Offseason testing – 15 riders in the same second at MotoGP Qatar tests –

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15 riders in the same second in MotoGP tests in Qatar

Offseason testing - 15 riders in the same second at MotoGP Qatar tests -

At the end of the three days of MotoGP testing in Qatar, the last before the resumption of the world championship, the times are particularly tight … But who do we find in second place? French debutant Fabio Quartararo, who slips between Viñales and Rins ahead of Marquez and Rossi ! Debriefing.

They were, they are 15 this year. These are of course only tests devoted to the last adjustments – and as Lucas Mahias says, "" -, but we can still be happy that, who discovers MotoGP, signs the second fastest time on his Yamaha satellite !

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7th on, 3rd on and 2nd on third: the young man from Nice is two tenths behind Maverick Viñales, the fastest in 1’54.208, who however did not reach during the 2018 offseason tests.

"It was a very positive test for us," said the friendly Petronas Yamaha team rider. “This morning it started badly because it was cold and there was sand on the track, but the wind ended up falling and I felt better and better each time I got back on the handlebars. So far this year. I only spent six days on the bike and honestly I already feel very comfortable. I managed to do some really quick laps and that’s what we had been missing at Sepang. had no trouble chasing the clock, we were in the rhythm fairly quickly and it was fast. It was also good to do a simulated race, with a better pace than during the one I had done in Sepang, but it was complicated because I rode on my own almost all the time. I think we are making permanent progress ".

Offseason testing - 15 riders in the same second at MotoGP Qatar tests -

Maverick Viñales (Official Yamaha No.12) : "Honestly, I drove very well on the track, I felt that I was very fast given the grip conditions, but we still have to improve. I don’t have enough grip on the angle so we have to continue to work on this point. On the acceleration side, we are better than at Sepang and for the moment I am quite satisfied with the braking. My race pace is not bad, I did dx laps to try to understand the behavior of the bike but the track was a little cold for the medium tires. Maybe I could have attacked a little more and there is still some progress to be made for the race. I think we will be ready. It will be a very Our bike has some good strengths but also some weaknesses so we now have to conclude and see what we can improve ".

 Alex Rins (Official Suzuki # 42) : "I had incredible sensations, I’m super happy. As you can see on the timesheet, I have the rhythm, but when I attacked to do my best lap I had a small crash . All the requests I made to Suzuki this winter have been fulfilled. I am very optimistic about the development of the bike. It was difficult to improve it because the base was already very good. It will be hard at the start of the first race there will be a lot of fast riders and everyone is eager to start ".

Offseason testing - 15 riders in the same second at MotoGP Qatar tests -

Marc Marquez (official Honda n ° 93) : "Today I feel ready to start the season! We did a lot of laps, we worked well and we made new progress. I’m still not 100%, but I had good feelings . On the Qatar circuit we usually have a hard time, but during these tests we were there like the others. It was a bit difficult with the wind and the temperature tonight, but we still did what we had to do. ".

Offseason testing - 15 riders in the same second at MotoGP Qatar tests -

Valentino Rossi (Official Yamaha No. 46) : "It was a good third day, we worked in the right direction and I was quite efficient. My pace is quite good with the race tires and for the time trial I was good. I finished 5th in the combined classification. of the three days, which is not too bad. The pace in the race is correct, but I think we would need a little more to be able to fight. Today we managed to reduce the gap considerably. thanks to the involvement of the whole team. We’ll see in two weeks whether that’s enough ".

Offseason testing - 15 riders in the same second at MotoGP Qatar tests -

Jorge Lorenzo (official Honda n ° 99) : "We started the tests without touching the settings. When we started to modify them, we were able to improve the bike and be faster. I was able to ride a lot better. We improved a little something here, another that way, and we’ve taken a big step forward to be competitive already. We’re very satisfied. The potential is there and it’s just my third day as an official Honda rider, because before I was not fully recovered. When I’m in perfect shape to drive even better, we can be even stronger ".

Danilo Petrucci (official Ducati n ° 9) : "Today we encountered a little more difficulties than expected because the wind forced us to modify the settings of the bike. But we reacted rather well because once we put on the soft tires, we were immediately able to do the best provisional time. Then we returned to the preparation of the race. We did a simulation with Andrea by exchanging our positions, as in Malaysia. I am happy with the sensations on the bike: despite the colder temperature of the track, we had managed to be fast and I’m sure we’ll be ready for the race ".

Offseason testing - 15 riders in the same second at MotoGP Qatar tests -

Andrea Dovizioso (official Ducati n ° 4) : "This last day was complicated by the wind, which prevented us from following our entire program. We focused on certain aspects and although we are not far from our competitors, we still have room for improvement Honestly I can’t say I’m completely satisfied, but I remain convinced that we have good potential and I think we can have a good race. We have collected a lot of interesting data and we will have to take advantage of it to be as competitive as possible in two weeks ".

Johann Zarco (official KTM n ° 5) : "I’m a little sad to have crashed. It was colder and the medium tires weren’t good enough for my taste so I couldn’t improve my lap times. It’s a shame, because then it was It’s complicated to progress. I still accumulated information and experience and we may have reached a limit, so we have to work more and keep moving forward. I’m still too slow, at least on the third day, but in consistency I’m not that bad so we’ll see where I will be here in 15 days. I am impressed by Pol’s performance (Espargaro, his teammate who finished 8th, Editor’s note) and I’m happy for him ".

Offseason testing - 15 riders in the same second at MotoGP Qatar tests -

Cumulative ranking of the three days of MotoGP testing in Qatar

  1. 12 Maverick VIÑALES Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 54.208
  2. 20 Fabio QUARTARARO Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 54.441 (+0.233)
  3. 42 Alex RINS Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 54.593 (+0.385)
  4. 93 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team 1: 54.613 (+0.405)
  5. 46 Valentino ROSSI Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 54.651 (+0.443)
  6. 99 Jorge LORENZO Repsol Honda Team 1: 54.653 (+0.445)
  7. 21 Franco MORBIDELLI Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 54.660 (+0.452)
  8. 44 Pol ESPARGARO Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 54.770 (+0.562)
  9. 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1: 54.789 (+0.581)
  10. 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 54.818 (+0.610)
  11. 43 Jack MILLER Alma Pramac Racing 1: 54.851 (+0.643)
  12. 36 Joan MIR Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 54.997 (+0.789)
  13. 63 Francesco BAGNAIA Alma Pramac Racing 1: 55.074 (+0.866)
  14. 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 55.173 (+0.965)
  15. 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 55.205 (+0.997)
  16. 53 Tito RABAT Reale Avintia Racing 1: 55.229 (+1.021)
  17. 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda CASTROL 1: 55.247 (+1.039)
  18. 29 Andrea IANNONE Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 55.343 (+1.135)
  19. 5 Johann ZARCO Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 55.716 (+1.508)
  20. 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 55.773 (+1.565)
  21. 17 Karel ABRAHAM Reale Avintia Racing 1: 55.951 (+1.743)
  22. 38 Bradley SMITH Aprilia Factory Racing 1: 56.072 (+1.864)
  23. 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 56.371 (+2.163)

Ranking of the third day of MotoGP testing in Qatar

  1. VIÑALES, Maverick Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 54.208
  2. QUARTARARO, Fabio Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 54.441 0.233
  3. MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1: 54.613 0.405
  4. ROSSI, Valentino Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 54.651 0.443
  5. LORENZO, Jorge Repsol Honda Team 1: 54.653 0.445
  6. MORBIDELLI, Franco Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 54.660 0.452
  7. ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 54.770 0.562
  8. NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1: 54.789 0.581
  9. PETRUCCI, Danilo Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 54.818 0.610
  10. MILLER, Jack Alma Pramac Racing 1: 54.851 0.643
  11. RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 54.852 0.644
  12. MIR, Joan Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 54.997 0.789
  13. BAGNAIA, Francesco Alma Pramac Racing 1: 55.074 0.866
  14. RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 1: 55.229 1.021
  15. DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 55.233 1.025
  16. IANNONE, Andrea Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 55.343 1.135
  17. CRUTCHLOW, Cal LCR Honda CASTROL 1: 55.690 1.482
  18. OLIVEIRA, Miguel Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 55.773 1.565
  19. ESPARGARO, Aleix Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 55.814 1.606
  20. SMITH, Bradley Aprilia Factory Racing 1: 56.072 1.864
  21. ABRAHAM, Karel Reale Avintia Racing 1: 56.121 1.913
  22. ZARCO, Johann Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 56.162 1.954
  23. SYAHRIN, Hafizh Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 56.371 2.163

Ranking of the second day of MotoGP testing in Qatar

  1. RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 54.593
  2. VIÑALES, Maverick Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 54.650 0.057
  3. QUARTARARO, Fabio Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 54.908 0.315
  4. PETRUCCI, Danilo Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 54.953 0.360
  5. MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1: 55.004 0.411
  6. ESPARGARO, Aleix Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 55.173 0.580
  7. NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1: 55.175 0.582
  8. DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 55.205 0.612
  9. CRUTCHLOW, Cal LCR Honda CASTROL 1: 55.247 0.654
  10. ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 55.255 0.662
  11. MIR, Joan Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 55.280 0.687
  12. MILLER, Jack Alma Pramac Racing 1: 55.380 0.787
  13. MORBIDELLI, Franco Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 55.556 0.963
  14. RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 1: 55.661 1.068
  15. BAGNAIA, Francesco Alma Pramac Racing 1: 55.680 1.087
  16. IANNONE, Andrea Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 55.698 1.105
  17. ZARCO, Johann Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 55.716 1.123
  18. LORENZO, Jorge Repsol Honda Team 1: 55.742 1.149
  19. ROSSI, Valentino Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 55.795 1.202
  20. ABRAHAM, Karel Reale Avintia Racing 1: 55.951 1.358
  21. OLIVEIRA, Miguel Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 56.274 1.681
  22. SMITH, Bradley Aprilia Factory Racing 1: 56.866 2.273
  23. SYAHRIN, Hafizh Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 56.983 2.390

Ranking of the first day of MotoGP testing in Qatar

  1. VIÑALES, Maverick Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 55.051
  2. RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 55.159 0.108
  3. DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 55.550 0.499
  4. PETRUCCI, Danilo Mission Winnow Ducati 1: 55.594 0.543
  5. ROSSI, Valentino Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1: 55.604 0.553
  6. RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 1: 55.694 0.643
  7. QUARTARARO, Fabio Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 55.772 0.721
  8. NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1: 55.943 0.892
  9. ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 56.040 0.989
  10. MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1: 56.167 1.116
  11. MIR, Joan Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1: 56.264 1.213
  12. ESPARGARO, Aleix Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 56.358 1.307
  13. IANNONE, Andrea Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1: 56.447 1.396
  14. MORBIDELLI, Franco Petronas Yamaha SRT 1: 56.511 1.460
  15. BAGNAIA, Francesco Alma Pramac Racing 1: 56.738 1.687
  16. ZARCO, Johann Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1: 56.770 1.719
  17. OLIVEIRA, Miguel Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 56.891 1.840
  18. CRUTCHLOW, Cal LCR Honda CASTROL 1: 56.921 1.870
  19. MILLER, Jack Alma Pramac Racing 1: 56.932 1.881
  20. ABRAHAM, Karel Reale Avintia Racing 1: 57.053 2.002
  21. LORENZO, Jorge Repsol Honda Team 1: 57.090 2.039
  22. SMITH, Bradley Aprilia Factory Racing 1: 57.137 2.086
  23. SYAHRIN, Hafizh Red Bull KTM Tech 3 1: 57.459 2.408

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