Andrea Iannone remained quickest in the third and penultimate practice session ahead of the season-opening MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix.
Iannone posted his quickest lap, a :154.639, during the closing minutes of the session to jump to the front of the pack, eventually finishing 0.137s clear of Jorge Lorenzo.
Honda's Marc Marquez was third quickest, overcoming some issues with his Honda bike, to finish just two-tenths adrift of Iannone and a tenth ahead of Ducati's second bike of Andrea Dovizioso.
Maverick Vinales completed the top five, ensuring four different manufacturers filled the top five places as he pushed his Suzuki to within four-tenths of the fastest lap.
Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi, Hector Barbera, Scott Redding, and Pol Espargaro completed the top ten places and therefore secure automatic qualification through to qualifying's Q2 session.
Bradley Smith, Jack Miller and Redding fell during the session, the former managing to get back on-track and better his time, whilst Miller and Redding fell in the closing minutes and both walked away unharmed.
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