Catalonia GP – Yamaha dominates post-race tests in Catalonia – Used YAMAHA

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Yamaha dominates post-race tests in Catalonia

Catalonia GP - Yamaha dominates post-race tests in Catalonia - Used YAMAHA

Maverick Viñales and Franco Morbidelli were the fastest in official MotoGP practice organized in the wake of the GP of Catalonia – which the two Yamaha riders had finished flat on their stomachs… Marquez, Rins and Quartararo complete the Top 5. What should be remembered from this session? Debrief.

Maverick Viñales was keen to erase during these "post-GP" tests the disappointment of his race, author of a failed braking on his Honda which also sent to the carpet Andrea Dovizioso’s Ducati and the second factory Yamaha by Valentino Rossi. 

  • Catalan GP MotoGP 2019 :
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The n ° 12 was particularly assiduous on his official M1, completing no less than 98 laps on the Montmelo circuit (the equivalent of four Grands Prix)! Viñales, more often at the forefront during practice than in the race, gets the best time of the day in 1’38.967 in his last attempt on soft tires.

This performance allows the Spanish driver to be reassured … and to regret even more bitterly the premature end of his GP of Catalonia while he was playing for the podium! His teammate Valentino Rossi appears in a discreet 14th place, preferring to experience new pieces rather than chasing the clock..

Catalonia GP - Yamaha dominates post-race tests in Catalonia - Used YAMAHA

The Doctor – relegated to 68 points from Marquez in the championship – tested a new exhaust, electronic upgrades and a new type of rear brake lever offset on the handlebars. The objective at Yamaha is always the same: to find more power and especially to manage to pass it to the ground without prematurely wearing out the rear tire….

Three Yamaha in the Top 5

Franco Morbidelli confirms the excellent chemistry between the Spanish track and the M1s by signing the second time at 0.047 sec. The Yamaha SRT rider, victim of a fall during the race, thought to finish these tests with the reference time before being finally capped at the post by Viñales !

Catalonia GP - Yamaha dominates post-race tests in Catalonia - Used YAMAHA

His teammate Fabio Quartararo, sound author, completes this Top 5 favorable to Yamaha behind Marquez’s Honda and Rins’ Suzuki. The n ° 42, long at the top of the timesheet on Monday, notably tested a new chassis released on Sunday during the race on Sylvain Guintoli’s GSX-RR.

Aprilia only ran the RS-GPs of Andrea Iannone and test driver Bradley Smith, who unintentionally injured Aleix Espargaro when he crashed in the first lap of the Catalan GP: the n ° 41 suffers from ” a micro-fracture of the femur and an injury to the left tibia.

His participation in the Dutch GP next week is not compromised at this point, however, while Smith – found responsible for the crash – was sentenced to a three-place demotion for the next race in which he will participate in wild card. 

His sanction is not without causing some turmoil, insofar as the incident took place in the same turn n ° 10 as the one where the following lap. However, the Honda official did not receive any penalty, who pleaded for a demotion of the Mallorcan to Assen…

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Catalonia 2019 post GP test results

  1. VIÑALES, Maverick Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 38.967 98 th lap out of 98
  2. MORBIDELLI, Franco Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 39.014 0.047 76 th lap out of 78
  3. MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1: 39.257 0.290 61st lap out of 80
  4. RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 39.334 0.367 72nd lap out of 75 
  5. QUARTARARO, Fabio Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 39.428 0.461 55 th lap out of 56
  6. BAGNAIA, Francesco Pramac Racing 1: 39.466 0.499 54th lap out of 54
  7. NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1: 39.555 0.588 52nd lap out of 59  
  8. MIR, Joan Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 39.670 0.703 64th lap out of 67  
  9. MILLER, Jack Pramac Racing 1: 39.745 0.778 59th lap out of 60
  10. CRUTCHLOW, Cal LCR Honda CASTROL 1: 39.903 0.936 34th lap out of 73   
  11. PETRUCCI, Danilo Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 39.917 0.950 31st lap out of 57 
  12. DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 39.925 0.958 16th lap of 63   
  13. RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 1: 39.938 0.971 26th lap out of 75
  14. ROSSI, Valentino Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 39.968 1.001 58 th lap out of 71
  15. ZARCO, Johann Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 40.197 1.230 68th lap out of 70 
  16. ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 40.201 1.234 5th lap out of 57
  17. LORENZO, Jorge Repsol Honda Team 1: 40.357 1.390 7th lap out of 65
  18. SMITH, Bradley Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 40.564 1.597 87 th lap out of 88 
  19. IANNONE, Andrea Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 40.606 1.639 75th lap out of 76  
  20. OLIVEIRA, Miguel Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 40.862 1.895 31st lap out of 61  
  21. ABRAHAM, Karel Reale Avintia Racing 1: 41.100 2.133 34th lap out of 35
  22. SYAHRIN, Hafizh Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 41.162 2.195 50 th lap out of 52    
  23. GUINTOLI, Sylvain Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 41.243 2.276 18th lap out of 69   
  24. BRADL, Stefan Team HRC 1: 41.429 2.462 75th lap out of 84
  25. PEDROSA, Dani Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 41.824 2.857 38 th lap out of 51

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