Marquez And Pedrosa Reflect On Day 1 Of Sepang MotoGP Test

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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

9TH 2’00.738

“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

13TH 2’00.970

“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.”

MotoGP 2017 Monday, January 30th 2017
Testing Sepang Official Test

Results Session

MOSTLY SUNNY
Track Temp

42°C

Air Temp

31°C

Pos.RiderNumNationTeamConstructorTime/Gap
1STONER Casey27AUSDucati Test TeamDucati1’59.680
2DOVIZIOSO Andrea4ITADucati TeamDucati0.117
3VINALES Maverick25SPAMovistar Yamaha MotoGPYamaha0.449
4BAUTISTA Alvaro19SPAPullandBear Aspar TeamDucati0.454
5IANNONE Andrea29ITATeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki0.809
6CRUTCHLOW Cal35GBRLCR HondaHonda0.889
7FOLGER Jonas94GERMonster Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha0.963
8ROSSI Valentino46ITAMovistar Yamaha MotoGPYamaha1.014
9MARQUEZ Marc93SPARepsol Honda TeamHonda1.058
10BARBERA Hector8SPAAvintia RacingDucati1.063
11PETRUCCI Danilo9ITAOcto Pramac YakhnichDucati1.170
12REDDING Scott45GBROcto Pramac YakhnichDucati1.173
13PEDROSA Dani26SPARepsol Honda TeamHonda1.290
14ZARCO Johann5FRAMonster Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha1.544
15ESPARGARO Aleix41SPAAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia1.592
16ESPARGARO Pol44SPARed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM1.658
17LORENZO Jorge99SPADucati TeamDucati1.669
18BAZ Loris76FRAAvintia RacingDucati1.672
19TSUDA Takuya22JPNSuzuki Test TeamSuzuki2.132
20RINS Alex42SPATeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki2.210
21ABRAHAM Karel17CZEPullandBear Aspar TeamDucati2.246
22MILLER Jack43AUSEstrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDSHonda2.263
23NOZANE Kouta31JPNYamaha Test TeamYamaha2.507
24NAKASUGA Katsuyuki21JPNYamaha Factory Racing TeamYamaha2.611
25RABAT Tito53SPAEstrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDSHonda2.635
26LOWES Sam22GBRAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia3.263
27SMITH Bradley38GBRRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM3.353
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