The reigning World Champion leads a pair of Ducatis as World Championship leader Espargaro is among the riders facing Q1 later
Reigning World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) set the pace in MotoGP™ FP3 at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas as the top three head into qualifying split by just 0.086s. Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) and Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) are P2 and P3 ahead of FP4 and qualifying later on, as World Championship leader Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) faces Q1.
Plenty of improvements, big names miss the top 10 cut
The first rider to make a dent in the top 10 was Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu), as the Japanese rider climbed into P10 – knocking Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) out with 19 minutes to go. World Championship leader Aleix Espargaro was then inside the top 10 after missing…