Moto GP, Marc Marquez commands FP3 at Indianapolis as Spies dislocates left shoulder

Lap times tumbled in MotoGP’s third free practice this morning at Indianapolis as Marc Marquez once again headed the top of the timesheets.

The Repsol Honda rookie broke the the 1.39 barrier with a flying lap in 1:38.844, just 0.031s from Dani Pedrosa’s 2012 best lap, and leaving Stefan Bradl - who led for the most of session - in second and less than three tenths adrift.

Cal Crutchlow was the only Yamaha rider to break the Honda domination, as he was third fastest ahead of Alvaro Bautista who jumped to fourth and the Honda satellite rider was 0.031s faster than Dani Pedrosa.

Jorge Lorenzo, Valentino Rossi and Tech3 rookie Bradley Smith were 6th, 7th and 8th, respectively, even if the two Yamaha factory riders were right on Pedrosa’s tail, but more than seven tenths from Marquez.

Andrea Dovizioso completed the session in 9th while Nicky Hayden just made it into QP2 with his last flying lap demoting Andrea Iannone out of the top ten by a mere 0.017s.

After returning to track after missing almost the entire first half of the season an unlucky Ben Spies suffered a very ugly highside at turn four.

The Pramac rider was unable to take his helmet off as he held his left collarbone/shoulder (he had injured and underwent surgergy his right shoulder last year and had issues with his right pectoral muscle). Spies was later diagnosed with dislocated left shoulder, and it is unknown whether he can ride tomorrow.

Aleix Espargaro suffered an engine failure and had to return to track with his second ART machine where he had a frustrating moment with Karel Abraham who disturbed one of his flying laps while he was trying to enter Q2.

Unfortunately for the Spaniard he but missed out and will have to take part in QP1 behind an excellent Danilo Petrucci who was 12th fastest.

2013 MotoGP Indianapolis FP3 results:

01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’38.844
02- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 0.281
03- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.597
04- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.694
05- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.725
06- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.753
07- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.796
08- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.921
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 0.968
10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.045

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