The temperatures were slightly lower for the third and final free practice at the Catalunya circuit and the top of the timesheets was firmly back in the hands of the Repsol Honda riders, with Dani Pedrosa taking the lead in his last flying lap on soft tires, posting a 1:41.
646 leaving team mate Casey Stoner in second and 0.
322s adrift, but the Australian was on hard tires for the entire session.
Andrea Dovizioso took the third best time and he too managed to go under the 1.
42 barrier, and seems oriented on using the softer compound, while Hector Barbera on his GP12 and soft tires jumped to fourth after taking his usual tow, and this time it was from Jorge Lorenzo.
Nicky Hayden was fifth and just 0.
080s from the satellite Ducati rider.
Jorge Lorenzo who was the fastest rider yesterday, today was 1.
051s adrift with his Yamaha factory YZR M1 followed by Stefan Bradl and Cal Crutchlow.
Valentino Rossi was ninth as he carried out a comparison test with the two different swingarms at his disposal.
Yesterday he exclusively used the new aluminium one tested at Mugello, today he was back using the carbon fibre design.
Alvaro Bautista dropped to tenth this morning after being the second fastest rider in yesterday’s FP2.
Ben Spies also lost his way falling to 11th.
Aleix Espargarò and team mate Randy de Puniet were the fastest CRT riders in 12th and 13th and Espargarò was less than half a second from the Yamaha factory rider and seven tenths of second faster than Karel Abraham on the Ducati sat machine.
MotoGP Catalunya FP3 results:01- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’41.
64602- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
32003- Andrea Dovizioso – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
34704- Hector Barbera – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 0.
70705- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 0.
78706- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
05107- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.
13808- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
26009- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
47710- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 1.
48711- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
79412- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
23613- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
34514- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
93915- Mattia Pasini – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 3.
25516- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter BMW – + 3.
54717- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda – + 4.
02418- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 4.
13919- Yonny Hernandez – Avintia Blusens – BQR MotoGP – + 4.
17820- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR003 – + 4.
29621- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – BQR MotoGP – + 5.
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