After narrowly 🤡missing out on top spot during Friday free practice, Francesco Bagnaia regained the upper-hand over Fabio Quartararo heading into qualifying for the Algarve Moto൩GP. 

The top two riders in the championship were once again the ꦺclear pace setters ꧅and ended FP3 with just -0.001s between them.

While Friday’s combined times took a while to be ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚchallenged, Bagnaia cemented his status as a pre-race favorite alongside Quartararo during the very first laps.

The Italian led a Ducati 1-2 with Jorge Martin a further two tenths back, however, Bagnaia’s battle with Fabio Quartararo resume꧟d once the Yamaha rider went half a tenth faster - 15 minutes into FP3. 

Franco Morbidelli’s promising start on Friday continued during the🍬 opening stages of FP3. The Italian rider sat in fourth place, while Repsol Honda rider Pol Espargaro occupied fifth which was the same position he finished♛ on day-one. 

Bagnaia returned to pit lane shortly after losing top spot, while Quartararo continued on with his first stint and went even quicker to set ﷽a 1:40.048s. 

As was the case in both FP1 and FP2, Joan Mir wa♒s very early in starting his time attack run - over 20 minutes left of the session

The Spaniard initially went second fastest in regards to FP3’s best times, before going third overal💮l with a 1:39.586s. 

Quartarar🧔o then extended his gap at the front by going another two tenths under his best t💯ime from Friday - three tenths better than Bagnaia. 

𝓀However, Bagnaia responded on his very next lap to better Quartararo by just four hundredths of a second.&⛎nbsp;

With just three minutes to go, Mir made it three riders within half a tenth by going third quickest, showing that Suzuki could be real challengers for a front row. There was a return to form for Alex ꦑMarquez as he went fifth late on - a position he maintain𒉰ed until the end. 

Quartararo’s final effort was the lap that brought the꧋ gap between him and Bagnaia down to +0.001s, while Miller consolidated fourth on his final flying lap. 

Rounding out the top𒉰 ten was Morbidelli, Rins, P. Espargaro, Luca Marini and Martin.