2021 Spanish MotoGP, Jerez - Free Practice (4) Results

Free Practice (4) results from the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, round 4 of the 2021 world championship.

01 May 2021

Fabio Quartararo Spanish MotoGP, 1 May2021
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Quartararo leads final practice for the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez ahead of Yamaha team-mate Vinales and Suzuki's Rins.

Marc Marquez, sidelined for nine months after complications to a broken right arm at Jerez last July, was back on track this afternoon after a massive accident at Turn 7 this morning.

But Repsol Honda team-mate Pol Espargaro then fell at the same corner in a carbon copy of Marquez's fall, also fortunately emerging uninjured. The #93 was not far behind Espargaro on track when he fell.

The wind seemed to be causing problems with other falls for Aleix Espargaro (twice), Savadori, Rins and Petrucci, while a technical issue meant Miller missed the early part of the session.

Qualifying 1, for those outside the top ten after FP3 - which includes both Marquez brothers and now Morbidelli, after the Italian had another lap deleted during the lunch break for track limits, putting Miller into the top ten - will now get underway.

Injured rookie Jorge Martin is being replaced at Pramac by Rabat, while Bradl is making his first wild-card of the season after racing as a replacement for Marc Marquez in Qatar.

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Spanish MotoGP, Jerez - Free Practice (4) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time/Diff	Lap	Max
1	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	1'37.341s	5/15	286k
2	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.050s	16/16	286k
3	Alex Rins	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.431s	7/12	286k
4	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+0.576s	13/16	288k
5	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.671s	7/12	284k
6	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.712s	12/12	290k
7	Joan Mir	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.738s	13/14	285k
8	Jack Miller	AUS	Ducati Team (GP21)	+0.793s	8/10	293k
9	Marc Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.808s	11/14	288k
10	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.827s	7/15	295k
11	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.839s	12/12	291k
12	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)	+0.862s	5/7	287k
13	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Team (GP21)	+0.946s	8/14	293k
14	Stefan Bradl	GER	HRC (RC213V)	+1.032s	7/15	293k
15	Johann Zarco	FRA	Pramac Ducati (GP21)	+1.089s	6/12	296k
16	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+1.419s	10/11	286k
17	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Avintia Ducati (GP19)*	+1.521s	12/12	286k
18	Alex Marquez	SPA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.625s	6/13	287k
19	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.683s	16/16	286k
20	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)*	+1.721s	3/10	285k
21	Tito Rabat	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP21)	+1.791s	6/15	290k
22	Iker Lecuona	SPA	KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+1.794s	6/12	286k
23	Luca Marini	ITA	Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)*	+1.820s	3/12	292k

* Rookie.
Fastest Practice time:
Takaaki Nakagami JPN Honda 1m 36.985s (FP3)

Official Jerez MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Maverick Vinales SPA Yamaha 1m 36.584s (2020)
Fastest race lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 38.051s (2019)