloff was the other rider who crashed at the end of FP3.
German GP winner Marc Marquez was on track for a while, good enough to put him in tenth place before running far in the final corner – 15th instead.