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Friday at Losail with Tony Goldsmith

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Cal Crutchlow is hot on heals though and is less than a tenth of a second behind.

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Ducati and Andrea Dovizioso are trying the “wings” again.

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Aleix Espargaro has been fast despite losing 14 km/h to Marc Marquez through the speed trap.

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No surprise to see that Marc Marquez is again setting the pace in the Qatar desert.

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Andrea Iannone on his way to setting the 3rd fastest time of the night.

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The Doctor leaving pit lane.

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Dani Pedrosa in conversation with his crew.

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Cal Crutchlow on the gas out of Turn 6.

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8th on the time sheets doesn’t look good for Jorge Lorenzo but he was only 0.286s behind Marc Marquez.

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Dani Pedrosa at Turn 1.

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Marc Marquez heads into is pit box during FP3.

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Bradley Smith is down in 18th place after FP3 but is only 1.083 seconds off the pace.

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Valentino Rossi’s crew warming up his two Yamaha M1’s prior to the start of FP3.

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The only race on the MotoGP calendar that you’ll get to see a setting sun before a wheel has turned.

Photos: © 2015 Tony Goldsmith / www.tonygoldsmith.net – All Rights Reserved

Tony Goldsmith is an Isle of Man based freelance motorcycle racing photographer specialising in MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT races. His website can be found at www.tonygoldsmith.net. He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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