World Champ Incarnate Marc Marquez Crashes, Goes Fast In Chilly Phillip Island MotoGP Third Practice Session

World champ incarnate Marc Marquez crashed about 20 minutes into the session. He folded the front and held on to the clip-on with his right hand as the bike augured. A good bounce when the rider’s hand on the clip-on of a crashing motorcycle is how they eventually end up having only 9 or 9.5 fingers on their gloves, ala George Lorenzo, Wayne Rainey, Roger Lee Hayden, others.

Of course, Marc was uninjured and afterward he flicked his wrist like there was a fly on his hand to make it all well.

Pos.	Rider	Team	Bike	Time
1	Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda RC213V	1:29.714
2	Maverick Vinales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	1:29.756
3	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati GP18	1:29.792
4	Andrea Iannone	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:29.867
5	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	1:29.974
6	Pol Espargaro	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1:30.221
7	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda RC213V	1:30.259
8	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha YZR-M1	1:30.296
9	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati Team	Ducati GP18	1:30.485
10	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati GP18	1:30.580
11	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	1:30.720
12	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1:30.724
13	Alex Rins	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:30.830
14	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda RC213V	1:30.846
15	Xavier Simeon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	1:30.973
16	Franco Morbidelli	Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda RC213V	1:31.047
17	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati GP18	1:31.205
18	Thomas Luthi	Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda RC213V	1:31.320
19	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha YZR-M1	1:31.655
20	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia RS-GP	1:31.860
21	Jordi Torres	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	1:32.045
22	Mike Jones	Angel Nieto Team	Ducati	1:32.988
23	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia RS-GP	1:33.139

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