Bradl best in Moto2 FP3.
Moto2™ is powered byStefan Bradl (Viessmann Kiefer Racing) set the fastest time in the final practice for the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar.
In the third practice session, some riders improved on their times from yesterday, the quickest one being German rider Bradl who recorded the fastest time in FP1 and again in FP3. He improved on the best time set on Thursday with his lap time of 2’00.882.
Marc Márquez (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol) made big improvements from his second practice to jump from sixth to second, He was 0.872 off Bradl’s time. Italian Andrea Iannone (Speed Master) was third fastest.
Fastest from FP2 Yuki Takahashi (Gresini Racing) had been languishing outside of the top 15 for the majority of the session, but recaptured his speed from yesterday to manage fourth fastest.
Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) and Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing) were fifth and sixth, with Thomas Lüthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) seventh fastest 1.217 off the best time.
Rounding out the top ten were, Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing), Simone Corsi (Ioda Racing Project) and Alex de Angelis (JiR Moto2).
Randy Krummenacher (GP Team Switzerland Kiefer Racing) took a spill onto the tarmac in the final five minutes, finishing in 24th position.
Bradley Smith (Tech 3) was just outside the top 15 in 17th place. Kev Coghlan (Team Aeroport de Castelló) was 28th fastest.
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