Reigning champion jumps into top spot ahead of Crutchlow and Aleix Espargaro Marc Marquez returned back to his familiar spot on the top of the time sheets with the facory Honda rider setting a best lap of 1m 38.602s to lead the way into Q2 while Cal Crutchlow was a clse second on the LCR Honda and Aleix Espargaro still going strong and setting the third fastest time and 0.174s of Marquez. The all-important FP3 saw a number of riders bumped out of the automatic qualification for the second 15 minute qualifying 2 but not the factory Ducati bikes of Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso sitting in 4th and 5th respectively and leading factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo. Valentino Rossi also made...
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