Honda-mounted Marc Marquez stayed out of reach at the top at Indy, his tires bouncing, his back wheel kicking out on corner entry, his body movements in direction-changing being ahead of his movements of the bike. Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi remained stuck in P10 lap after lap, even though his movements on the bike were quicker than yesterday’s. Everything looked normal for a long time, with Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo (0.166 seconds back) on top, followed by the two Andreas (Dovizioso and Iannone) on Ducati, then the crowd of hopefuls. Where was Suzuki? Presently, Maverick Vinales answered that by jumping up into 3rd with an effort-filled lap that place him only 0.337 seconds off Marquez and ahead of the Ducatis. Meanwhile, Rossi fell to 11th. 
It was interesting to see Marquez’s visible large steering movements. He certainly isn’t rough, but he definitely isn’t smooth at this speed. Rossi jumped up to 4th with a lap of 1:33.130, but he was still seven-tenths off of Marquez. In contrast to Marquez, Rossi moves himself as he moves the bike. The Italian hero eventually jumped to 3rd with a 1:32.991, but he was still 0.589 seconds away from clear air. Bradley Smith on the Monster Tech3 Yamaha, cracked off a “we try harder” lap to become 2nd, then promptly got it a bit wrong and was on the grass, unhurt. His Tech3 teammate and co-rider in winning the Suzuka 8-hour, Pol Espargaro, has been signed by Yamaha for another year but Smith has not. When I asked about this, I learned that Espargaro had his full team of management and empowered negotiators with him at the 8-hour, while Smith had only himself. This puts his maximum effort lap and following crash in perspective. 
Wiser men know that the only lap time of real importance is the one you can consistently do in the race. Young hopefuls pop up like fall mushrooms in practice but the awful realities of the race itself push them down. Seconds from the end, Honda’s Dani Pedrosa jumped to 3rd, and Andrea Iannone immediately did the same, pushing the Honda rider to 4th. After all this evident sincerity, here’s the final order after FP3: 1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 32.392s 2. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 32.421s 3. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 32.718s 4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 32.759s 5. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 32.819s 6. Cal Crutchlow GBR CWM LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 32.851s 7. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 32.914s 8. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 32.945s 9. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 32.981s 10. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 1m 32.998s 11. Yonny Hernandez COL Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 33.290s 12. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 33.293s 13. Scott Redding GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 33.300s 14. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 1m 33.503s 15. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.1) 1m 33.570s 16. Jack Miller AUS CWM LCR Honda (RC213V-RS) 1m 34.021s 17. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (RC213V-RS)* 1m 34.036s 18. Nicky Hayden USA Aspar MotoGP Team (RC213V-RS) 1m 34.053s 19. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 1m 34.332s 20. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 34.348s 21. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 34.608s 22. Alex De Angelis RSM E-Motion IodaRacing (ART) 1m 35.188s 23. Toni Elias SPA AB Motoracing (RC213V-RS) 1m 36.412s 
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