2013 Brno MotoGP FP3 Result: Crutchlow Eclipses The Field

Submitted by Mike Lewis on Sat, 2013-08-24 08:48

Cal Crutchlow pounced at the end of FP3 with a 1'56.156 lap, a full two-tenths faster than second-place Jorge Lorenzo who led most of the session. Marc Marquez, who led practice briefly, finished third, a tenth of a second ahead of Valentino Rossi. Repsol's Dan Pedrosa rounded out the top five, finishing a nearly half a second down on Crutchlow. The top 10 riders in FP3 move on to the final qualifying session (Q2) with riders at 11 (Andrea Iannone) though 25 (Lukas Pesek) taking place in an earlier qualifying session. The fastest two riders from Q1 will then join the top 10 riders for Q2.

So what can be learned from FP3? First, Crutchlow seems happy with the setup of his Tech 3 Yamaha and can put in a fast lap when needed. But a closer look at the timesheets shows two riders -- Lorenzo and Marquez - capable of putting in a long series of laps in the middle 1'56s with Rossi and Pedrosa not far off that race pace. In all, the top seven riders remain within a second of each other. The race forecast calls for possible rain.

Results:

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff. / Prev.
1	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Yamaha	1'56.156
2	99	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	1'56.322	0.166 / 0.166
3	93	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	1'56.366	0.210 / 0.044
4	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'56.486	0.330 / 0.120
5	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	1'56.642	0.486 / 0.156
6	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Honda	1'56.921	0.765 / 0.279
7	38	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	1'56.956	0.800 / 0.035
8	6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	1'57.055	0.899 / 0.099
9	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	1'57.196	1.040 / 0.141
10	69	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati	1'57.542	1.386 / 0.346
11	29	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	1'57.862	1.706 / 0.320
12	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	ART	1'58.210	2.054 / 0.348
13	8	Hector BARBERA	FTR	1'58.374	2.218 / 0.164
14	5	Colin EDWARDS	FTR Kawasaki	1'58.821	2.665 / 0.447
15	71	Claudio CORTI	FTR Kawasaki	1'58.846	2.690 / 0.025
16	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	ART	1'58.873	2.717 / 0.027
17	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	FTR	1'58.896	2.740 / 0.023
18	51	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	1'59.148	2.992 / 0.252
19	14	Randy DE PUNIET	ART	1'59.294	3.138 / 0.146
20	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ioda-Suter	1'59.754	3.598 / 0.460
21	17	Karel ABRAHAM	ART	2'00.401	4.245 / 0.647
22	45	Martin BAUER	S&B Suter	2'00.721	4.565 / 0.320
23	67	Bryan STARING	FTR Honda	2'01.206	5.050 / 0.485
24	70	Michael LAVERTY	PBM	2'01.337	5.181 / 0.131
25	52	Lukas PESEK	Ioda-Suter	2'01.339	5.183 / 0.002