2017 Argentina MotoGP FP3 Result: Crutchlow Fastest But Few Improvements On Tricky Track | MotoMatters.com

The rain came to Termas De Rio Honda at last during the MotoGP FP3 session, but it held off until the second half of the session before it sent everyone scuttling back to their garages. The conditions made it hard for may riders to improve, with nobody able to break into the top ten and go through to Q2.

One rider already in the top ten did improve, Cal Crutchlow setting an impressive time to take top spot, and move up to second overall. The LCR Honda rider finished ahead of Maverick Viñales, who has beeen quick in all conditions, and went fast enough to set the fifth fastest time overall.

Dani Pedrosa managed to improve his time, taking third spot in FP3, but it was only enough to move him up from thirteenth to eleventh overall, while Scott Redding dropped from eleventh to twelfth, despite going a fraction faster than Friday. Marc Marquez set the fifth fastest time, but was seven tenths off his time from Friday.

The results leave the big guns who missed out on Q2 yesterday still stuck in Q1. Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso, Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo will all have to fight for one of the two places which allow passage into Q2, and a shot at pole. If, as seems likely, the track is wet, they could end up finding a real wet weather specialist like Jack Miller on their path, making life even tougher. There will be some big names starting from a long way back on the grid on Sunday.

Results for FP3 only are directly below, and the combined times, showing who is through to Q2 and who must make their way through Q1, are below that.

FP3 only results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'39.772
2	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'39.867	0.095	0.095
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'40.292	0.520	0.425
4	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	1'40.321	0.549	0.029
5	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'40.394	0.622	0.073
6	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	1'40.397	0.625	0.003
7	43	Jack Miller	Honda	1'40.514	0.742	0.117
8	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'40.551	0.779	0.037
9	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'40.590	0.818	0.039
10	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'40.624	0.852	0.034
11	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'40.638	0.866	0.014
12	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'40.690	0.918	0.052
13	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'40.700	0.928	0.010
14	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'40.718	0.946	0.018
15	94	Jonas Folger	Yamaha	1'40.734	0.962	0.016
16	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'40.742	0.970	0.008
17	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'40.943	1.171	0.201
18	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'41.019	1.247	0.076
19	53	Tito Rabat	Honda	1'41.082	1.310	0.063
20	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'41.350	1.578	0.268
21	22	Sam Lowes	Aprilia	1'41.616	1.844	0.266
22	8	Hector Barbera	Ducati	1'41.669	1.897	0.053
23	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'42.008	2.236	0.339

Combined times from all three sessions:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'39.477
2	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'39.772	0.295	0.295
3	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'39.778	0.301	0.006
4	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'39.880	0.403	0.102
5	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'39.922	0.445	0.042
6	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'39.960	0.483	0.038
7	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	1'40.120	0.643	0.160
8	94	Jonas Folger	Yamaha	1'40.157	0.680	0.037
9	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'40.175	0.698	0.018
10	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'40.250	0.773	0.075
To Q1
11	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'40.292	0.815	0.042
12	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	1'40.321	0.844	0.029
13	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'40.340	0.863	0.019
14	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'40.399	0.922	0.059
15	8	Hector Barbera	Ducati	1'40.431	0.954	0.032
16	43	Jack Miller	Honda	1'40.514	1.037	0.083
17	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'40.531	1.054	0.017
18	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'40.599	1.122	0.068
19	53	Tito Rabat	Honda	1'40.908	1.431	0.309
20	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'41.019	1.542	0.111
21	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'41.350	1.873	0.331
22	22	Sam Lowes	Aprilia	1'41.616	2.139	0.266
23	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'42.008	2.531	0.392

Round Number:

2

2017

MotoGP

Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina

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