MotoGP – Marquez dominates second MotoGP practice session at Sepang –

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Marquez dominates second MotoGP practice session at Sepang

MotoGP - Marquez dominates second MotoGP practice session at Sepang -

It was once again the young prodigy Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) who dominated the second MotoGP practice session in Sepang (Malaysia), after already brilliantly illustrated in the first session at the beginning of the month..

It was once again the young prodigy Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) who dominated the second MotoGP practice session in Sepang (Malaysia), after having already brilliantly illustrated during the earlier this month..

"All of our goals have been achieved"

"I am happy because this morning we had a good lap, which is important, but above all I am delighted that we were able to accomplish all the work that remained to us since the first day", rejoices the double champion of the MotoGP world. "Today we finished our homework and I even had time to do a race simulation this afternoon, with a track at 49 ° C. All our objectives have been reached for this session, and now for the tests. from Qatar we will have to focus more on the Grand Prix and find the right set-up for the bike. I don’t think there is much new to try. ". 

Teammate Dani Pedrosa, seventh, focused on electronic settings. "Overall these second tests went well and we managed to progress on the electronic settings. Obviously there are still areas to improve, but the positive point is that we can see more clearly on the setup than we need to. to use and the areas on which it will be necessary to improve during the next test ".

Second of these tests, Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha) set his best time at Sepang (1’59.437), two tenths faster than in the first test. "The track was in worse condition than before, so the bike has improved a lot", notes the Mallorcan who also tried to make a race simulation, "the hottest of all those of Sepang"…

"I was always stuck in traffic"

"It was really difficult to keep a good rhythm and to set good lap times, the bike didn’t behave that well with such temperatures. I decided to stop because I didn’t have confidence in the braking ", continues Lorenzo while his teammate Valentino Rossi is ranked 5th in cumulative times.

"I’m not very happy with this position because I was always stuck in traffic and I never found a moment to push hard," admits the ambitious – and aging – Doctor, but "in the end this session was positive ".

"I think I could have been faster and made it into the top 3," says Rossi who continued to work on the gearbox and settings, while riding on worn tires to improve the handling of the bike. under these end-of-travel conditions.

"Now, it will be very interesting to assess our level on another circuit, because the balance between the manufacturers can vary", notes the genius of the Alpages, "very curious to see what it will give in Qatar"…

Finally, we salute the good progress of Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda), third in this practice session at Sepang, who finished in 1’59.658 on the third day (1.5 seconds less than the first day) and performed a race simulation by turning in the regular 2’01.

Cumulative results of the second Sepang tests

  1. MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’59.115
  2. LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’59.437
  3. CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 1’59.658
  4. IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1’59.722
  5. ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’59.833
  6. SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’59.883
  7. PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’59.912
  8. BARBERA Hector 8 SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 2’00.244
  9. ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 2’00.275
  10. DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 2’00.468
  11. ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2’00.490
  12. PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 2’00.556
  13. HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL Pramac Racing Ducati 2’00.603
  14. VINALES Maverick 25 SPA Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 2’00.604
  15. BRADL Stefan 6 GER NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 2’00.685
  16. REDDING Scott 45 GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Honda 2’00.695
  17. HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA Drive M7 Aspar Honda 2’00.813
  18. PIRRO Michele 51 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 2’00.875
  19. BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA Factory Aprilia Gresini Aprilia 2’01.310
  20. DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 2’01.487
  21. ABRAHAM Karel 17 CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 2’01.536
  22. MILLER Jack 43 AUS CWM LCR Honda Honda 2’01.593
  23. LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE Drive M7 Aspar Honda 2’01.815
  24. BAZ Loris 76 FRA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 2’02.587
  25. DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 2’03.300
  26. NAKASUGA Katsuyuki T1 JPN Yamaha Test Team Yamaha 2’03.448
  27. MELANDRI Marco 33 ITA Factory Aprilia Gresini Aprilia 2’03.569

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