Aleix Espargaro down for a second time... #AmericasGP #MotoGP FP3 pic.twitter.com/E21ae6Y2E6
— Crash.net MotoGP (@crash_motogp) April 22, 2017
Marquez juga terjatuh untuk kali kedua. Kali ini dia terjatuh di tikungan 15 ketika sesi tersisa sekitar tujuh menit.
And now Marc Marquez is down for a second time... Flicked into air when rear tyre lost grip. #AmericasGP #MotoGP FP3. @MarcMarquez93 pic.twitter.com/ZeNfYI1PL0
— Crash.net MotoGP (@crash_motogp) April 22, 2017
Sesi tersisa di bawah tiga menit dan Jorge Lorenzo menjadi pebalap kedelapan yang jatuh pada sesi ini. Pebalap Ducati Team tersebut jatuh di tikungan 18.
Another faller with 2 minutes to go - @lorenzo99#RiderOK pic.twitter.com/7kcbGrbYHq
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) April 22, 2017
Pada menit terakhir sesi, Vinales menggebrak dan mencatat putaran 2 menit 3,979 detik yang membawanya ke posisi tercepat.
Vinales juga menjadi yang tercepat dari hasil akumulasi sesi latihan bebas pertama hingga ketiga.
Dia dan sembilan pebalap lain akan langsung turun pada kualifikasi kedua (Q2).
???? Final combined times with top 10 riders straight through to Q2...#AmericasGP pic.twitter.com/YkyBpr9w9Y
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) April 22, 2017
Pebalap lain yang berada di luar 10 besar, termasuk Lorenzo, harus berjuang dari kualifikasi pertama (Q1) untuk mencari dua posisi terbaik yang bisa bergabung ke Q2.
Berikut hasil sesi latihan bebas ketiga GP Americas.
1. Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 03.979s [Lap 13/14] 335km/h (Top Speed)
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 04.296s +0.317s [15/16] 336km/h
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 2m 04.677s +0.698s [12/15] 333km/h
4. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 04.687s +0.708s [4/9] 332km/h
5. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 2m 04.956s +0.977s [15/15] 338km/h
6. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 2m 05.272s +1.293s [16/17] 336km/h
7. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 2m 05.653s +1.674s [4/13] 337km/h
8. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 05.752s +1.773s [12/14] 333km/h
9. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 2m 05.768s +1.789s [13/14] 330km/h
10. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 2m 05.872s +1.893s [4/16] 340km/h
11. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 2m 05.910s +1.931s [4/11] 342km/h
12. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 2m 05.930s +1.951s [12/13] 340km/h
13. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 2m 06.127s +2.148s [12/12] 330km/h
14. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 2m 06.188s +2.209s [6/12] 341km/h
15. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 06.915s +2.936s [5/14] 331km/h
16. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 2m 07.538s +3.559s [3/4] 329km/h
17. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 2m 08.257s +4.278s [11/14] 327km/h
18. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 2m 08.350s +4.371s [11/11] 341km/h
19. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 2m 09.044s +5.065s [7/11] 331km/h
20. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 09.135s +5.156s [3/7] 335km/h
21. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* 2m 10.418s +6.439s [2/4] 320km/h
22. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 2m 12.196s +8.217s [6/6] 326km/h
0. Alex Rins ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* No Time [0/0]
Berikut daftar 10 pebalap yang langsung lolos Q2.
1. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
4. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V)
6. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
7. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17)
8. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16)
9. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
10. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)