Marquez, Pedrosa Continue Developing RC213V At MotoGP Sepang Test Day 2

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Bad weather and damp conditions meant most of day 2 of Sepang MotoGP testing was a wash. Nonetheless, HRC riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa used the limited dry time to continue developing the 2017 RC213V.

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Development work continues for Repsol Honda Team on second day at Sepang

Heavy overnight rain left a damp track today at Sepang and kept the riders in the pits for more than half of the second day of testing. Temperatures also were slightly cooler than usual in Malaysia, with a max of 30° C air, 38° ground.

Reigning World Champion Marc Marquez and teammate Dani Pedrosa took to the track as soon as it was dry enough, after 2 p.m. They continued their development work on their RC213V machines, both of which were equipped with the same engine’s new configurations. Tests of the Michelin tyres also continued for both.

Marquez’s fastest time of 2’00.531” (lap 27 of 33) placed him 10th for the day. Pedrosa finished in 14th place with his time of 2’00.886” (lap 38 of 44). The test will conclude tomorrow.

Marc Marquez

10TH 2’00.531

“We started late like everyone this afternoon because of the track conditions, and generally speaking, it was a challenging day. We spent a lot of time in the garage working on sorting out many little things. It’s okay, as this is the pre-season and it’s better to work and solve all these issues now, but of course this takes time. We have a lot of work to do to find a good setup for the bike and the electronics. That said, our rhythm wasn’t too bad and hopefully tomorrow we’ll improve our pace and speed. We must keep focused and work hard. I’m sure that step by step we will get better!”

Dani Pedrosa

14TH 2’00.886

“Today we started working as soon as the conditions allowed, even if the track was still damp here and there. We made a re-check of some setup details we wanted to improve, and the positive is that we actually bettered them by about 50%. We’re not yet where we want to be, but it’s still a step forward. Other positives to the day are that I did my fastest time on a quite used tyre and that we did some good work on the fork and on one front tyre as well. Unfortunately, at the end of the session we weren’t able to fit a new tyre and try a time attack, but hopefully tomorrowwe’ll have time to do more tests on the tyres and setup and to try and improve our lap times.”

MotoGP 2017 Tuesday, January 31st 2017
Testing Sepang Official Test

Results Session

MIXED CONDITIONS
Track Temp

38°C

Air Temp

30°C

Pos.RiderNumNationTeamConstructorTime/Gap
1IANNONE Andrea29ITATeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki1’59.452
2VINALES Maverick25SPAMovistar Yamaha MotoGPYamaha0.406
3BAUTISTA Alvaro19SPAPull&Bear Aspar TeamDucati0.766
4ROSSI Valentino46ITAMovistar Yamaha MotoGPYamaha0.802
5ZARCO Johann5FRAMonster Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha0.891
6BARBERA Hector8SPAAvintia RacingDucati0.900
7DOVIZIOSO Andrea4ITADucati TeamDucati0.989
8LORENZO Jorge99SPADucati TeamDucati1.032
9FOLGER Jonas94GERMonster Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha1.043
10MARQUEZ Marc93SPARepsol Honda TeamHonda1.079
11ESPARGARO Aleix41SPAAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia1.157
12CRUTCHLOW Cal35GBRLCR HondaHonda1.239
13RINS Alex42SPATeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki1.424
14PEDROSA Dani26SPARepsol Honda TeamHonda1.434
15REDDING Scott45GBROcto Pramac YakhnichDucati1.520
16ABRAHAM Karel17CZEPull&Bear Aspar TeamDucati1.529
17PETRUCCI Danilo9ITAOcto Pramac YakhnichDucati1.672
18BAZ Loris76FRAAvintia RacingDucati1.775
19PIRRO Michele51ITADucatiDucati1.930
20ESPARGARO Pol44SPARed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM2.073
21MILLER Jack43AUSEstrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDSHonda2.104
22LOWES Sam22GBRAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia2.606
23RABAT Tito53SPAEstrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDSHonda2.737
24TSUDA Takuya22JPNSuzuki Test TeamSuzuki2.815
25SMITH Bradley38GBRRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM3.064
26NAKASUGA Katsuyuki21JPNYamaha Factory Racing TeamYamaha3.441
27NOZANE Kouta31JPNYamaha Test TeamYamaha3.600
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