The forecast Saturday rain is yet to arrive, allowing lap times to swiftly improve in FP3. Marc Marquez held his place at the top, despite fighting his bucking RC213V for much of the session, running off twice and falling at turn one with seven minutes to go. The Repsol Honda rider finished 0.024s clear of nearest rival Jorge Lorenzo. The Qatar winner and reigning world champion, just 14th on Friday, soon broke into the top ten to secure direct access to Qualifying 2 - but was again seen gesturing to his team about handling problems with his M1. Meanwhile the likes of Tech 3 team-mates Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith, plus Pramac's Scott Redding, will be forced to participate in Qualifying...
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