Rossi qualified a strong 3rd. He shouldn't have to fight through the pack.
Here is today's warm up practice results
1 MARQUEZ 2:04.070
2 VIÑALES +0.169
3 PEDROSA +1.240
4 ROSSI +1.322
5 CRUTCHLOW +1.436
6 ZARCO +1.554
7 FOLGER +1.628
8 PETRUCCI +1.712
9 A. ESPARGARO +1.727
10 DOVIZIOSO +1.785
Yes Dani...holeshot. GO man, go.
Markie Mark is still King of COTA!
Marquez was flawless. Rossi superb, steady, crafty. Dani looked a bit like his old self and a got a podium. Awesome.
Zarco continues to impress and Crutchlow ran a good race. Lorenzo can’t be sleeping at night.
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 43'58.770
2 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha +3.069
3 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda +5.112
4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda +7.638
5 5 Johann ZARCO Yamaha +7.957
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati +14.058
7 29 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki +15.491
8 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati +16.772
9 99 Jorge LORENZO Ducati +17.979
10 43 Jack MILLER Honda +18.494
11 94 Jonas FOLGER Yamaha +18.903
12 45 Scott REDDING Ducati +28.735
13 53 Tito RABAT Honda +30.041
14 8 Hector BARBERA Ducati +31.364
15 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati +1'06.547
16 38 Bradley SMITH KTM +1'22.090
17 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia 2 Laps
It was a great 3 day event. Well worth the trip.
You have to think the Ducati's will be back at the top when they kick off Europe in 2 weeks.