Franco Morbidelli’s stellar pace so far in Catalunya continued during MotoGP FP3 as he topped the session late o🐎n. 

Morbidelli overhauled h🌊is former team-mate Fabio Quartararo who was stuck in pit lane after missing the checkered flag. 

Quartararo was the first rider to set a sub 1m 39s lap this weekend, but while the Frenchman was headi𓆏ng down pit lane - hoping to do a practice start, Morbidelli set a 1:38.929s to move ahead by half a tenth.

Quartararo remained in second place while KTM’s renewed form from꧙🌟 Mugello continued with Miguel Oliveira taking third position. 

Francesco Bagnaia left it late to move in🦄to the top ten as he claimed fourth, but team-mate and two-time winner th𝕴is season Jack Miller will go through qualifying one later today as he finished 11th. 

Aleix Espargaro was fifth ♉fastest for A♒prilia after suffering a bit from his post arm pump surgery on day-one.

Brad Binder was sixth aboard the second factory KTM machine, one place ahead of day-one paces🐭etter Johann Zarco seventh. 

Zarco was the only rider not able t♏o improve his lap time from yesterday, while Maverick Vina♐les, Joan Mir and Valentino Rossi rounded out the top ten. 

It was a much improved start to day-two for 🤡Rossi who finished 19th on friday’s combined times .&n🔜bsp;

Rossiℱ was on the outskirts of the top ten following the opening time attack runs, but made his last lap count to finish six tenths down on Morbidelli. 

There were two crashes during the morning session with Enea Bastianini goi🌸ng down early on at turn five, while Lorenzo Savadori suffered the same fate in the final minutes.