Submitted by David Emmett on
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 |
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Honda with the top speed. Look out.