2022 Sepang MotoGP Test Saturday Final Times: Aprilias Top First Day Of Testing

Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2022-02-05 10:20

The Aprilias of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales have topped the first day of testing at Sepang. Espargaro set his fastest time in the early part of the day, while Viñales put in a very fast lap at the end of the day to get within a hundredth of a second of his teammate.

The last 15 minutes of the test was hectic, with lots of riders chasing fast laps. Suzuki's Alex Rins set the third fastest time, while Enea Bastianini was the fastest Ducati rider, despite being on the previous generation of Desmosedici. The Italian Gresini rider was three tenths faster than Johann Zarco on the Pramac Ducati GP22, who was a fraction quicker than reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha and Suzuki's 2020 champ Joan Mir.

Marc Marquez headed the Repsol Honda duo, beating his teammate Pol Espargaro by six hundredths of a second, while Marco Bezzecchi rounded out the top ten. Cal Crutchlow was fastest of the test riders, the Yamaha tester eleventh quickest, while Raul Fernandez was best KTM rider, the Tech3 rookie finishing ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory rider Brad Binder.

Times at the end of the day:

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia RS-GP	1:58.371
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia RS-GP	1:58.384	0.013	0.013
3	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:58.471	0.100	0.087
4	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati GP21	1:58.638	0.267	0.167
5	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati GP22	1:58.946	0.575	0.308
6	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha M1	1:59.002	0.631	0.056
7	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:59.067	0.696	0.065
8	93	Marc Márquez	Honda RC213V	1:59.287	0.916	0.220
9	44	Pol Espargaro	Honda RC213V	1:59.353	0.982	0.066
10	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati GP21	1:59.468	1.097	0.115
11	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha Test M1	1:59.558	1.187	0.090
12	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda RC213V	1:59.634	1.263	0.076
13	25	Raul Fernandez	KTM RC16	1:59.682	1.311	0.048
14	33	Brad Binder	KTM RC16	1:59.784	1.413	0.102
15	73	Alex Márquez	Honda RC213V	1:59.913	1.542	0.129
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM RC16	1:59.945	1.574	0.032
17	89	Jorge Martin	Ducati GP22	1:59.949	1.578	0.004
18	10	Luca Marini	Ducati GP22	1:59.966	1.595	0.017
19	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati GP22	2:00.027	1.656	0.061
20	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati GP21	2:00.047	1.676	0.020
21	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha M1	2:00.107	1.736	0.060
22	43	Jack Miller	Ducati GP22	2:00.177	1.806	0.070
23	4	Andrea Dovizoso	Yamaha M1	2:00.342	1.971	0.165
24	87	Remy Gardner	KTM RC16	2:00.470	2.099	0.128
25	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha M1	2:00.818	2.447	0.348
26	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki GSX-RR	2:01.390	3.019	0.572
27	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia RS-GP	2:04.385	6.014	2.995