Marquez And Pedrosa Reflect On Day 1 Of Sepang MotoGP Test
Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are further down the timesheets than you might expect after the first day of MotoGP testing in Sepang. Below are their thoughts.
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Repsol Honda Team commence first pre-season test at Sepang
Good weather conditions (max temperature: 31° C air, 42° ground) favoured day one of the first MotoGP pre-season test in Sepang, Malaysia, until rain began falling at 4 p.m.
The track had opened at 10 a.m., and Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa headed out 15 minutes later to get to work defining the setup of the RC213V, trying different engine configurations and spending also time testing new Michelin tyres. The afternoon downpour also gave Marc and Dani the opportunity to complete a few laps with a wet configuration.
Their best lap times for the day were 2’00.738 on lap 25 of 56 for Marquez (ninth) and 2’00.970 on lap 25 of 44 for Pedrosa (13th). Testing will continue for two more days.
Marc Marquez
“The feeling today wasn’t so bad considering that the first day after the holiday break is always a bit demanding for the rider and the team! We’ve been testing two bikes with different engine configurations, but we mainly concentrated on one, playing with electronics, geometry, setup and so on. We gathered a lot of information, and now we’ll keep working. We also decided to make the best of the situation when the rain arrived and did some laps in the wet, but we look forward to continuing testing in the dry tomorrow to better understand and exploit the potential of our bike.”
Dani Pedrosa
“Today I basically got reacquainted with riding my bike, with the track and the tyres, and I also rode for the first time on the new asphalt here at Sepang. We’ve started working on the bike as we have two different engine configurations to test. We mainly worked with one bike. We also had the chance to ride in the wet on that bike, and we got good information. Hopefully it won’t rain tomorrow, and I think we’ll be able to go more deep in the testing than we were today.”
Results Session
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Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time/Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | STONER Casey | 27 | AUS | Ducati Test Team | Ducati | 1’59.680 |
2 | DOVIZIOSO Andrea | 4 | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 0.117 |
3 | VINALES Maverick | 25 | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 0.449 |
4 | BAUTISTA Alvaro | 19 | SPA | PullandBear Aspar Team | Ducati | 0.454 |
5 | IANNONE Andrea | 29 | ITA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 0.809 |
6 | CRUTCHLOW Cal | 35 | GBR | LCR Honda | Honda | 0.889 |
7 | FOLGER Jonas | 94 | GER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 0.963 |
8 | ROSSI Valentino | 46 | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1.014 |
9 | MARQUEZ Marc | 93 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1.058 |
10 | BARBERA Hector | 8 | SPA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1.063 |
11 | PETRUCCI Danilo | 9 | ITA | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 1.170 |
12 | REDDING Scott | 45 | GBR | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 1.173 |
13 | PEDROSA Dani | 26 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1.290 |
14 | ZARCO Johann | 5 | FRA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1.544 |
15 | ESPARGARO Aleix | 41 | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1.592 |
16 | ESPARGARO Pol | 44 | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1.658 |
17 | LORENZO Jorge | 99 | SPA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1.669 |
18 | BAZ Loris | 76 | FRA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1.672 |
19 | TSUDA Takuya | 22 | JPN | Suzuki Test Team | Suzuki | 2.132 |
20 | RINS Alex | 42 | SPA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 2.210 |
21 | ABRAHAM Karel | 17 | CZE | PullandBear Aspar Team | Ducati | 2.246 |
22 | MILLER Jack | 43 | AUS | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 2.263 |
23 | NOZANE Kouta | 31 | JPN | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha | 2.507 |
24 | NAKASUGA Katsuyuki | 21 | JPN | Yamaha Factory Racing Team | Yamaha | 2.611 |
25 | RABAT Tito | 53 | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 2.635 |
26 | LOWES Sam | 22 | GBR | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 3.263 |
27 | SMITH Bradley | 38 | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 3.353 |
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