Jorge Martin Pips Hanika in FP3

Aug 29, 2015
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Mahindra rider Jorge Martin pipped Karel Hanika by 0.022s to top final practice for Moto3 ahead of Qualifying with lap of 2m13.785s.

The Spaniard set the fastest Moto3 lap of the weekend at the very end of FP3 with Karel Hanika squeezing into second just 0.022s adrift and only a further 0.035s back to Jorge Navarro. Championship leader Danny Kent had a much better session compared to Friday after his early mechanical problems in FP1, and set the fourth fastest time with a 2m13.916.

Fabio Quartararo had a thrilling battle with Efren Vazquez in the middle of the session with both riders making multiple passes throughout a single lap but it was the former who ended the session faster in fifth place with a 2m13.935s. Vazquez could only manage seventh behind Antonelli in sixth. Brad Binder finished a respectable eighth ahead of British rider John McPhee and Francesco Bagnaia completing the top ten.

The top six riders in the session were covered by less than two tenths of a second so qualifying and the race itself will be a close affair and expect a strong battle for the podium places.

Moto3 FP3 Top 10 Result:

1st - Jorge MARTIN, 2m13.785s

2nd - Karel HANIKA, 2m13.807s

3rd - Jorge NAVARRO, 2m13.842s

4th - Danny KENT, 2m13.916s

5th - Fabio QUARTARARO, 2m13.935s

6th - Niccolo ANTONELLI, 2m13.950s

7th - Efren VAZQUEZ, 2m14.338s

8th - Brad BINDER, 2m14.565s

9th - John MCPHEE, 2m14.762s

10th - Francesco BAGNAIA, 2m14.767s

Full Moto3 FP3 Result available here: