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[the Ferret]

1 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
2 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda
3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda
4 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha
5 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati
6 76 Loris BAZ FRA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda
8 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO

[CB4ME_imp]

Could be a wet race.....which could be problematic under the lights. Race director recently took a spin in the rain at night in a car and gave a provisional ok.

[the Ferret]

620 is carrying qualifying tomorrow afternoon.

After FP3 Vinales is still at top of time sheet, but some of the aliens are way down the list and Lorenzo did not automatically qualify. Rossi qualified by the skin of his teeth. SOme new names near the top.

[CB4ME_imp]

FP3. KTM 22nd and 23rd. Yamaha, Suzuki, Tech 3 Yamaha, Ducati, Honda in first 5 positions.

1 VIÑALES 1'54.834
2 IANNONE 0.014
3 ZARCO 0.174
4 DOVIZIOSO 0.208
5 PEDROSA 0.279
6 CRUTCHLOW 0.377
7 MARQUEZ 0.462
8 PETRUCCI 0.601
9 LORENZO 0.627
10 A ESPARGARO 0.800
11 BAUTISTA 0.842
12 FOLGER 0.879
13 ROSSI ITA 0.956
14 ABRAHAM 1.261
15 RINS 1.415
16 RABAT 1.783
17 REDDING 1.828
18 MILLER 1.858
19 LOWES 2.020
20 BAZ 2.101
21 BARBERA 2.171
22 P ESPARGARO 2.796
23 SMITH 2.820

[Obleo]

Dumb question what's a fp ? I watch moto gp but that escapes me

[the Ferret]

Free practice 1

To put it simply, they get 3 "free practices" to work on bike set up, ( FP1, FP2 and FP3)then qualifying for grid position ( shown tomorrow) then pre race practice which is short the morning of the race, a warm up lap. then the race. ( shown Sunday)

[Obleo]

Good to know thanks

[the Ferret]

As I understand it since qualifying was cancelled due to rain and standing water grid positions are to be award via combine FP times so your grid should look like this

First row
1 VIÑALES 1'54.834
2 IANNONE 0.014
3 ZARCO 0.174
4 DOVIZIOSO 0.208

Second row
5 PEDROSA 0.279
6 CRUTCHLOW 0.377
7 MARQUEZ 0.462
8 PETRUCCI 0.601

3rd row
9 LORENZO 0.627
10 A ESPARGARO 0.800
11 BAUTISTA 0.842
12 FOLGER 0.879


4th row
13 ROSSI ITA 0.956
14 ABRAHAM 1.261
15 RINS 1.415
16 RABAT 1.783

5th row
17 REDDING 1.828
18 MILLER 1.858
19 LOWES 2.020
20 BAZ 2.101

6th row
21 BARBERA 2.171
22 P ESPARGARO 2.796
23 SMITH 2.820

[DAC]

Evidently the grid is - per Crash.net:
1. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
2. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
3. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)

4. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17)
6. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16)
7. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
8. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
9. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V)
10. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
11. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17)
12. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17)
13. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP16)
14. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15)
15. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)
16. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)
17. Karel Abraham CZE Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP15)
18. Alex Rins ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)*
19. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)
20. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16)
21. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)*
22. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16)
23. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16)

[CB4ME_imp]

Hoping for good weather. David Emmett at MotoMaters has the grid set as shown below. Rossi starts on the inside of row 4 with Lorenzo on the outside of row 4. Should be an interesting start.

1 25 Maverick Viñales
2 29 Andrea Iannone
3 93 Marc Marquez
4 5 Johann Zarco
5 4 Andrea Dovizioso
6 45 Scott Redding
7 26 Dani Pedrosa
8 94 Jonas Folger
9 35 Cal Crutchlow
10 46 Valentino Rossi
11 9 Danilo Petrucci
12 99 Jorge Lorenzo
13 19 Alvaro Bautista
14 76 Loris Baz
15 41 Aleix Espargaro
16 43 Jack Miller